id: 114199
accession number: 1933.445.b
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Single Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book with Initial L[iber generationis]: St. Matthew (verso), c. 1190. Germany, Helmarshausen Abbey, 12th century. Ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum; sheet: 34.3 x 23.3 cm (13 1/2 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.b
title: Single Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book with Initial L[iber generationis]: 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: 34.3 x 23.3 cm (13 1/2 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: 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: 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: 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
* 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.
Braunschweig, Herzog Anton Museum: "Stadt im Wandel, Kunst und Kultur des Burgertums in Norddeutschland" 08/24/1985-11/12/1985.
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.
The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/10/2004 - 10/02/2005); "Illuminated Manuscripts"
Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"
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PROVENANCE
Cathedral of Paderborn(?)
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Convent of Kemnade, Westphalia
date: 1777
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Count von Kesselstadt
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Private Collection, Westphalia (until 1933)
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Cathedral of Paderborn(?); Convent of Kemnade, Westphalia (1777); Count von Kesselstadt; Private Collection, Westphalia (until 1933)
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This leaf comes from a volume that is preserved in the Trier Cathedral Library in Germany (Codex 142).
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RELATED WORKS
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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. 105
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n32
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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IMAGES
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