id:			140146
accession number:	1964.149
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.149
updated:		2023-03-25 11:14:24.975000

Leaf from a Psalter with Historiated Initial (B): King David, c. 1450. Italy, Florence, 15th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 45.7 x 34.3 cm (18 x 13 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski 1964.149

title:				Leaf from a Psalter with Historiated Initial (B): King David
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creation date:			c. 1450
creation date earliest:		1445
creation date latest:		1455
current location:		115 Manuscripts & Textiles
creditline:			Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy, Florence, 15th 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: 45.7 x 34.3 cm (18 x 13 1/2 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Beatus vir qui non abit..
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage
	opening date:   1971-07-13T04:00:00
	<i>Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971).

	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:		The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours (Gallery 115 rotation)
	opening date:   2022-08-26T04:00:00
	<i>The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours (Gallery 115 rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-July 30, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Pages from Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from the Xth to the Early XVIth Centuries, </em>University Art Gallery, Berkeley CA (April 24 to June 8, 1963).

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PROVENANCE

	Rodolphe Kann (1845–1905), Paris, France
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	Mrs. Henry E, Huntington, San Marino, CA
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	[Duveen Brothers, New York, NY, sold to Dr. Norman Zaworski]
	date: -1959
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	Dr. Norman Zaworski (1921-2013), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1959-1964
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1964-
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fun fact:
The larger size of this leaf indicates it could be used by a group of readers.

digital description:


wall description:
Books of hours evolved from psalters, books that contained the Old Testament book of Psalms (sacred songs) for use in churches. Psalters also included calendars, prayers for the dead, and a specific group of prayers known as the Hours of the Virgin. By the 1200s, laypeople were requesting psalters without the cumbersome psalms, and thus the book of hours was born. This leaf contains Psalm 1, which begins with a large, decorated <em>B</em> containing an image of King David kneeling with a plucking instrument on the ground. The text says <em>beatus vir qui non abit</em>, or “blessed is the man.”
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of the Rodolphe Kann Collection: Pictures</em>. Paris: C. Sedelmeyer, 1907.
	page number: 	Vol. 1, no. 76
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	Milliken, William Mathewson.<em> Pages from Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from the Xth to the Early XVIth Centuries: An Exhibition</em>. Berkeley: University of California, 1963.
	page number: 	no. 54
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	Pillsbury, Edmund P. <em>Florence and the Arts; Five Centuries of Patronage</em>. 1971.
	page number: 	Cat. no. 47
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	Levi D'Ancona, Mirella, and Angela Dillon Bussi. <em>The illuminators and illuminations of the choir books from Santa Maria degli Angeli and Santa Maria Nuova and their documents.</em> Florence: Centro Di, 1994.
	page number: 	p. 66
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	Levi D'Ancona, Mirella.<em> I corali del monastero di Santa Maria degli Angeli: e le loro miniature asportate </em>: 15 giugno-31 luglio 1995, Biblioteca medicea laurenziana, Firenze : catalogo. Firenze: Centro Di, 1995.
	page number: 	p. 165, no. 52
	url:		

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