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accession number:	2022.134
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url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.134
updated:		2025-04-04 11:07:09.317000

Leaf from an Antiphonary: Floral Initial (recto); Text (verso), c. 1475. Italy. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; overall: 50.7 x 35.4 cm (19 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in memory of Robert M. Gotwald by his children, Karen Gotwald, Michael Gotwald, David Gotwald, and Robbie Duncan, 2022.134

title:				Leaf from an Antiphonary: Floral Initial (recto); Text (verso)
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creation date:			c. 1475
creation date earliest:		1470
creation date latest:		1480
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creditline:			Gift in memory of Robert M. Gotwald by his children, Karen Gotwald, Michael Gotwald, David Gotwald, and Robbie Duncan
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culture:	Italy
technique:	Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Overall: 50.7 x 35.4 cm (19 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mr. Otto F. Ege (1888-1951), Cleveland, OH, by inheritance to his wife Louise
	date: -1951
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	Louise Ege (1892-1970), Cleveland, OH, gifted to Mr. Robert Gotwald
	date: 1951-1960s
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	Mr. Robert M. Gotwald (1921-2000), Cleveland, OH, by inheritance to his son Michael
	date: 1960s-2000
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	Mr. Michael Gotwald, Washington D.C., gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2000-2021
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2021-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Ege, Otto F. “Manuscripts of the Middle Ages.” <em>The American Magazine of Art</em> 23, no. 5 (1931).
	page number: 	p. 379
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	Ricci, Seymour de, William Jerome Wilson, Anne M. Nill, and W. H. Bond. <em>Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada</em>. 1935.
	page number: 	no. 27
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	Gwara, Scott. <em>Otto Ege's Manuscripts: A Study of Ege's Manuscript Collections, Portfolios, and Retail Trade ; with a Comprehensive Handlist of Manuscripts Collected or Sold. </em>2013.
	page number: 	pp. 169, 290, fig. 88
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IMAGES

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