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accession number:	2006.13.a
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Leaf from a Book of Hours: Ape Hunting Wild Boars (recto), c. 1500–1510. France, Paris or Rouen, 16th century. Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum; each leaf: 18.1 x 12.9 cm (7 1/8 x 5 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2006.13.a

title:				Leaf from a Book of Hours: Ape Hunting Wild Boars (recto)
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creation date:			c. 1500–1510
creation date earliest:		1495
creation date latest:		1515
current location:		115 Manuscripts & Textiles
creditline:			The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	France, Paris or Rouen, 16th century
technique:	ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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CREATORS

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measurements: Each leaf: 18.1 x 12.9 cm (7 1/8 x 5 1/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Letania
Kyrie eleyson.  Christe eleison. Christe audi nos. Christe audi nos.  Pater de caelis Deus, miserere nobis.  Spiritus sancta Deus, miserere nobis. Sancta Trinitas unus Deus, miserere nobis. Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis.  Sancta Dei genitrix, ON. Sancta virgo virginum. ON. Sancte Michael, ON. Sancte Gabriel ON. Sancte Raphael ON. Oes sancti angeli et archangeli…
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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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 1999-February 27, 2000).

	title:		The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours (Gallery 115 rotation)
	opening date:   2022-08-26T04:00:00
	<i>The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours (Gallery 115 rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-July 30, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA, 19 December 1999 - 27 February 2000, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations, cat. 61, illus. p. 63.

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PROVENANCE

	[Sotheby's, London, 3 July 1984, lot 127]
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	[Graton and Graton, Evanston, Ill.]
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	Ms. Jeanne Miles Blackburn, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -2006
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2006-
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fun fact:
The ape and the wild boar symbolized vice in general and lust in particular during the Middle Ages.

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wall description:
Following the psalms is the litany of saints, identified by the blue text reading Letania. This repetitive list proceeds through a hierarchy beginning with God the Father and continuing through many saints. From each individual, the reader could ask for forgiveness. This list was customizable, allowing the reader to include saints important to them or their family. Surrounding the text is a scene of an ape hunting wild boars, symbols of vice and lust, that could perhaps be from a fable or merely be amusing or diversionary.
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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. 63, cat. no. 61
	url:		https://archive.org/details/BlackburnIlluminations/page/n75

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