id: 518773 accession number: 2022.102 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.102 updated: 2023-03-22 03:05:36.802000 Leaf from a Book of Hours: Office of the Dead Opening Prayers (recto); Psalm 5 (verso), c. 1460. Circle of Coëtivy Master (French). Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; overall: 18.5 x 14.5 cm (7 5/16 x 5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund 2022.102 title: Leaf from a Book of Hours: Office of the Dead Opening Prayers (recto); Psalm 5 (verso) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1460 creation date earliest: 1455 creation date latest: 1465 current location: creditline: James Parmelee Fund copyright: --- culture: France, Paris, 15th century technique: Ink, tempera and gold on vellum department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations type: Manuscript find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Coëtivy Master (French) --- measurements: Overall: 18.5 x 14.5 cm (7 5/16 x 5 11/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Parent Manuscript owned by Erza Clark Stillman (1907-95), New York, NY date: footnotes: citations: Jörn Günther and Bruce Ferrini, London, England and New York, NY date: footnotes: citations: Roger Martin (1939-2020) of Grimsby date: -2020 footnotes: citations: Dreweatts, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: -2022 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2022- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: St. Alexis is depicted here as a courtly person of the 1400s to bring him close to the reader. digital description: The leaf shows the life of St Alexis, a monk of the 300s. His veneration became popular in France since the 1100s when the French poem la Vie de saint Alexis was written. This text is regarded as one of the earliest examples in romance language written in French and not in Latin. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS id: 163801 Leaf from a Book of Hours: Office of the Dead: Angel Chasing a Devil (recto) and Two Devils (verso), c. 1460. Circle of Coëtivy Master (French). Ink, tempera and gold on vellum; leaf: 19.7 x 14.3 cm (7 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2005.206 relationship: --- CITATIONS Bloomsbury Auctions (Firm). Western Manuscripts and Miniatures: Monday 7 December 2020 : 2pm. 2020. page number: Lot 81 url: https://online.fliphtml5.com/peuem/kefu/#p=1 --- IMAGES