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accession number:	2011.65.b
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Leaf from a Book of Hours: Calendar Page for June (verso), 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 2011.65.b

title:				Leaf from a Book of Hours: Calendar Page for June (verso)
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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: 19.5 x 13 cm (7 11/16 x 5 1/8 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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	[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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	Ms. 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:
On this calendar page, June is illustrated with the month’s labor of gathering hay. One figure cuts hay with a scythe while the other uses a rake to gather it. Also featured is a crab, signifying the month’s zodiac sign, Cancer. In this lavishly decorated leaf, the most important feast days are listed in gold, while other days are in alternating red and blue inks. The original manuscript containing this leaf was whole as late as the 1980s, and today its leaves can be found in museums around the country.
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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. 64, cat. no. 62
	url:		https://archive.org/details/BlackburnIlluminations/page/n76

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