Bifolio from an Antiphonary: Historiated Initial O with the Nativity
early 1400s
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Bifolio from an Antiphonary: Historiated Initial O with the Nativity, early 1400s. Bohemia, Prague, 15th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 56.8 x 38.9 cm (22 3/8 x 15 5/16 in.); framed: 61.6 x 76.8 cm (24 1/4 x 30 1/4 in.); matted: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1976.100
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- ink, tempera, and gold on parchment
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 56.8 x 38.9 cm (22 3/8 x 15 5/16 in.); Framed: 61.6 x 76.8 cm (24 1/4 x 30 1/4 in.); Matted: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1976.100
- Credit Line
- Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review, 1976, When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story, The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art, Prague: The Crown of Bohemia, Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection, Visions of the Divine: Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval Germany (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115, Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, 800-1500, <em>Europaische Kunst um 1400</em>, Kunsthistorischen Museum, Vienna, Austria (May 7, 1962-July 31, 1962).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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