id:			114200
accession number:	1933.446
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.446
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:24.155000

Bifolium Excised from a Carolingian Gradual, c. 830–60. Germany or Northeastern France, 9th century. Gold and silver ink on purple parchment; sheet: 29 x 10 cm (11 7/16 x 3 15/16 in.); framed: 39.4 x 52.1 x 3.2 cm (15 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1933.446

title:				Bifolium Excised from a Carolingian Gradual
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creation date:			c. 830–60
creation date earliest:		830
creation date latest:		860
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Germany or Northeastern France, 9th century
technique:	gold and silver ink on purple parchment
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 29 x 10 cm (11 7/16 x 3 15/16 in.); Framed: 39.4 x 52.1 x 3.2 cm (15 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art
	opening date:   1993-09-25T04:00:00
	<i>The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 19, 1993).

	title:		799 - Art and Culture of the Carolingian Period
	opening date:   1999-07-23T00:00:00
	<i>799 - Art and Culture of the Carolingian Period</i>. Erzbischöfliches Diözesanmuseum und Domschatzkammer (July 23-November 1, 1999).

	title:		Illuminated Manuscripts
	opening date:   2004-10-10T00:00:00
	<i>Illuminated Manuscripts</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 10, 2004-October 2, 2005).

	title:		Devotion and Leaning in the Middle Ages- (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2017-12-04T05:00:00
	<i>Devotion and Leaning in the Middle Ages- (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Baltimore, Maryland: Baltimore Museum of Art: "Western European Illuminated Manuscripts of the Middle Ages and Renaissance" January 27-March 13, 1949, p. 2.', 'opening_date': '1949-01-27T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'The Royal Ontario Musuem of Archaeology: "Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts" April 1-May 31, 1950.', 'opening_date': '1950-04-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Los Angeles County Museum: "Exhibition of Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts" November 24, 1953-March 13, 1949.', 'opening_date': '1953-11-24T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Paderborn, Germany: Diözesanmuseum (7/23/99 - 11/1/99), "799-Art and Culture of the Carolingian Period"', 'opening_date': '1999-07-23T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/10/2004 - 10/02/2005); "Illuminated Manuscripts"', 'opening_date': '2004-10-10T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Cathedral of Paderborn(?)
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	Convent of Kenmade, Westphalia
	date: 1777    
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	Count of Kesselstadt
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	Private Collection, Westphalia (until 1933)
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	Cathedral of Paderborn(?); Convent of Kemnade, Westphalia (1777); Count of Kesselstadt; Private Collection, Westphalia (unitl 1933)
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 44
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n68

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 44
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n66

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 49
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n69

	Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. <em>The Middle Ages in 50 Objects</em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 118-121; Reproduced: p. 119
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IMAGES

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