id:			128961
accession number:	1951.549
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.549
updated:		2025-02-09 01:42:21.113000

Historiated Initial (A) Excised from an Antiphonary: Christ in Majesty with Prophets, c. 1280–1300. Central Italy, 13th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 28.4 x 27.5 cm (11 3/16 x 10 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1951.549

title:				Historiated Initial (A) Excised from an Antiphonary: Christ in Majesty with Prophets
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creation date:			c. 1280–1300
creation date earliest:		1280
creation date latest:		1300
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Central Italy, 13th century
technique:	ink, tempera, and gold on parchment
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 28.4 x 27.5 cm (11 3/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Religious Art
	opening date:   1964-12-15T05:00:00
	<i>Religious Art</i>. Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, NY (organizer) (December 15, 1964-January 10, 1965).

	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).

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William. "Style in Thirteenth and Fifteenth Century Illuminations." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>39, no. 3 (March 1952): 55-56.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 52; Mentioned: p. 55
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141780

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