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Cleveland Museum of Art171397landscapeBoucicaut Master (French, Paris, active about 1410–25)c. 1415CC0cma sacred-art portraits flora-fauna ink-paper-impressions sacred art flora fauna ink paper impressions medieval manuscript illumination saint catharine lucia religious gothic text latin gold red blue vellum page europe 15th century fresco decorative leaf book hours sts geneviève catherine alexandria and margaret recto versoBoucicaut Master (French, Paris, active about 1410–25) c. 1415 France, Paris ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum Manuscript European ReligiousSacred & Devotional Faces in Time The Living World Ink, Paper & Impressions
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Leaf from a Book of Hours: Sts. Geneviève, Catherine of Alexandria, and Margaret (recto) and Text (verso) by Boucicaut Master (French, Paris, active about 1410–25) (c. 1415). The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.21
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This leaf’s illumination includes Saints Geneviève, Catherine of Alexandria, and Margaret, all early church saints, virgins, and martyrs. During the 1400s and 1500s, the popularity of female saints increased, as did the literacy rate among women, thanks to books of hours. Saint Genevieve is shown with a candle the devil is trying to extinguish while an angel relights it. Saint Catherine, in the center, holds a palm branch and a sword, with which she was executed. Saint Margaret stands on the dragon from whom she emerged clean and unharmed when the cross she carried irritated the dragon’s innards.
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An illuminated manuscript page depicts two saints in a vibrant, detailed scene alongside Latin text.
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