id: 135583 accession number: 1959.128 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.128 updated: 2022-01-04 16:04:52.147000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1300-1330 creation date earliest: 1300 creation date latest: 1330 current location: creditline: Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds copyright: --- culture: Italy, Venice, 14th century technique: ink, tempera, and gold on parchment department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations type: Manuscript find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Sheet: 27.3 x 20 cm (10 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland Museum of Art, (11/06/2010 - 04/17/2011); "The Glory Of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collections" --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- 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 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1959.128/1959.128_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1959.128/1959.128_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1959.128/1959.128_full.tif