Bifolio from a Book of Hours: Adoration of the Magi (recto); Text (verso)
c. 1415
Boucicaut Master
Boucicaut Master (French, Paris, active about 1410–25)
Medieval Art
Bifolio from a Book of Hours: Adoration of the Magi (recto); Text (verso), c. 1415. Workshop of Boucicaut Master (French, Paris, active about 1410–25). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; folio: 16.8 x 12.7 cm (6 5/8 x 5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1955.79.1
- Maker/Artist
- Boucicaut Master
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
- Dimensions
- Folio: 16.8 x 12.7 cm (6 5/8 x 5 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Deus in adiutorium meum intende. Domine, ad adiuvandum me festina. Translation: O Lord, make speed to save me. O Lord, make haste to help me. Remark: Verso 1: Sext
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1955.79.1
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Gothic Art 1360-1440, The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours (Gallery 115 rotation), <em>Netherlandish Illumination,</em> Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (April 22-May 12, 1960).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 115 Manuscripts & Textiles
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