id:			133419
accession number:	1955.78
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.78
updated:		2023-03-09 12:48:02.495000

Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (R) with the Three Marys at the Tomb and "Noli me Tangere", c. 1270–1300. Italy. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 55 x 33.5 cm (21 5/8 x 13 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1955.78

title:				Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (R) with the Three Marys at the Tomb and "Noli me Tangere"
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creation date:			c. 1270–1300
creation date earliest:		1265
creation date latest:		1305
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Italy
technique:	Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 55 x 33.5 cm (21 5/8 x 13 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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).

	title:		Liturgical Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2018-12-05T05:00:00
	<i>Liturgical Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 5, 2018-December 2, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Vladimir G. Simkhovitch, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1955
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh
	date: 1955-
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fun fact:
The name gradual derives from the practice of singing on the “gradual” steps of a raised pulpit.

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wall description:
This choral leaf introduces the introit, or opening prayers, of the Easter Sunday Mass. The historiated letter <em>R</em> begins the text <em>Resurrexi, et adhuc tecum sum, alleluia</em> (I arose, and am still with you, alleluia). Within the upper register of the initial, the artist represents the three women named Mary, mentioned in the gospels, who discovered Christ’s empty tomb. In the lower register, a scene known simply as <em>noli me tangere</em> (touch me not), recounts the appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalene following the Resurrection. When she recognized him, he asked that she not touch him but go to the disciples with the message that he was now risen.
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