Leaf from a Greek Psalter and New Testament
1084
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Leaf from a Greek Psalter and New Testament, 1084. Byzantium, Constantinople, 11th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 16.3 x 10.9 cm (6 7/16 x 4 5/16 in.); framed: 44.5 x 34.3 cm (17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.); matted: 40.6 x 30.5 cm (16 x 12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.154 Imported illuminated manuscripts were important in spreading the Byzantine style throughout Western Europe.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 16.3 x 10.9 cm (6 7/16 x 4 5/16 in.); Framed: 44.5 x 34.3 cm (17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 30.5 cm (16 x 12 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1950.154
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Greek and Byzantine Manuscripts, The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art, The Glory of Byzantium, Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Exhibition of Byzantine and Medieval Art, The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC, (September 1954)., Liturgical Arts, Chapman Gallery at Milwaukee-Downer College, Milwaukee, WI, (March 1955)., Bladwin Fund Special Advanced Seminar, The Dudley Peter Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH, (December 3-20, 1957)., Greek Manuscripts from American Collections: An Exhibition in Honor of Kurt Weitzmann, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, (1973).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 105 Byzantine
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