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accession number:	2005.206.a
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Leaf from a Book of Hours: Angel Chasing a Devil (recto) , c. 1460. Circle of Coëtivy Master (French). Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; leaf: 19.7 x 14.3 cm (7 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2005.206.a

title:				Leaf from a Book of Hours: Angel Chasing a Devil (recto) 
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creation date:			c. 1460
creation date earliest:		1455
creation date latest:		1465
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creditline:			The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
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culture:	France, Paris, 15th century
technique:	ink, tempera and gold on vellum
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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CREATORS

* Coëtivy Master (French)  - artist

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measurements: Leaf: 19.7 x 14.3 cm (7 3/4 x 5 5/8 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 (organizer) (December 19, 1999-February 27, 2000).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA, 19 December 1999 - 27 February 2000, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations, cat. 49, illus. p. 52.

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PROVENANCE

	[Bruce Ferrini, Akron]
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The elaborate floral and foliated borders of this leaf, decorating the top, bottom, and sides of both recto and verso, contain four separate elements: blue and gold acanthus leaves, gold-leaf ivy vines, sprays of flowers or fruit, and a grotesque. Here the margin prominently includes an illuminated roundel with an angel chasing a devil with a lance. As a time-saving device, illuminators in the 1450s and later would often paint identical borders on both sides of a leaf. The motifs would be drawn on one side and then traced on the other by holding the leaf against a window. The manuscript from which this leaf came is no longer intact. It included numerous painted roundels relating to the lives of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and the more obscure Saint Alexis. It is possible that the manuscript originally belonged to a married couple for whom these saints served as patrons.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 52, cat. no. 49
	url:		https://archive.org/details/BlackburnIlluminations/page/n64

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