id:			169751
accession number:	2011.65.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.65.a
updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:50.975000

Leaf from a Book of Hours: Calendar Page for May (recto), 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.a

title:				Leaf from a Book of Hours: Calendar Page for May (recto)
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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
copyright:			

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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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CREATORS

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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 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. 62, illus. p. 64.

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PROVENANCE

	Carlton R. Richmond
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	[Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 30 October 1981, lot 54]
	date: 30 October 1981
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	[Bruce Ferrini, Akron, OH, sold to Jeanne Miles Blackburn]
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	Jeanne Miles Blackburn, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -2011
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	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:
This calendar page from a book of hours shows the month of May with an illumination of the labor of the month, falconry, the popular medieval sport of hunting with a trained bird of prey. A couple rides through the forest, a falcon on the man’s outstretched arm. May is also associated with fertility rites, and the next scene shows the amorous couple on a break from the hunt. Below are saint days honored in May. May 5th’s inclusion of Saint Audoennus, who was popular in Rouen, helps indicate that this book was made for use in that city.
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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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	id: 		162146
	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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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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