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accession number:	2006.13.b
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Leaf from a Book of Hours: Ape Fishing (verso), 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.b

title:				Leaf from a Book of Hours: Ape Fishing (verso)
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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
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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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measurements: Each leaf: 18.1 x 12.9 cm (7 1/8 x 5 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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

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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:
This leaf shows the second half of Psalm 142. The page’s first line reads, “Non avertas faciem tuam a me,” or “Turn not away thy face from me.” This last page of the penitential psalms immediately precedes the litany of saints, which begins on the other side of this leaf. Below the text stands an ape fishing at a small pond across from a large bird, a scene possibly from a fable or simply meant to 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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