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accession number:	2014.21.a
share license status:	CC0
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Leaf from a Book of Hours: Sts. Geneviève, Catherine of Alexandria, and Margaret (recto), c. 1415. Workshop of Boucicaut Master (French, Paris, active about 1410–25). Ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum; leaf: 16 x 11.2 cm (6 5/16 x 4 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2014.21.a

title:				Leaf from a Book of Hours: Sts. Geneviève, Catherine of Alexandria, and Margaret (recto)
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creation date:			c. 1415
creation date earliest:		1410
creation date latest:		1420
current location:		115 Manuscripts & Textiles
creditline:			The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
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culture:	France, Paris, 15th century
technique:	ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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CREATORS

* Boucicaut Master (French, Paris, active about 1410–25)  - artist

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measurements: Leaf: 16 x 11.2 cm (6 5/16 x 4 7/16 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

* Main gallery rotation (Gallery 113): January 26, 2015 -

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PROVENANCE

	[Bruce Ferrini, Akron, OH, sold to Jeanne Miles Blackburn]
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	Jeanne Miles Blackburn
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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This leaf’s illumination includes Saints Geneviève, Catherine of Alexandria, and Margaret, all early church saints, virgins, and martyrs. During the 1400s and 1500s, the popularity of female saints increased, as did the literacy rate among women, thanks to books of hours. Saint Genevieve is shown with a candle the devil is trying to extinguish while an angel relights it. Saint Catherine, in the center, holds a palm branch and a sword, with which she was executed. Saint Margaret stands on the dragon from whom she emerged clean and unharmed when the cross she carried irritated the dragon’s innards.
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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. 32, cat. no. 24
	url:		https://archive.org/details/BlackburnIlluminations/page/n44

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