![Fragment from a Lectern Bible: Initial E[t fecit Josias] with Josiah Aspersing the Altar](https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.428/1924.428_web.jpg)
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Fragment from a Lectern Bible: Initial E[t fecit Josias] with Josiah Aspersing the Altar
Master HonoréLinkedCulture matchlcp-1c17163a4a03
- Date
- c. 1300
- Medium
- ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
- Culture
- France, Paris
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 106345
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This initial comes from a large bible (about 23 inches high) and introduces the opening text of the Book of Esdras: Et fecit Josias in Jerosolymis Domino (When Josiah celebrated the Passover festival in Jerusalem to his Lord). The artist, a close follower of Master Honoré at Paris, set his figure against a diapered ground of alternating gold and blue diamonds with fleur-de-lys. Instead of portraying Josiah as a Jew, however, the artist abandoned historical perspective and painted him as a Christian priest sprinkling the altar with holy water in preparation for the Mass.
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- Credit line
- Gift from J. H. Wade
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