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accession number: 2006.10
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Leaf from a Book of Hours: Initial D, c. 1400. England, early 15th century. Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; each leaf: 15.2 x 11.4 cm (6 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2006.10
title: Leaf from a Book of Hours: Initial D
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creation date: c. 1400
creation date earliest: 1395
creation date latest: 1405
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creditline: The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
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culture: England, early 15th century
technique: ink, tempera and gold on vellum
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type: Manuscript
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CREATORS
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measurements: Each leaf: 15.2 x 11.4 cm (6 x 4 1/2 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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* CMA, 19 December 1999 - 27 February 2000, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations, cat. 19, illus. p. 27.
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PROVENANCE
[Graton and Graton, Evanston, Ill.]
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Not all books of hours were decorated with conventional historiated initials or full-page miniatures containing figural scenes. The illuminator of this leaf incorporated a more subtle decorative scheme consisting of a large, flower-filled initial D for Deus that gives a focus to the page. A rectangular bar border with ivy leaf sprays punctuated with flowers in the corners flows from this initial. The layout is neat, yet elegant. The palette of orange-reds and pale blues is typically English.
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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. 27, cat. no. 19
url: https://archive.org/details/BlackburnIlluminations/page/n39
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