id: 110050 accession number: 1928.652 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.652 updated: 2021-03-27 12:13:40.701000 Leaf from a Gradual with Historiated Initial (G): Mary as Queen of Heaven, c. 1425-1450. Italy, Lombardy, Milan?, 15th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 42 x 30 cm (16 9/16 x 11 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1928.652 title: Leaf from a Gradual with Historiated Initial (G): Mary as Queen of Heaven title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1425-1450 creation date earliest: 1425 creation date latest: 1450 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, Lombardy, Milan?, 15th century technique: ink, tempera, and gold on parchment department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations type: Manuscript find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Sheet: 42 x 30 cm (16 9/16 x 11 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Gothic Art 1360-1440 opening date: 1963-08-06T04:00:00 Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963). 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: 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: Italian Choral Books of the Renaissance (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115 opening date: 2015-12-10T05:00:00 Italian Choral Books of the Renaissance (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 10, 2015-December 12, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland Museum of Art, (11/06/2010 - 04/17/2011); "The Glory Of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collections"
Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 115): December 7, 2015 - --- PROVENANCE Marczell von Nemes, Budapest date: footnotes: citations: Marczell von Nemes, Budapest date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This initial G introduces the Feast of the Assumption (August 15) in the gradual, a choir book used for singing the Latin Mass. The historiated initial bears the image of the Virgin, alone and unaccompanied by saints, borne aloft by angels. The Virgin was believed to have been assumed into heaven, body and soul, three days after her death. Here she is surrounded by a host of angels who play musical instruments, suggesting the celestial realm. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 212 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n48 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 61 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n85 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 61 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n85 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 69 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n89 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1928.652/1928.652_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1928.652/1928.652_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1928.652/1928.652_full.tif