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"tombstone": "Leaf from a Book of Hours: St. Matthew, c. 1415\u201320. Follower of Limbourg Brothers (Netherlandish). Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; leaf: 18.1 x 13 cm (7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 2005.204",
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"title": "Leaf from a Book of Hours: St. Matthew",
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"title": "The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations",
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"title": "The Netherlandish Miniature, 1260\u20131550",
"description": "The Netherlandish Miniature, 1260\u20131550. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2013-December 8, 2014).",
"opening_date": "2013-12-16T05:00:00"
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"description": "Main Gallery Rotation, Gallery 115, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 16, 2013 - December 8, 2014.",
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"did_you_know": "This miniature would have marked the beginning of the gospel hours in a book of hours.",
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"description": "The style of this miniature can be linked to the Limbourg Brothers, celebrated Dutch miniature painters who were active in France, particularly Burgundy. They are known to have first worked for Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy, and later for Duke Jean de Berry. The palette of this miniature, with its ultramarine blues, soft pink, and pale green, as well
as the crisp geometric pattern behind the figure, is typical of the Limbourgs\u2019 work. In a book of hours, this miniature would have introduced the start of the gospel lessons.",
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"citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 31, cat. no. 23",
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"St. Matthew, miniature with tessellated background, floral-foilate borders, and text in Latin, from a Book of Hours (Gospel Lessons)"
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"updated_at": "2026-05-29 08:30:56.553000"
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