id:			160810
accession number:	1999.122
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.122
updated:		2025-08-08 01:00:19.450000

Leaf from a Bible: Initial E: Entwined Lions and Serpents (1 of 2 Excised Leaves), c. 1225–50. England, Glastonbury(?), 13th century. Tempera and ink on vellum; sheet: 20 x 15 cm (7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 1999.122

title:				Leaf from a Bible: Initial E: Entwined Lions and Serpents (1 of 2 Excised Leaves)
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creation date:			c. 1225–50
creation date earliest:		1220
creation date latest:		1255
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creditline:			The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
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culture:	England, Glastonbury(?), 13th century
technique:	tempera and ink on vellum
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 20 x 15 cm (7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations
	opening date:   1999-12-19T00:00:00
	<i>The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 1999-February 27, 2000).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Glastonbury Abbey, England (purportedly)
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	Roger Gale (1672-1744), Yorkshire, England
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	[Sale: Sotheby's London, 22 June 1982, lot 47]
	date: June 22, 1982
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	[Bruce Ferrini, Akron, OH, sold to Jeanne Miles Blackburn]
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	Jeanne Miles Blackburn, Durham, NC, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1999
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1999-
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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		169736
	Initial I: Entwined Beast and Serpent: Leaf from a Bible (2 of 2 Excised Leaves), c. 1225-1250. England, Glastonbury?, 13th century. Tempera and ink on vellum; leaf: 20 x 15.2 cm (7 7/8 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2011.52
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CITATIONS

	Sotheby's (Firm). <em>Western Manuscripts and Miniatures</em>. 1982.
	page number: 	lot 47
	url:		

	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 13, cat. no. 3
	url:		https://archive.org/details/BlackburnIlluminations/page/n25

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