id:			164997
accession number:	2006.8
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Leaf from a Psalter: Initial D: David in Prayer before an Altar and Christ in a Cloud (2 of 2 Excised Leaves), c. 1270–1280. England, Oxford (?), 13th century. Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; each leaf: 17.9 x 13.5 cm (7 1/16 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2006.8

title:				Leaf from a Psalter: Initial D: David in Prayer before an Altar and Christ in a Cloud (2 of 2 Excised Leaves)
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creation date:			c. 1270–1280
creation date earliest:		1265
creation date latest:		1285
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creditline:			The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
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culture:	England, Oxford (?), 13th century
technique:	ink, tempera and gold on vellum
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Each leaf: 17.9 x 13.5 cm (7 1/16 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

* CMA, 19 December 1999 - 27 February 2000, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations, cat. 12, illus. p. 20

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PROVENANCE

	[Sotheby's, London, 25 April 1983, lot 69]; [Bruce Ferrini, Akron]
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An impressive eight-line initial represents a kneeling David praying before an altar amid stylized topiaries and set against a burnished gold ground. The text introduces Psalm 101: <em>Domine exaudi orationem meam</em> (Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my crying come unto thee). Facial types for the figures are rather coarse, with hard lines and sharp expressions and very schematic drawing of the hair and poses are rigid and angular. Hard drapery patterns emphasize the triangular folds and the marginal outgrowth of the initial <em>D</em> terminates as a standing bird. Stylistically, these leaves relate to English work of about 1275–1300, possibly from the vicinity of Oxford.
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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		160812
	Leaf from a Psalter: Initial C: David Seated with a Book (1 of 2 Excised Leaves), c. 1270-1280. England, Oxford(?), 13th century. Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; each leaf: 17.9 x 13.5 cm (7 1/16 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 1999.124
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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. 20, cat. no. 12
	url:		https://archive.org/details/BlackburnIlluminations/page/n32

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