id:			114205
accession number:	1933.448.1
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Bifolia with Scenes from the Life of Christ, 1230–1240. Germany, Lower Saxony (Diocese of Hildesheim), Braunschweig(?), 13th century. Tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 30.7 x 31 cm (12 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.); framed: 48.3 x 63.5 cm (19 x 25 in.); overall: 30.7 x 45.2 cm (12 1/16 x 17 13/16 in.); matted: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1933.448.1

title:				Bifolia with Scenes from the Life of Christ
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creation date:			1230–1240
creation date earliest:		1230
creation date latest:		1240
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Germany, Lower Saxony (Diocese of Hildesheim), Braunschweig(?), 13th century
technique:	tempera, and gold on vellum
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 30.7 x 31 cm (12 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.); Framed: 48.3 x 63.5 cm (19 x 25 in.); Overall: 30.7 x 45.2 cm (12 1/16 x 17 13/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Object in Focus: Pair of Bifolia from a Psalter with Scenes from the Life of Christ
	opening date:   2001-01-09T00:00:00
	<i>Object in Focus: Pair of Bifolia from a Psalter with Scenes from the Life of Christ</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 9-February 18, 2001).

	title:		Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2007-05-10T00:00:00
	<i>Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. 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:		Visions of the Divine: Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval Germany (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2016-12-14T05:00:00
	<i>Visions of the Divine: Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval Germany (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 14, 2016-December 4, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, "Medieval Arts" February 17-March 24, 1940; no. 22. pl. XIX.', 'opening_date': '1940-02-17T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cincinnati, The Taft Museum, "Medieval Art Exhibition from XII to XV Centuries" December, 1948-January 1949.', 'opening_date': '1948-12-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Winnepeg, Winnepeg Art Gallery, "Exhibition of Medieval Art" January 3-28, 1952.', 'opening_date': '1952-01-03T05:00:00Z'}

* {'description': 'Buffalo, Albright-Knox Gallery, Religious Art" Decmber 1965-January 10, 1966.', 'opening_date': '1966-01-10T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Domplatz, Germany, Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte (Castle Corvey), "Die Kunst und Kultur und der Weser in der Zeit von 800 bis 1600" May 15th-Septermber 15, 1966', 'opening_date': '1966-05-15T04:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	Convent Kamnade
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	Westphalian Castle Library
	date: 1777    
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	Baron Münchhausen, Münster in Westphalia
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	Convent Kamnade; Westphalian Castle Library (1777); Baron Münchhausen, Münster in Westphalia
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein<em>. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 148-149, no. 51
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	Couzin, Robert.<em> Right and Left in Early Christian and Medieval Art.</em> Boston: Brill, 2021.
	page number: 	Mentioned; p. 214, n. 11.
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