id: 114197
accession number: 1933.445
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Single Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book: The Nativity (recto) and St. Matthew (verso), c. 1190. Germany, Helmarshausen Abbey, 12th century. Ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum; sheet: 34.6 x 23.4 cm (13 5/8 x 9 3/16 in.); framed: 52.4 x 39.7 cm (20 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.); matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1933.445
title: Single Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book: The Nativity (recto) and St. Matthew (verso)
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creation date: c. 1190
creation date earliest: 1185
creation date latest: 1195
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Germany, Helmarshausen Abbey, 12th century
technique: ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type: Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 34.6 x 23.4 cm (13 5/8 x 9 3/16 in.); Framed: 52.4 x 39.7 cm (20 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.); Matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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: Pages From Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts
opening date: 1963-04-24T05:00:00
Pages From Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts. Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA (April 24-June 8, 1963).
title: Religious Art
opening date: 1964-12-15T05:00:00
Religious Art. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (organizer) (December 15, 1964-January 10, 1965).
title: Die Kunst und Kultur und der Weser in der Zeit von 800 bis 1600
opening date: 1966-05-15T04:00:00
Die Kunst und Kultur und der Weser in der Zeit von 800 bis 1600. Corvey Castle, Corvey, Höxter, Germany (May 15-September 15, 1966).
title: Stadt im Wandel: Kunst und Kultur des Bürgertums in Norddeutschland (City in Transition: Art and Culture of the Bourgeoisie in Northern Germany)
opening date: 1985-08-24T04:00:00
Stadt im Wandel: Kunst und Kultur des Bürgertums in Norddeutschland (City in Transition: Art and Culture of the Bourgeoisie in Northern Germany). Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig, Germany (organizer) (August 24-November 24, 1985).
title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
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: Heinrich der Löwe und seine Zeit (Henry the Lion and his time)
opening date: 1995-08-06T04:00:00
Heinrich der Löwe und seine Zeit (Henry the Lion and his time). Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum (organizer) (August 6-November 12, 1995).
title: Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, 800-1500
opening date: 2021-10-15T04:00:00
Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, 800-1500. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (October 15, 2021-January 23, 2022) https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/imperial-splendor.
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Arts of the Middle Ages 1000-1400. The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (February 17-March 24, 1940).', 'opening_date': '1940-02-17T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Kunst und Kultur im Weserraum 800-1600. Corvey (1966).', 'opening_date': '1966-01-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Cathedral of Paderborn(?), Germany
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Convent of Kenmade, Westphalia, Germany
date: 1777
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Count von Kesselstadt
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Private Collection, Westphalia, Germany
date: -1933
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N. V. Internationale Antiquiteiten Handelmaatschappij, Amsterdam, Netherlands, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 1933
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1933-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Swarzenski, George. "Aus dem Kunstkreis Heinrichs des Löwen," Städel-Jahrbuch VII-VIII, (1932).
page number: pls. 211- 212, p. 263 ff
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Jansen, Franz. Die Helmarshausener Buchmalerei zur Zeit Heinrichs des Löwen. Hildesheim: August Lax, 1933.
page number: pp. 118, 119, pl. 29
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Milliken, William M. "Manuscript Leaf from the Time of Duke Henry the Lion." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 21, no. 3 (1934).
page number: pp. 35-9
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137610
Arts of the Middle Ages [Boston, 1940]. Boston [MA]: Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1940.
page number: no. 22, pl. XIX
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Siffrin, Petrus. "Eine Schwesterhandschrift des Graduale von Monza: Reste zu Berlin, Cleveland und Trier," Ephemerides Liturgical (1950).
page number: pp. 53-80
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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. 105
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n32
Grabar, André, Carl Nordenfalk, and Stuart Gilbert. Romanesque Painting: From the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Century. [New York]: Skira, 1958.
page number: p. 195
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Cleveland Museum of Art, and William Mathewson Milliken. The Cleveland Museum of Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1958.
page number: repr. 22
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Wixom, William D. "The Helmarshausen Latin Gospels." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 46, no. 4 (1959).
page number: pp. 58-59
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142334
Ronig, Franz. "Ein Fehlendes Blatt der Handscrift NR. 142/124 des Trierer Domschatzes" Archiv für mittelrheinische Kirchengeschichte XIII (1961).
page number: pp. 404-412
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Ricci, Seymour de. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Supplement. New York: Bibliographical Society, 1961.
page number: 427
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Dinkler-von Schubert, Erika. Der Schrein der Hl. Elisabeth zu Marburg; Studien zur Schrein-Ikonographie. Marburg an der Lahn: Verlag des Kunstgeschichtlichen Seminars der Universität, 1964.
page number: 14f., abb. 24
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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. 50
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n74
Korzus, Bernard, and Heinz Stoob. Kunst und Kultur im Weserraum, 800-1600; Ausstellung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Corvey, 1966. Münster in Westfalen: [Aschendorff], 1966.
page number: no. 194, p. 508, repr. p. 684
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Ronig, Franz. "Die Darstellung der Geburt Christi: Ein Bild aus dem Geist hochmittelalterlicher Theologie" Saarheimat 12 (December 1968).
page number: p. 319, repr. cover
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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. 50
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n72
Munro, Thomas. Form and Style in the Arts: An Introduction to Aesthetic Morphology. Cleveland: Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1970.
page number: pl. V
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Hoffmann, Konrad, and Florens Deuchler. The Year 1200: A Centennial Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 12 Through May 10, 1970. 1970.
page number: p. 267, fig. 265
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Clemoes, Peter. Anglo-Saxon England. 2. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1973.
page number: repr. pl. Ia
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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. 56
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n76
British Archaeological Association. Medieval Art and Architecture at Winchester Cathedral. [London]: British Archaeological Association, 1983.
page number: p. 25, fig. VIIIb
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De Winter, Patrick M. "The Sacral Treasure of the Guelphs." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 1 (1985).
page number: p, 110, no. 81
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159893
Meckseper, Cord. Stadt im Wandel: Kunst und Kultur des Bürgertums in Norddeutschland 1150-1650 : Ausstellungskatalog. Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt: Edition Cantz, 1985.
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url: p. 1178-1180 no. 1029
Luckhardt, Jochen, and Franz Niehoff. Heinrich der Löwe und seine Zeit: Herrschaft und Repräsentation der Welfen 1125-1235 : Katalog der Ausstellung, Braunschweig 1995. München: Hirmer, 1995.
page number: repr p. 579, G 79
url:
Ronig, Franz. Ein romanisches Evangeliar aus Helmarshausen im Trierer Domschatz: (Ms. Nr. 142/124/67). Trier: Paulinus, 1999.
page number: Fig. 19, 20, 32
url:
Bogen, Steffen. Träumen und Erzählen Selbstreflexion der Bildkunst vor 1300. München: W. Fink, 2001.
page number: Pg 79, no 25
url:
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. 119-121, no. 37
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Eikelmann, Renate, Holger A. Klein, Stephen N. Fliegel, and Virginia Brilliant. The Cleveland Museum of Art: Meisterwerke von 300 bis 1550. München: Hirmer, 2007.
page number: p. 124, repr. p. 125, no. 40
url:
Loer, Ulrich. "Heilssuche in romanischer Zeit - Ecclesia und Synagoge unter dem Kreuz: Auf den Spuren des Evangeliars Heinrichs des Lowen in Soest." das munster (4/2013, 65. Jahrgang): 274-87.
page number: p. 282, fig 12
url:
García Avilés, Alejandro, and Antonia Martínez Ruipérez. Las profecías de las Sibilas: imágenes paganas en el arte cristiano (siglos v-xv). 2019, 70.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced; pp. 70-71, fig. 92.
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