id: 130313
accession number: 1952.88
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Title Page of Abbot Berno's "Tonarius:" Initial D[omino], c.1030. Germany, Abbey of Reichenau, 11th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 21.5 x 15.3 cm (8 7/16 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.88
title: Title Page of Abbot Berno's "Tonarius:" Initial D[omino]
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creation date: c.1030
creation date earliest: 1025
creation date latest: 1035
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Germany, Abbey of Reichenau, 11th century
technique: ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type: Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 21.5 x 15.3 cm (8 7/16 x 6 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Romanesque Art
opening date: 1960-11-06T05:00:00
Romanesque Art. Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (November 6-December 4, 1960).
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: Suevia Sacra
opening date: 1973-06-30T04:00:00
Suevia Sacra. Staatsgalerie in der Katharinenkirche Augsburg, 86150 Augsburg, Germany (organizer) (June 30-September 16, 1973).
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: Devotion and Leaning in the Middle Ages- (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115
opening date: 2017-12-04T05:00:00
Devotion and Leaning in the Middle Ages- (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Bern, Berner Kunstmuseum "Kunst des frühen Mittelalters" 1949, cat. no. 121.', 'opening_date': '1949-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Kunst des frühen Mittelalters (Bern: Berner Kunstmuseum, 1949): no. 121.', 'opening_date': '1949-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery, "Art in the book" December 5, 1953 - January 3, 1954, cat. no. 16', 'opening_date': '1953-12-05T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "The Helmarschausan Latin Gospels" March 1 - June 1959.', 'opening_date': '1959-06-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, "Romanesque Art," November 6 - December 4, 1960.', 'opening_date': '1960-11-06T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Berkely, University of California Berkely, University Art Gallery, "Loan Exhibition of Illuminated Manuscript Pages" 04/05/1963-06/18/1963', 'opening_date': '1963-04-05T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Stadt Augsburg, "Suevia Sacra: Fruhe Kunst in Schwaben" 05/09/1973-10/16/1973, no. 169.', 'opening_date': '1973-05-09T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/10/2004 - 10/02/2005); "Illuminated Manuscripts"', 'opening_date': '2004-10-10T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Mario Uzielli, Liestal, Switzerland, sold to Herbert N. Bier
date: -1952
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Mr. Herbert N. Bier, 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
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 97
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n31
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 45
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n69
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 45
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n67
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 49
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n69
Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Annegret Butz, and Sigrid von Borries-Schulten. Katalog der illuminierten Handschriften der Württembergischen Landesbibliothek Stuttgart. Stuttgart: Hiersemann, 1987.
page number: Mentioned: Bd.1, P. 41-42, no. 21
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Berschin, Walter, and Ulrich Kuder. Reichenauer Buchmalerei 850-1070. Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: p. 136, no. 47
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Kuder, Ulrich and Klaus Gereon Beuckers. Studien zur Ottonischen Buchmalerei. Kiel: Verlag Ludwig, 2018.
page number: Mentioned; p. 341, no. 273
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