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accession number:	1962.287.153.a
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The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 153r, Text, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1962.287.153.a

title:				The Gotha Missal:  Fol. 153r, Text
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creation date:			c. 1375
creation date earliest:		1370
creation date latest:		1380
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	France, Paris, 14th century
technique:	ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Bound Volume
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CREATORS

* Master of the Boqueteaux (French)  - artist

* Workshop  - artist

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measurements: Codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	J. B. Huhn
	date: 1720    
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	Dukes of Gotha
	date: 1745    
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	Earl of Denbigh, Sale: Southey's, 4/3/1950, Lot 1
	date: 1950    
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	Apsley Cherry-Garrard
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	Mrs. Gordon Mathias, Sale: Southey's 6/5/1961, lot 177)
	date: 1961    
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	H. P. Kraus, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1962
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh
	date: 1962-
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wall description:
The style and quality of this manuscript's decoration is typical of deluxe Parisian books made for aristocratic or royal patrons. Most of the book's decoration appears to be the work of the Master of the Boqueteaux, an artist active at the court of King Charles V (died 1380). His style was apparently shared by a number of book illuminators working in and around Paris. It is very possible that the <em>Gotha Missal</em> belonged to Charles V, but is not provable because the manuscript has no royal portraits and lacks a colophon. Given the book's magnificent decoration, however, it would seem that it was produced for a Valois prince, if not for the king himself. The manuscript receives its name from the German dukes of Gotha, its later owners.
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IMAGES

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