Leaf Excised from a Psalter: The Ascension

Cleveland Museum of Art

Leaf Excised from a Psalter: The Ascension

Date
c. 1260
Medium
tempera and burnished gold on vellum
Culture
Flanders, Liège(?), 13th century
Department
Medieval Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

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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