id: 114198 accession number: 1933.445.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.445.a updated: 2023-03-04 09:29:53.084000 Single Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book: The Nativity (recto), 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.a title: Single Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book: The Nativity (recto) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1190 creation date earliest: 1185 creation date latest: 1195 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Germany, Helmarshausen Abbey, 12th century technique: ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations type: Manuscript find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS 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: 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: 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: 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, "Arts of the Middle Ages 1000-1400", 1940; p. 8, no.22, pl. XIX.

Cincinnati, The Taft Museum; "Medieval Art from XII to XV Xenturies," December 1948-January 1949.

Winnepeg Art Gallery, Canada; December 4, 1951-February 11, 1952.

The Cleveland Museum of Art: "The Helmarshausen Latin Gospel" March-June, 1959.
Berkely, CA, University Art Gallery: "Pages from Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from the Xth to the early XVIth century" April 5, 1963-June 18, 1963; cat. no. 4, p. 12-13, repr. pl. I.

Buffalo, Albright Knox Gallery: 12/2/1964-01/19/1965.

Domplatz, Germany, Landesmuseum fur Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Castle Corvey: "Kunst und Kultur im Weserraum 800-1600" May 15-September 15, 1966, p. 508, no. 194.

Westfallen, Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte: "Kunst und Kultur im Wesserraum 800-1600" 1966, no. 194.

New York, The Metropolitan Musuem of Art: "The Year 1200" 01/12/1970-05/29/1970, no. 265.

The Cleveland Museum of Art, "The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art," September 25-December 19, 1993.

Braunschweig, Germany, Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, "Heinrich der Lowe und Seine Zeit Herrschaft und Reprasentation der Welfen 1125-1235" August 6, 1995-November 12, 1995.

Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 106): September 9, 2010 - February 14, 2011. --- PROVENANCE Cathedral of Paperborn(?) date: footnotes: citations: Convent of Kenmade, Westphalia date: 1777 footnotes: citations: Count von Kesselstadt date: footnotes: citations: Private Collection, Westphalia (until 1933) date: footnotes: citations: Cathedral of Paderborn(?); Convent of Kemnade, Westphalia (1777); Count von Kesselstadt; Private Collection, Westphalia (until 1933) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This leaf comes from a volume that is preserved in the Trier Cathedral Library in Germany (Codex 142). --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS 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 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 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 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 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.445.a/1933.445.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.445.a/1933.445.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.445.a/1933.445.a_full.tif