Cleveland Museum of Art
Leaf Excised from a Psalter: Massacre of the Innocents
- 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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