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accession number: 2001.78
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Leaf from a Book of Hours: Presentation in the Temple with Roundels of the Casting of Lots, the Deposition, and Pietà (None, Office of the Virgin), c. 1460–70. Follower of Master of Adélaïde de Savoie (French, active c. 1450–70). Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; each leaf: 11.2 x 9 cm (4 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2001.78
title: Leaf from a Book of Hours: Presentation in the Temple with Roundels of the Casting of Lots, the Deposition, and Pietà (None, Office of the Virgin)
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creation date: c. 1460–70
creation date earliest: 1455
creation date latest: 1475
current location: 115 Manuscripts & Textiles
creditline: The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
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culture: France, probably Poitiers, 15th century
technique: ink, tempera and gold on vellum
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type: Manuscript
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CREATORS
* Master of Adélaïde de Savoie (French, active c. 1450–70) - artist
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measurements: Each leaf: 11.2 x 9 cm (4 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
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inscriptions:
inscription: Deus in adiutorium meum intende. Domine, ad adiuvandum me festina.
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remark:
inscription: Oratio: Omnipotens sempiterne
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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).
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: The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours (Gallery 115 rotation)
opening date: 2022-08-26T04:00:00
The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours (Gallery 115 rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-July 30, 2023).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14, 2014 - January 26, 2015).
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PROVENANCE
Jean Baptiste Hippeau
date: 18th century(?)
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J. B. Cimmeau Jeune
date: 18th century(?)
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[Bruce Ferrini, Akron, OH, sold to Jeanne Miles Blackburn]
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Jeanne Miles Blackburn, Maitland, FL, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: -2001
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2001-
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fun fact:
The images and decorated initials in the book helped users navigate to sections they needed while also offering details to provoke meditation and prayer, leading to books of hours sometimes being referred to as “painted prayers.”
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wall description:
The style of this miniature, with its oval faces, abundant draperies, and use of border roundels, follows very closely the characteristics of the Master of Adélaïde de Savoie, who takes his name from a book in Chantilly (Musée Condé, MS. 1362). His activity points to Poitiers in western France as a possible place of production for this piece. The miniature features the unusual placement of roundels showing scenes taken from Christ's Passion against an episode from the life of the Virgin. The main miniature, the Presentation in the Temple, depicts the bringing of the infant Jesus to the Temple forty days after his birth to be consecrated according to Jewish law. During the ceremony, the temple's priest, Simeon, foretold that "Mary's heart would be pierced through her child." The roundels visually dovetail the central miniature.
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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. 50, cat. no. 47
url: https://archive.org/details/BlackburnIlluminations/page/n62
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