id:			152808
accession number:	1985.60.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.60.a
updated:		2023-08-23 22:55:40.507000

Bifolium from an Antiphonary: Initial M with Saint Dominic Preaching, c. 1320–40. Primo Miniatore di San Domenico (Italian). Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 51 x 37.7 cm (20 1/16 x 14 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund 1985.60.a

title:				Bifolium from an Antiphonary: Initial M with Saint Dominic Preaching
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creation date:			c. 1320–40
creation date earliest:		1320
creation date latest:		1340
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creditline:			Delia E. Holden Fund
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culture:	Italy, Bologna
technique:	ink, tempera, and gold on parchment
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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CREATORS

* Primo Miniatore di San Domenico (Italian)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 51 x 37.7 cm (20 1/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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).

	title:		Sanctity Pictured: The Art of the Dominican and Franciscan Orders in Renaissance Italy
	opening date:   2014-10-31T00:00:00
	<i>Sanctity Pictured: The Art of the Dominican and Franciscan Orders in Renaissance Italy</i>. Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (organizer) (October 31, 2014-January 25, 2015).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Frist Center fro Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (10/31/2014 - 1/25/2015): "Sanctity Pictured: The Art of the Dominican and Franciscan Orders in Renaissance Italy" , cat. no. 18, p. 130.

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
The representation of Saint Dominic (1170–1221), founder of the Dominican Order of Preachers, in this initial suggests that this double page was at one time part of a manuscript made for a Dominican convent. Saint Dominic traveled much, preaching throughout Europe, and was particularly venerated in Bologna, the city in which he died and was buried. The illuminator of this initial is named after a volume he decorated of Seneca’s works (now in the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris). His workshop specialized in large-scale manuscripts destined for wealthy religious institutions in the region of Emilia, for which Bologna was the artistic and intellectual center.
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