Leaf from a Book of Hours: Ape Hunting Wild Boars (recto) and Ape Fishing (verso)
c. 1500–1510
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Ape Hunting Wild Boars (recto) and Ape Fishing (verso) , c. 1500–1510. France, Paris or Rouen, 16th century. Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum; each leaf: 18.1 x 12.9 cm (7 1/8 x 5 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2006.13 The ape and the wild boar symbolized vice in general and lust in particular during the Middle Ages.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum
- Dimensions
- Each leaf: 18.1 x 12.9 cm (7 1/8 x 5 1/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Letania Kyrie eleyson. Christe eleison. Christe audi nos. Christe audi nos. Pater de caelis Deus, miserere nobis. Spiritus sancta Deus, miserere nobis. Sancta Trinitas unus Deus, miserere nobis. Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis. Sancta Dei genitrix, ON. Sancta virgo virginum. ON. Sancte Michael, ON. Sancte Gabriel ON. Sancte Raphael ON. Oes sancti angeli et archangeli… Translation: : Lord have mercy upon us. Christ have mercy upon us. Christ hear us. Christ hear us. God the Father of heaven, have mercy upon us. God the Son redeemer of the world, have mercy upon us. God the holy Ghost, have mercy upon us. Holy Trinity one God, have mercy upon us Holy Mary, pray for us. Holy Mother of God, pray for us. Holy Virgin of Virgins, pray for us. St. Michael, pray for us (now it uses an abbreviation of ON), St. Gabriel, St. Raphael, All the Holy Angels, and Archangels … Remark: Litany of Saints
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 2006.13
- Credit Line
- The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 115 Manuscripts & Textiles
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