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
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creation date:			c. 1300
creation date earliest:		1295
creation date latest:		1305
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creditline:			Gift from J. H. Wade
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culture:	France, Paris, early 14th Century
technique:	ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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CREATORS

* Master Honoré (French, Paris, active 1288–1300)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 10.5 x 8 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Transformations of the Court Style: Gothic Art in Europe, 1270 - 1330
	opening date:   1977-02-02T05:00:00
	<i>Transformations of the Court Style: Gothic Art in Europe, 1270 - 1330</i>. 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
	<i>The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 19, 1993).

	title:		Illuminated Manuscripts
	opening date:   2004-10-10T00:00:00
	<i>Illuminated Manuscripts</i>. 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
	<i>The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection</i>. 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
	<i>Devotion and Leaning in the Middle Ages- (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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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"

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PROVENANCE

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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.
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