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accession number:	1954.598.b
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Single Leaf from a Decretum by Gratian:  Quadruple Arcade with Concordance of Greek and Latin Alphabets , c. 1160–1165. France, Burgundy, Archdiocese of Sens, Abbey of Pontigny, 12th century. Ink and tempera on vellum; sheet: 44.8 x 32 cm (17 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.); framed: 63.5 x 48.3 cm (25 x 19 in.); matted: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1954.598.b

title:				Single Leaf from a Decretum by Gratian:  Quadruple Arcade with Concordance of Greek and Latin Alphabets 
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creation date:			c. 1160–1165
creation date earliest:		1160
creation date latest:		1165
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	France, Burgundy, Archdiocese of Sens, Abbey of Pontigny, 12th century
technique:	ink and tempera on vellum
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 44.8 x 32 cm (17 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.); Framed: 63.5 x 48.3 cm (25 x 19 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2007-05-10T00:00:00
	<i>Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).

	title:		The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection
	opening date:   2010-11-06T00:00:00
	<i>The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6, 2010-April 17, 2011).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"', 'opening_date': '2007-05-10T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art, (11/06/2010 - 04/17/2011); "The Glory Of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collections"', 'opening_date': '2010-11-06T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Vladimir G. Simkhovitch, New York
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 87
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n30

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 47
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n71

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 47
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n69

	Cahn, Walter. “A Twelfth-Century Decretum Fragment from Pontigny.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 62, no. 2 (February 1975): 47–59.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 47, 49, fig. 2
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152576

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 52
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n72

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein<em>. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 170-171, no. 60
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