id:			129852
accession number:	1952.279
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.279
updated:		2025-02-09 01:49:11.626000

Historiated Initial (A) Excised from a Responsorial: Christ in Majesty with Saints, c. 1280–1300. Italy, Siena. Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 26.3 x 23.5 cm (10 3/8 x 9 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.279

title:				Historiated Initial (A) Excised from a Responsorial: Christ in Majesty with Saints
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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:	Italy, Siena
technique:	ink, tempera, and gold on parchment
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 26.3 x 23.5 cm (10 3/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of Sienese and Florentine Manuscripts
	opening date:   1965-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of Sienese and Florentine Manuscripts</i>. Wildenstein & Co., London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (February 24-April 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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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Dr. Vladimir G. Simkhovitch (1874-1959), New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1952
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1952-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Kozloff, Arielle P. "Keys of Ancient Rome." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, </em>80 no. 9 (November 1993): 368-375.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 375
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161430

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IMAGES

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