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Bifolium from a Bible: Initial E[t factum est] with Ezekiel
c. 1290
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Bifolium from a Bible: Initial E[t factum est] with Ezekiel, c. 1290. France, Paris, 13th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 40.3 x 53.7 cm (15 7/8 x 21 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund 1959.272 This bifolium was likely once part of a Carthusian Bible; the initials in the margin are part of a unique reading system used by Carthusian monks.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 40.3 x 53.7 cm (15 7/8 x 21 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1959.272
- Credit Line
- The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund
- Exhibitions
- Scriptorium: The Illuminated Book in Medieval Art, The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art, Illuminated Manuscripts, The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection, Devotion and Leaning in the Middle Ages- (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115, The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/10/2004 - 10/02/2005); "Illuminated Manuscripts", Cleveland Museum of Art, (11/06/2010 - 04/17/2011); "The Glory Of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collections"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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