id:			164541
accession number:	2006.10
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2006.10
updated:		2022-01-04 17:37:54.329000

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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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
	<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. 19, illus. p. 27.

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PROVENANCE

	[Graton and Graton, Evanston, Ill.]
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wall description: 
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 <em>D </em>for <em>Deus </em>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. <em>The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations.</em> 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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