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Cleveland Museum of Art130960portrait1475CC0cma sacred-art symbols-patterns portraits flora-fauna ink-paper-impressions sacred art symbols patterns flora fauna ink paper impressions medieval manuscript illumination gothic text border vibrant colorful religious script gold leaf red blue green purple decorative page europe 14th century leaf psalter full medallions annunciation jerome clare sebastian and bernardino historiated initial1475 Italy, Umbria or Tuscany, 15th century ink, tempera, and gold on parchment Manuscript DecorativeSacred & Devotional Symbols & Ornament Faces in Time The Living World Ink, Paper & Impressions
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Leaf from a Psalter with Full Border with Medallions (Annunciation, SS. Jerome, Clare, Sebastian and Bernardino) and Historiated Initial (E): Virgin and Child (1475). Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.642
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This leaf contains Psalm 67. The original full manuscript would have held all 150 psalms. Psalters like this were made in a large format for communal prayer. This leaf is richly adorned with an elaborate border with a historiated, or decorated, initial E showing the Madonna and Child. Around the border are Saint Jerome, Saint Clair, Saint Sebastian, and Saint Bernardino, a popular and much-venerated preacher from Siena, Italy. The bottom medallion depicts the Annunciation, or announcement to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive a son by the power of the Holy Spirit. She is shown seated, reading from a book of hours.
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a vibrant medieval manuscript page displays ornate illuminated text and intricate border designs.
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