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)
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creation date:			c. 1460
creation date earliest:		1455
creation date latest:		1465
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creditline:			James Parmelee Fund
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culture:	France, Paris, 15th century
technique:	Ink, tempera and gold on vellum
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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CREATORS

* Coëtivy Master (French) 

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measurements: Overall: 18.5 x 14.5 cm (7 5/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Parent Manuscript owned by Erza Clark Stillman (1907-95), New York, NY
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	Jörn Günther and Bruce Ferrini, London, England and New York, NY
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	Roger Martin (1939-2020) of Grimsby
	date: -2020
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	Dreweatts, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -2022
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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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 <em>la Vie de saint Alexis</em> was written. This text is regarded as one of the earliest examples in romance language written in French and not in Latin.

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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
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CITATIONS

	Bloomsbury Auctions (Firm). <em>Western Manuscripts and Miniatures: Monday 7 December 2020 : 2pm</em>. 2020.
	page number: 	Lot 81
	url:		https://online.fliphtml5.com/peuem/kefu/#p=1

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