id: 129796 accession number: 1952.230 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.230 updated: 2023-03-09 12:47:46.761000 Leaf Excised from a Psalter: The Annunciation, c. 1325–50. England. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 15.8 x 11.2 cm (6 1/4 x 4 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1952.230 title: Leaf Excised from a Psalter: The Annunciation title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1325–50 creation date earliest: 1320 creation date latest: 1355 current location: creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund copyright: --- culture: England technique: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations type: Manuscript find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Sheet: 15.8 x 11.2 cm (6 1/4 x 4 7/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Pages From Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts opening date: 1963-04-24T05:00:00 Pages From Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts. Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA (April 24-June 8, 1963). 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: Stories From Storage opening date: 2021-02-07T05:00:00 Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Aspects of Late Medeival Art, Gallery of Fine Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (October 31-November 22, 1958) * Pages from Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from the Xth to the Early XVIth Centuries: An Exhibition Organized by William Mathewson Milliken, University Art Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA (April 24-June 8, 1963). --- PROVENANCE Dr. Vladimir G. Simkhovitch (1874-1959), New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1952 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1952- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: When the previous owner first saw this leaf he was struck by the expression on the Virgin's face; according to him, "I could not resist the purchase of the page." digital description: This miniature of the Annunciation to Mary was taken from a psalter containing the 150 sacred songs or hymns from the Book of Psalms found in the Bible. Psalters were among the most popular books of the Middle Ages, used for daily church services in monasteries and for private devotion. The leaf from this liturgical manuscript probably came from England and was made around the time of the Black Death. In the past, manuscripts were often disassembled by owners and dealers to sell the single miniatures for a larger profit. Thus, the original cannot be reconstructed today. wall description: This miniature of the Annunciation to Mary was taken from a psalter containing the 150 sacred songs or hymns from the Book of Psalms found in the Bible. Psalters were among the most popular books of the Middle Ages, used for daily church services in monasteries and for private devotion. The leaf from this liturgical manuscript probably came from England and was made around the time of the Black Death. In the past, manuscripts were often disassembled by owners and dealers to sell the single miniatures for a larger profit. Thus, the original book cannot be reconstructed today. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Art ancien S.A. Manuscripts from the Carolingian Period to the Sixteenth Century. Fine Early Printed Books. Catalogue Nr. 37. [Bern.]: [Stämpfli & cie], 1940. page number: no. 16 url: "Part II. Annual Report Issue for the Year 1952." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 40, no. 6 (1953). page number: p. 135 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141894 Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts. Aspects of Late Mediaeval Art; The Mediaeval Conference, the Ohio State University. 1958. page number: url: Ricci, Seymour de. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Supplement. New York: Bibliographical Society, 1961. page number: url: Griffith, Beatrice Fox. Treasure Under Glass, Examples of the Arts and Crafts from the British Isles From the Prehistoric Millennia to the Sixteenth Century A.D. In Museums, Libraries, and Collections Open to the Public in the United States of America. Harrisburg, Pa: Stackpole Co, 1963. page number: p. 89, no. 14 url: Milliken, William Mathewson. Pages from Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from the Xth to the Early XVIth Centuries: An Exhibition. Berkeley: University of California, 1963. page number: p. 16, cat. no. 12 url: Gemin, Massimo. Nuovi studi su Paolo Veronese. Venezia: Arsenale editrice, 1990. page number: p. 270 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.230/1952.230_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.230/1952.230_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.230/1952.230_full.tif