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accession number:	1982.141
share license status:	CC0
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Leaf from a Missal with Two Historiated Initials: Initial P[er omnia saecula saeculorum] (A Priest Celebrates Mass) and Initial V[ere dignum et iustum est] (Ecclesia and Synagogue), c. 1300. France, Beauvais, late 13th-early 14th Century. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 28.5 x 20 cm (11 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freudenheim in memory of Otto Ege 1982.141

title:				Leaf from a Missal with Two Historiated Initials: Initial P[er omnia saecula saeculorum] (A Priest Celebrates Mass) and Initial V[ere dignum et iustum est] (Ecclesia and Synagogue)
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creation date:			c. 1300
creation date earliest:		1295
creation date latest:		1305
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freudenheim in memory of Otto Ege
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culture:	France, Beauvais, late 13th-early 14th Century
technique:	ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 28.5 x 20 cm (11 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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 Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection
	opening date:   2010-11-06T00:00:00
	<i>The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6, 2010-April 17, 2011).

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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

	Robert de Hangest, Canon of Beauvais gave to the Beauvais Church, France
	date: c. 1300
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	Beauvais Church, France
	date: c. 1300-
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	(Sale: Sotheby's, 1926)
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	William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951), Beverly Hills, CA
	date: 1926-1942
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	[Sale: Gimbel Bros and Hammer Galleries, New York, NY, 1942, no. 480-4]
	date: 1942
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	Philip Duschnes, New York, NY, to Otto F. Ege
	date: 1942
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	Otto F. Ege (1888–1951), Cleveland, OH, through inheritance to Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freudenheim
	date: 1942-1951
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	Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freudenheim, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1951-1982
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1982-
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wall description:
This leaf and others are known to survive from a magnificent missal made for the use of Beauvais Cathedral. The two large decorated initials illustrate the preface to the Canon of the Mass.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, S. (1983). Year in Review for 1982. <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art,</em> <em>70</em>(1).
	page number: 	p.50, no.10
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159799

	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Resplendent Faith: Liturgical Treasuries of the Middle Ages</em>. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2009.
	page number: 	Pg. 27, fig. 21
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	Davis, Lisa Fagin. <em>Beauvais Missal – Virtual Reconstruction </em>Fragmentarium (Accessed May 2021).
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	url:		https://fragmentarium.ms/view/page/F-4ihz/2839/32712

	Davis, Lisa Fagin. <em>Reconstructing the Beauvais Missal,</em> (Accessed July 2022).
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	url:		https://brokenbooks2.omeka.net/

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