id: 106345 accession number: 1924.428 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.428 updated: 2023-03-04 09:29:28.097000 Fragment from a Lectern Bible: Initial E[t fecit Josias] with Josiah Aspersing the Altar, c. 1300. Circle of Master Honoré (French, Paris, active 1288–1300). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 10.5 x 8 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade 1924.428 title: Fragment from a Lectern Bible: Initial E[t fecit Josias] with Josiah Aspersing the Altar title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1300 creation date earliest: 1295 creation date latest: 1305 current location: creditline: Gift from J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: France, Paris, early 14th Century technique: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations type: Manuscript find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Master Honoré (French, Paris, active 1288–1300) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 10.5 x 8 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Transformations of the Court Style: Gothic Art in Europe, 1270 - 1330 opening date: 1977-02-02T05:00:00 Transformations of the Court Style: Gothic Art in Europe, 1270 - 1330. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (February 2-27, 1977). title: The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art opening date: 1993-09-25T04:00:00 The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 19, 1993). title: Illuminated Manuscripts opening date: 2004-10-10T00:00:00 Illuminated Manuscripts. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 10, 2004-October 2, 2005). title: The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection opening date: 2010-11-06T00:00:00 The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 6, 2010-April 17, 2011). title: Devotion and Leaning in the Middle Ages- (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115 opening date: 2017-12-04T05:00:00 Devotion and Leaning in the Middle Ages- (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/10/2004 - 10/02/2005); "Illuminated Manuscripts" * Cleveland Museum of Art, (11/06/2010 - 04/17/2011); "The Glory Of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collections" --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This initial comes from a large bible (about 23 inches in height) and introduces the opening text of the Book of Esdras: Et fecit Josias in Jerosolymis Domino... (When Josiah celebrated the Passover festival in Jerusalem to his Lord...). The artist, a close follower of Master Honoré at Paris, set his figure against a diapered ground of alternating gold and blue diamonds with fleur-de-lys. Instead of portraying Josiah as a Jew, however, the artist abandoned historical perspective and painted him as a Christian priest sprinkling (aspersing) the altar with holy water in preparation for the Mass. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.428/1924.428_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.428/1924.428_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.428/1924.428_full.tif