id: 123162 accession number: 1943.386 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.386 updated: 2021-07-24 09:00:14.882000 Bifolium Excised from an Antiphonary: Initial D[ominus Iesus] with the Calling of Peter and Andrew, c. 1425-1450. Italy, Lombardy (Milan?), 15th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 56 x 41 cm (22 1/16 x 16 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1943.386 title: Bifolium Excised from an Antiphonary: Initial D[ominus Iesus] with the Calling of Peter and Andrew title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1425-1450 creation date earliest: 1425 creation date latest: 1450 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, Lombardy (Milan?), 15th century technique: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations type: Manuscript find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Sheet: 56 x 41 cm (22 1/16 x 16 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Gothic Art 1360-1440 opening date: 1963-08-06T04:00:00 Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963). title: Italian Renaissance Illuminations opening date: 1973-12-16T05:00:00 Italian Renaissance Illuminations. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (organizer) (December 16, 1973-February 15, 1974). title: The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art opening date: 1993-09-25T04:00:00 The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 19, 1993). 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: The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection opening date: 2010-11-06T00:00:00 The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 6, 2010-April 17, 2011). title: Italian Choral Books of the Renaissance (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115 opening date: 2015-12-10T05:00:00 Italian Choral Books of the Renaissance (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 10, 2015-December 12, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA, 1963: "Gothic Art 1360-1440," 72

The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/10/2004 - 10/02/2005); "Illuminated Manuscripts"

Cleveland Museum of Art, (11/06/2010 - 04/17/2011); "The Glory Of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collections"

Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 117): January 14, 2014 - July 8, 2014.
Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 115): December 7, 2015 - --- PROVENANCE Henry G. Dalton date: footnotes: citations: Henry G. Dalton date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The event portrayed within this historiated initial comes from the Gospel of Saint Mark (1:16–18). It recounts the story of Jesus walking on the shore of the Sea of Galilee when he saw Simon [Peter] and his brother Andrew casting nets from their boat. Jesus called upon the brothers to become his followers. Departing from tradition, the illuminator has portrayed Christ beardless, perhaps to suggest the end of his private life. The rubrics (red explanatory notes) above and to the right of the initial read: In vigili sci Andree apli (“On the vigil of the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle”). The feast of Saint Andrew is celebrated on November 30; the vigil is November 29. The arms below are those of the Bolognese Cardinal Bassarione (1439–1472) who appears to have commissioned the manuscript for a convent in Bologna. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Alexander, J. J. G. The Painted Book in Renaissance Italy: 1450-1600. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016. page number: Mention: P. 322, n. 230 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.386/1943.386_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.386/1943.386_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.386/1943.386_full.tif