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accession number: 1976.100
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Bifolio from an Antiphonary: Historiated Initial O with the Nativity, early 1400s. Bohemia, Prague, 15th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 56.8 x 38.9 cm (22 3/8 x 15 5/16 in.); framed: 61.6 x 76.8 cm (24 1/4 x 30 1/4 in.); matted: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1976.100
title: Bifolio from an Antiphonary: Historiated Initial O with the Nativity
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creation date: early 1400s
creation date earliest: 1400
creation date latest: 1425
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creditline: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture: Bohemia, Prague, 15th century
technique: ink, tempera, and gold on parchment
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type: Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 56.8 x 38.9 cm (22 3/8 x 15 5/16 in.); Framed: 61.6 x 76.8 cm (24 1/4 x 30 1/4 in.); Matted: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review, 1976
opening date: 1977-02-01T05:00:00
Year in Review, 1976. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).
title: When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story
opening date: 1981-12-01T05:00:00
When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982).
title: The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art
opening date: 1993-09-25T04:00:00
The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 19, 1993).
title: Prague: The Crown of Bohemia
opening date: 2005-09-19T00:00:00
Prague: The Crown of Bohemia. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 19, 2005-January 3, 2006); Prague Castle Picture Gallery, Czech Republic (February 16-May 21, 2006).
title: Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2007-05-10T00:00:00
Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).
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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6, 2010-April 17, 2011).
title: Visions of the Divine: Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval Germany (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
opening date: 2016-12-14T05:00:00
Visions of the Divine: Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval Germany (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 14, 2016-December 4, 2017).
title: Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, 800-1500
opening date: 2021-10-15T04:00:00
Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, 800-1500. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (October 15, 2021-January 23, 2022) https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/imperial-splendor.
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Europaische Kunst um 1400, Kunsthistorischen Museum, Vienna, Austria (May 7, 1962-July 31, 1962).', 'opening_date': '1962-05-07T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
L. V. Randall, Luzern and Montreal, Canada, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: early 1930s-1976
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1976-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Austria. Europäische Kunst um 1400: achte Ausstellung unter den Auspizien des Europarates. Wien: Kunsthistorisches Museum, 1962.
page number: catalogue no. 183, p. 207
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Schmidt,Gerhard "Fragmente eines Böhmischen Antiphonariums des frühen 15 Jahrhunderts (ehemals in Seitenstetten) und eine Marientod-Initiale der Rosenwald Collection," Wiener Jahrbuch für Kunstgeschichte, XXII (1969).
page number: pp. 148-156, figs. 195, 201
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J. Kiasa, Umeni 18 (1970).
page number: p. 412, repr.
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National Gallery of Art (U.S.), Carl Nordenfalk, Lessing J. Rosenwald, and Edith Goodkind Rosenwald. Medieval & Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art: [Catalogue]. [Washington]: The Gallery, 1975.
page number: p. 154, fig. 41 g
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Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1976.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 64, no. 2 (1977).
page number: p. 74, cat. #27, repr. p. 45
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152676
Wixom, William D. “Leaves from a Prague Antiphonary.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 64, no. 10 (1977).
page number: p. 309-325, repr. front cover and figs. 1, 7, 8, 9
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159553
Lambert, G.; Oberthür, M, "Marc-Antoine Raimondi: Saints et Saintes," Gazette des Beaux-Arts, (July-August 1978).
page number: p. 20, fig. 43
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Boehm, Barbara Drake, and Jiří Fajt. Prague: The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005.
page number: ex. cat. no. 116b, p. 269-270
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Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 234-235, no. 86
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Fliegel, Stephen N. Resplendent Faith: Liturgical Treasuries of the Middle Ages. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2009.
page number: Pg. 84, fig. 69
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Theisen, Maria,and Eberhard König. Das Wiener Musterbuch: Kommentarband zur Faksimile-Edition des Musterbuchs Inv.-Nr. KK 5003/5004 aus der Kunstkammer des Kunsthistorischen Museums in Wien. Simbach/Inn: Verlag Müller & Schindler, 2012.
page number: Mentioned: p. 32, 78, note 103; Reproduced: p. 59, fig. 17
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Wolf, Fabian. Die Weihnachtsvision der Birgitta von Schweden: Bildkunst und Imagination im Wechselspiel. Regensburg: Schnell + Steiner, 2018.
page number: Mentioned: p. 343, note 1719; Reproduced: p. 343. Abb. 173
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Kubínová, Kateřina, and Klára Benešovská. Imago, imagines I-II: výtvarné dílo a proměny jeho funkcí v českých zemích od 10. do první třetiny 16. století. Praha: Academia, 2019.
page number: Reproduced: Vol. 1, p. 306, fig. 22
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Hamburger, Jeffrey F., Joshua O'Driscoll, and Colin B. Bailey. Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, 800-1500. 2021.
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