Leaf from a Book of Hours: Penitential Psalms
c. 1530–1535
Noël Bellemare
Noël Bellemare (French, d. 1546)
Medieval Art
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Penitential Psalms, c. 1530–1535. 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 2003.174.2
- 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: Recto: Psalm 6
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 2003.174.2
- Credit Line
- The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
- Exhibitions
- The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours (Gallery 115 rotation), CMA, 19 December 1999 - 27 February 2000, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations, cat. 70 & 71, illus. p. 72.<br><br>Main Gallery rotation (gallery 113): November 29, 2012 - January 14, 2014.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 115 Manuscripts & Textiles
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