Single Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book: The Nativity (recto) and St. Matthew (verso)
c. 1190
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Single Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book: The Nativity (recto) and St. Matthew (verso), c. 1190. Germany, Helmarshausen Abbey, 12th century. Ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum; sheet: 34.6 x 23.4 cm (13 5/8 x 9 3/16 in.); framed: 52.4 x 39.7 cm (20 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.); matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1933.445
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 34.6 x 23.4 cm (13 5/8 x 9 3/16 in.); Framed: 52.4 x 39.7 cm (20 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.); Matted: 48.9 x 36.2 cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1933.445
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Pages From Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts, Religious Art, Die Kunst und Kultur und der Weser in der Zeit von 800 bis 1600, Stadt im Wandel: Kunst und Kultur des Bürgertums in Norddeutschland (City in Transition: Art and Culture of the Bourgeoisie in Northern Germany), Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art, Heinrich der Löwe und seine Zeit (Henry the Lion and his time), Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, 800-1500, <em>Arts of the Middle Ages 1000-1400. </em>The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (February 17-March 24, 1940)., <em>Kunst und Kultur im Weserraum 800-1600. </em>Corvey (1966).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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