Adjoining Leaves from a Book of Hours: Penitential Psalms and King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves)
c. 1530–35
Noël Bellemare
Noël Bellemare (French, d. 1546)
Medieval Art
Adjoining Leaves from a Book of Hours: Penitential Psalms and King David in Prayer (2 of 3 Excised Leaves), c. 1530–35. Noël Bellemare (French, d. 1546), The 1520s Hours Workshop (French). Ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum; each leaf: 11.2 x 6.4 cm (4 7/16 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2003.174
- Maker/Artist
- Noël Bellemare
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- ink, tempera, and liquid gold on vellum
- Dimensions
- Each leaf: 11.2 x 6.4 cm (4 7/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: ...Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia: Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia. Sequuntur septem pfalmi penitentiales. Antiphona. Ne reminiscaris. psalmus: Domine , ne in durore tuo arguas me Miserere mei domine quoniam infirmus sum : sana me domine, quoniam conturbata sunt ossa mea Et anima mea turbata est valde : sed tu domine usquequo Convertere domine et eripe animam meam : salvum me fac propter misericordiam tuam. Quoniam non est in morte qui memor sit tui : in inferno autem quis confitebitur tibi. Translation: (...Has risen as he said, alleluia. Pray to God for us, alleluia. Thus follow the Seven Penitential Psalms. Response: Remember Not...[Lord, our offences] Psalm: Lord rebuke me not in thy fury: nor chastise me in thy wrath. Have mercy on me Lord, because I am weak: heal me Lord, because all my bones be troubled. And my soul is troubled exceedingly: but thou Lord how long? Turn thee O Lord, and deliver my soul: save me for thy mercy. Because there is not in death, that is mindful of thee: and in hell who shall confess to thee? Remark: 2003.174.1: Psalm 6
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 2003.174
- Credit Line
- The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
- Exhibitions
- The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours (Gallery 115 rotation), Main Gallery rotation (gallery 113): November 29, 2012 - January 14, 2014.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 115 Manuscripts & Textiles
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