id:			114203
accession number:	1933.447
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.447
updated:		2023-03-04 09:29:53.116000

Single Leaf Excised from a Gradual and Sacramentary:  Initial A[d te lavavi], c. 1000–1010. Austria, Salzburg, early 11th Century. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 22 x 16.7 cm (8 11/16 x 6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1933.447

title:				Single Leaf Excised from a Gradual and Sacramentary:  Initial A[d te lavavi]
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creation date:			c. 1000–1010
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1010
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Austria, Salzburg, early 11th Century
technique:	ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 22 x 16.7 cm (8 11/16 x 6 9/16 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:		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

* Toledo Museum of Art, January 11-March 1, 1953, "Medieval and Renaissance Music Manuscripts."

* The Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH, January 5-January 7, 1958, "Manuscripts."

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
A large initial A introduces the opening words from Psalm 25, Ad te levavi animam meam (Unto thee have I lifted up my soul). The volume to which this leaf belonged may have been produced in the scriptorium of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter at Salzburg.
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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. 45
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n69

	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. 45
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n67

	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

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