id:			423575
accession number:	1954.145.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.145.b
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Leaf from a Gradual: Historiated Initial R: Initial D (verso), mid-1300s. Italy, Naples. Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 55 x 40 cm (21 5/8 x 15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1954.145.b

title:				Leaf from a Gradual: Historiated Initial R: Initial D (verso)
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creation date:			mid-1300s
creation date earliest:		1330
creation date latest:		1370
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Italy, Naples
technique:	ink, tempera, and gold on parchment
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 55 x 40 cm (21 5/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Vittorio Forti, Rome, Italy, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1954
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1954-
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fun fact:
The Virgin Mary is shown twice on this leaf, once at the top standing to the side of the open tomb and again in bottom border, crowned and holding the infant Christ.

digital description:
This leaf was taken from a gradual, a large volume containing songs for the mass. This single leaf shows the introductory passage for Easter Sunday. The initial <em>R</em> is filled with the representation of the resurrection of Christ. The depiction of Saint Francis of Assisi in the floral decoration points to an origin from a Franciscan monastery. Due to the great plague, the mendicant orders to which the Franciscans belonged were the recipients of civil charitable donations. Naples, where the leaf is said to have been made, was struck by a severe earthquake around the middle of the 1300s, in addition to the plague.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Daneu Lattanzi, Angela. 1972. "I manoscritti e incunaboli miniati italiani della Biblioteca Bodleiana di Oxford nel catalogo di O. Pacht e J.J.G. Alexander". <em>Bollettino D'Arte</em>. 1, no. 1: 46-56.
	page number: 	p. 48, fig. 11
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IMAGES

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