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accession number: 1930.105
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Initial G[audeamus omnes] from a Gradual: The Court of Heaven, 1371–77. Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci (Italian, 1339–1399). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 38.6 x 36.5 cm (15 3/16 x 14 3/8 in.); framed: 68.9 x 53 cm (27 1/8 x 20 7/8 in.); matted: 63.5 x 47.6 cm (25 x 18 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1930.105
title: Initial G[audeamus omnes] from a Gradual: The Court of Heaven
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creation date: 1371–77
creation date earliest: 1371
creation date latest: 1377
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Italy, Florence, 14th century
technique: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type: Manuscript
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CREATORS
* Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci (Italian, 1339–1399) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 38.6 x 36.5 cm (15 3/16 x 14 3/8 in.); Framed: 68.9 x 53 cm (27 1/8 x 20 7/8 in.); Matted: 63.5 x 47.6 cm (25 x 18 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition
opening date: 1936-06-26T04:00:00
The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
title: The International Style: The Arts in Europe around 1400
opening date: 1962-10-23T04:00:00
The International Style: The Arts in Europe around 1400. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (organizer) (October 23-December 2, 1962).
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: Exhibition of Sienese and Florentine Manuscripts
opening date: 1965-02-24T05:00:00
Exhibition of Sienese and Florentine Manuscripts. Wildenstein & Co., London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (February 24-April 10, 1965).
title: Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage
opening date: 1971-07-13T04:00:00
Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971).
title: Italian Renaissance Illuminations
opening date: 1973-12-16T05:00:00
Italian Renaissance Illuminations. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (organizer) (December 16, 1973-February 15, 1974).
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: Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2007-05-10T00:00:00
Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).
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, Cleveland, OH (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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore (January 27-March 13, 1949).', 'opening_date': '1949-01-27T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts, Los Angeles County Museum, California (November 25, 1953-January 9, 1954).', 'opening_date': '1953-11-25T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The International Style, The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore (October 23-December 2, 1962).', 'opening_date': '1962-10-23T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Art of Painting in Florence and Siena from 1250 to 1500, Wildenstein & Co., London, England (1965).', 'opening_date': '1965-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Italian Renaissance Illuminations, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia (December 16, 1973-February 15, 1974).', 'opening_date': '1973-12-16T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Paintings and Illumination in Early Renaissance Florence 1300-1450, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (November 18, 1994-February 26, 1995).', 'opening_date': '1994-11-18T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
W.Y. Ottley (London, 1838, no. 182); Edouard Kann, Paris.
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of the Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition : June Twenty-Sixth to October Fourth 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: [Cleveland Museum of Art], 1936.
page number: no. 135, p. 58, repr. pl. XIII
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Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.), and Dorothy Eugenia Miner. Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages and Renaissance: An Exhibition Held at the Baltimore Museum of Art, January 27-March 13. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1949.
page number: cat. no. 175, p. 64, repr. pl. LXVII
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Milliken, William. "Miniatures by Lorenzo Monaco and Francesco del Cherico." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 37, no. 3 (March 1950): 43-46.
page number: Mentioned: p. 44
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141618
Los Angeles County Calif. Museum, Los Angeles. Mediaeval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts; A Loan Exhibition, November 25, 1953-January 9, 1954. 1953.
page number: no. 100
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Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.). The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400; [Exhibition]: October 23-December 2, 1962, / B. [Baltimore, Md.]: Walters Art Gallery, 1962.
page number: no. 74, p. 75
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Cleveland Museum of Art. A Missal for a King: Gothic Art, 1360-1440 [Cleveland]: [The Museum], 1963.
page number: p. 181
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“Gothic Art 1360-1440.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 50, no. 7 (September 1963): 174–215.
page number: Reproduced: p. 181, no. 59; Mentioned: p. 209, no. 59
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25151960
Gore, St. John, and Denys Sutton. The Art of Painting in Florence & Siena from 1250 to 1500; A Loan Exhibition, 24 February-10 April 1965, Wildenstein. [London]: [Wildenstein], 1965.
page number: p. 12, no. 19
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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. 57
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n81
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. 57
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n81
Pillsbury, Edmund P. Florence and the Arts; Five Centuries of Patronage. 1971.
page number: no. 44
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High Museum of Art. Italian Renaissance Illuminations: December 14, 1973-February 15, 1974, the High Museum of Art. [Atlanta]: [High Museum of Art], 1973.
page number: cat. no. 21, repr. fig 6
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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. 65
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n85
Kanter, Laurence B. Painting and Illumination in Early Renaissance Florence, 1300-1450. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994.
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Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 270-271, no. 102
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Fliegel, Stephen N. "Initial Impressions: Stop by gallery 115 to see lavishly illuminated Italian choral books of the Renaissance.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 56, no. 2 (March/April 2016): 16-17.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 16.
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