id: 135583
accession number: 1959.128
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.128
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Christ in Majesty with the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist: Single Leaf from a Book of Rules, c. 1300-1330. Italy, Venice, 14th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 27.3 x 20 cm (10 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds 1959.128
title: Christ in Majesty with the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist: Single Leaf from a Book of Rules
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creation date: c. 1300-1330
creation date earliest: 1300
creation date latest: 1330
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creditline: Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds
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culture: Italy, Venice, 14th century
technique: ink, tempera, and gold on parchment
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type: Manuscript
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CREATORS
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measurements: Sheet: 27.3 x 20 cm (10 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: An Exhibition of Italian Panels & Manuscripts from the Thirteenth & Fourteenth Centuries In Honor of Richard Offner
opening date: 1965-04-09T05:00:00
An Exhibition of Italian Panels & Manuscripts from the Thirteenth & Fourteenth Centuries In Honor of Richard Offner. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT (organizer) (April 9-June 6, 1965).
title: The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection
opening date: 2010-11-06T00:00:00
The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 6, 2010-April 17, 2011).
title: Heavenly Ornament: The Art of Paolo Veneziano
opening date: 2021-07-13T04:00:00
Heavenly Ornament: The Art of Paolo Veneziano. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (July 13-October 3, 2021).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Cleveland Museum of Art, (11/06/2010 - 04/17/2011); "The Glory Of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collections"
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PROVENANCE
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In this complex image, the Virgin and St. John stand next to Christ at the Last Judgment as the final trumpets blow. Assembled below are members of the Confraternity of St. John the Evangelist in Venice, robed in white with the insignia of their order: a pastoral staff and crosses. This beautiful page comes from a mariegola, or the book of rules of this confraternity. During the late Middle Ages, every town had one or more confraternities, organizations of lay people who undertook to carry out the ideals of the Franciscans and Dominicans. Confraternities were created for the special veneration of a saint or the Holy Sacrament (the body and blood of Christ). One of their tasks was to strengthen the faith of their members.
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CITATIONS
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. 56
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n80
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. 56
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n80
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. 62
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n82
Humphrey, Lyle. La miniatura per le confraternite e le arti veneziane: mariegole dal 1260 al 1460. Sommacampagna - Verona: Cierre edizioni; [Venice]: Fondazione Giorgio Cini, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: Tav. IIIa; Mentioned: p. 146-147, no. 3.1
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IMAGES
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