id: 160822
accession number: 1999.131
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Leaf from an Antiphonary: Historiated Initial P with the Prophet Samuel; Arms of the Visconti Family and the Olivetan Order, c. 1439-1447. Olivetan Master (Italian). Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; each leaf: 59.3 x 42.7 cm (23 3/8 x 16 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 1999.131
title: Leaf from an Antiphonary: Historiated Initial P with the Prophet Samuel; Arms of the Visconti Family and the Olivetan Order
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creation date: c. 1439-1447
creation date earliest: 1434
creation date latest: 1452
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creditline: The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
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culture: Italy, Milan, 15th century
technique: ink, tempera and gold on vellum
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type: Manuscript
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CREATORS
* Olivetan Master (Italian) - artist
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measurements: Each leaf: 59.3 x 42.7 cm (23 3/8 x 16 13/16 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 (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).
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 (organizer) (November 6, 2010-April 17, 2011).
title: Italian Choral Books of the Renaissance (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115
opening date: 2015-12-10T05:00:00
Italian Choral Books of the Renaissance (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 10, 2015-December 12, 2016).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* CMA, 19 December 1999 - 27 February 2000, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations, cat. 74, illus. p. 76.
Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 115): December 7, 2015 -
The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/10/2004 - 10/02/2005); "Illuminated Manuscripts"
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
[Bruce Ferrini, Akron]
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This leaf is distinguished by a large initial P depicting Samuel, the last and one of the greatest of Israel’s judges. It introduces the text Preparte corda vestra domino et servite (“Prepare your hearts for the Lord and serve”). In the lower margin are the arms of the Visconti family, rulers of Milan, featuring an eagle (left) and a coiled serpent (right). At bottom center is the emblem of the Olivetan Order, a reformed branch of the Benedictines founded in 1319 known as the “white monks.” The Olivetan monastery in Milan was founded in 1400 and it appears that this leaf belonged to a set of choral books presented to the monastery by one of the Visconti, perhaps about 1439–47. The so-called Olivetan Master takes his name from a luxuriously illustrated psalter made for the order’s monastery in Milan, where he was undoubtedly a monk.
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RELATED WORKS
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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. 76, cat. no. 74
url: https://archive.org/details/BlackburnIlluminations/page/n88
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