id:			169750
accession number:	2011.65
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2023-04-06 11:11:42.855000

Leaf from a Book of Hours: Calendar Page for May (recto) and Calendar Page for June (verso) (2 of 3 Excised Leaves), c. 1510. France, Rouen, 16th century. Ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum; 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 2011.65

title:				Leaf from a Book of Hours: Calendar Page for May (recto) and Calendar Page for June (verso) (2 of 3 Excised Leaves)
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creation date:			c. 1510
creation date earliest:		1505
creation date latest:		1515
current location:		115 Manuscripts & Textiles
creditline:			The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
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culture:	France, 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: 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

	Carlton R. Richmond
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	[Sotheby's, New York, 30 October 1981, lot 54]
	date: 1981
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	[Bruce Ferrini, Akron, Oh], sold to Jeanne Miles Blackburn
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	Jeanne Miles Blackburn, Maitland, Fl, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -2011
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
	date: 2011-
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fun fact:
It is believed that medieval men and women read their books of hours aloud, not silently.

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wall description:
The calendar is usually located at the beginning of a book of hours. Much like calendars today, those in books of hours mark important days to be acknowledged throughout the year. These calendars are perpetual calendars, meaning adjustable, as to be accurate every year. Months are often illuminated with an image of the type of labor or zodiac sign associated with them, such as grapes in September, the month in which they were harvested. In more lavish books, the most important days are done in gold, red, or blue, while lesser days are in brown or black ink. Running along each column are letters, which would have helped readers quickly identify Sundays. Every year, a different letter would indicate Sundays. Also running along the page are golden numbers, roman numerals used to indicate full and new moons and help identify holidays like Easter that do not fall on the same date yearly.
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	Leaf from a Book of Hours: Adam and Eve and the Fall of Man (Prefatory Miniature to the Office of the Virgin) (recto) and Text with Illustrated Border (verso) (1 of 3 Excised Leaves), c. 1510. France, Rouen, 16th century. Ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum; each leaf: 17.9 x 12.8 cm (7 1/16 x 5 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2001.79
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	id: 		169753
	Leaf from a Book of Hours: Adoration of the Magi (recto) and Text with Illustrated Border (verso) (3 of 3 Excised Leaves), c. 1510. France, Rouen, 16th century. Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum; leaf: 19.5 x 13 cm (7 11/16 x 5 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2011.66
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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. 64, cat. no. 62
	url:		https://archive.org/details/BlackburnIlluminations/page/n76

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