id:			164662
accession number:	2006.15.a
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Leaf from a Psalter and Prayerbook: Initial E with Ornamental Border Containing a Seated Satyr and a Bird Eating Grapes (recto), c. 1524. North Germany, Hildesheim (?), 16th century. Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum; each leaf: 16.6 x 13.5 cm (6 9/16 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2006.15.a

title:				Leaf from a Psalter and Prayerbook: Initial E with Ornamental Border Containing a Seated Satyr and a Bird Eating Grapes (recto)
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creation date:			c. 1524
creation date earliest:		1519
creation date latest:		1529
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creditline:			The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
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culture:	North Germany, Hildesheim (?), 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: 16.6 x 13.5 cm (6 9/16 x 5 5/16 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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 1999-February 27, 2000).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, 19 December 1999 - 27 February 2000, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations, cat. 66, illus. p. 68.', 'opening_date': '1999-12-19T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Main gallery rotation (Gallery 113): January 26, 2015 -', 'opening_date': '2015-01-26T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Arms of Mansfeld (16th century), Prussia, between Magdeburg and Merseburg; Compte d'Aspremont-Lynden (19th century); [Sotheby's, London, 23 June 1987, lot 99]; [Jörn Günther, Hamburg]; [Bruce Ferrini, Akron]
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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		169756
	Leaf from a Psalter and Prayerbook: Calendar Page with Labors (recto) and Calendar Page with Peasant (verso), c. 1524. Germany, Hildesheim (?), 16th century. Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum; leaf: 16.6 x 13.5 cm (6 9/16 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 2011.67
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	id: 		160829
	Leaf from a Psalter and Prayerbook: Ornamental Border with Pea Vines and a Girl Kneading Bread (recto) and Ornamental Boarder with Carnations, a Thistle, and a Cook Ladling Soup (verso) (1 of 3 Excised Leaves), c. 1524. Germany, Hildesheim(?), 16th century. Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum; each leaf: 16.6 x 13.5 cm (6 9/16 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 1999.136
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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. 68, cat. no. 66
	url:		https://archive.org/details/BlackburnIlluminations/page/n80

	Chapin, Mary Weaver. “Music Chez Soi.’” In <em>Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889-1900</em>. Mary Weaver Chapin and Heather Lemonedes Brown, 142-186. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2021.
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 147; Reproduced: P. 148, fig. 79
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