Leaf Excised from a Psalter: Flight Into Egypt
Flanders, Liège(?), 13th century · c. 1260 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Traditional locations within manuscript psalters were designated by decorated initials or, as is the case here, full-page miniatures. These locations marked the major divisions of the psalms as used in the daily office. The extraordinary quality of these miniatures suggests they once decorated a deluxe psalter made for a wealthy or aristocratic patron, possibly a cleric.
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- Maker
- Flanders, Liège(?), 13th century
- Date
- c. 1260
- Medium
- tempera and burnished gold on vellum
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 11.6 x 8.3 cm (4 9/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
- Place of origin
- Flanders
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0