id: 160811
accession number: 1999.123
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Initial I with Elimelech and Naomi: Leaf from a Latin Bible, c. 1250. Johannes Grusch Atelier (French). Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; each leaf: 15 x 10 cm (5 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 1999.123
title: Initial I with Elimelech and Naomi: Leaf from a Latin Bible
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creation date: c. 1250
creation date earliest: 1245
creation date latest: 1255
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creditline: The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
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culture: France, Paris, 13th century
technique: ink, tempera and gold on vellum
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type: Manuscript
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CREATORS
* Johannes Grusch Atelier (French) - artist
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measurements: Each leaf: 15 x 10 cm (5 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations
opening date: 1999-12-19T00:00:00
The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 1999-February 27, 2000).
title: Illuminated Manuscripts
opening date: 2004-10-10T00:00:00
Illuminated Manuscripts. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 10, 2004-October 2, 2005).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/10/2004 - 10/02/2005); "Illuminated Manuscripts"
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CMA, 19 December 1999 - 27 February 2000, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations, cat. 7, illus. p. 16.
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PROVENANCE
[Bruce Ferrini, Akron]
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The Johannes Grusch Workshop is named for the priest responsible for copying one of its bibles in 1267. The shop first appeared on the scene during the late 1230s, and an oeuvre of thirty-nine manuscripts has been identified. The workshop's oldest dated work is a missal made for Rouen Cathedral between 1235 and 1245. The style expressed by the Grusch artist consists of flat little figures with inked draperies of a fairly irregular sort. The bodies have white heads with small features, like the short-bearded chins of the men and pursed mouths. A large number of painters were apparently associated with this workshop, which changed its style considerably over its thirty-year period of activity. Its painting can be divided into early, middle, and late styles.
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RELATED WORKS
id: 162141
Leaf from a Latin Bible: Initial P with St. Paul Holding a Sword (St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians), c. 1250. Circle or workshop of Johannes Grusch Atelier (French). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; overall: 14.6 x 12.1 cm (5 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2001.74
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CITATIONS
Fliegel, Stephen N. The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 16, cat. no. 7
url: https://archive.org/details/BlackburnIlluminations/page/n28
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