Cleveland Museum of Art

Leaf Excised from a Psalter: The Pentecost

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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