AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1999.137.3
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AMICA Library Year:
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2001
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Object Type:
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Books
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Northern European; German
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Germany, Franconia or Saxony (?) or Silesia (?), 15th century
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Title:
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Three Cuttings from a Missal: Initial E with the Angels of the Entombment
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Title Type:
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Primary
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Title:
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Cutting from a Missal: Initial E with the Angels of the Entombment
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Title Type:
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Former
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 1470-1500
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Creation Start Date:
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1465
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Creation End Date:
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1505
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Materials and Techniques:
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ink, tempera and gold on vellum
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Classification Term:
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Manuscript
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Creation Place:
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Franconia
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Creation Place:
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possibly Saxony
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Creation Place:
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possibly Silesia
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Dimensions:
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Each leaf: 11cm x 9.7cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1999.137.3
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Credit Line:
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The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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[Bruce Ferrini, Akron]
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Context:
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Three Cuttings from a Missal,Initial E: Angels of the Entombment (Celebrant's Prayer for the Easter Vigil of Holy Saturday)Text: Exultet iam angelica (Rejoice now the angels)[Cat. no. 78.c (CMA 1999.137.3)]about 1470-1500Germany (Franconia or Saxony?) or Silesia(?)Ink, tempera, and gold on vellumThe Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection [Cat. nos. 78a-c]These three cuttings are illuminated in a style that is somewhat provincial and difficult to localize. The figures relate to late 15th-century German woodcut illustration, but also vaguely recall Franconian sculpture and Saxon painting. The figures are simply, though charmingly, sketched in heavy black ink with little attention to finesse of line or detail. The palette is confined to dark hues of red, blue, and ochre with flesh tones either left white or colored pink. The style hints at an origin in Franconia, Saxony, or Silesia.The initial "E" includes a form of musical notation called Hufnagalshrift or "Horseshoe nail writing" because it resembles the nails used to affix horseshoes. Hufnagalshrift appears almost exclusively in manuscripts produced in Germanic Central Europe. The use of different colored lines in the musical stave is a known feature of Saxony. The text Exultet iam angelica (Rejoice now angel) begins the prayer used only on Holy Saturday during the Easter Vigil. It was sung by the priest at Mass to a very special and ancient melody.
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Link to Work:
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CMA_.1999.137.1-2
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1999.137.3.tif
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