Bifolio from a Book of Hours: Adoration of the Magi (recto); Text (verso)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bifolio from a Book of Hours: Adoration of the Magi (recto); Text (verso)

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Date
c. 1415
Medium
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Culture
France, Paris
Department
Medieval Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
133421

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A medieval illuminated manuscript page featuring a nativity scene and ornate text.

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Books of hours were devotional books popular in the Middle Ages. Meant for laypeople, or those not in the clergy, they were used at home and contained daily prayers as well as prayers for specific occasions, such as death, plague, warfare, travel, or bad weather. The heart of every book of hours is the Hours of the Virgin. With this set of prayers, the reader asked the Virgin Mary to intercede on their behalf. The Adoration of the Magi opens sext, the sixth hour of the day, or noon. The Coronation of the Virgin begins compline, which is before retiring for the evening. All books of hours contain the same basic sections and were highly customizable.

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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
-1955: Dr. Vladimir G. Simkhovitch, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1955-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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