![Leaf from a Missal with Two Historiated Initials: Initial P[er omnia saecula saeculorum] (A Priest Celebrates Mass) and Initial V[ere dignum et iustum est] (Ecclesia and Synagogue)](https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1982.141/1982.141_web.jpg)
Description
This leaf and others are known to survive from a magnificent missal made for the use of Beauvais Cathedral. The two large decorated initials illustrate the preface to the Canon of the Mass.
Provenance
Robert de Hangest, Canon of Beauvais gave to the Beauvais Church, France (c. 1300); Beauvais Church, France (c. 1300-); (Sale: Sotheby's, 1926); William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951), Beverly Hills, CA (1926-1942); [Sale: Gimbel Bros and Hammer Galleries, New York, NY, 1942, no. 480-4] (1942); Philip Duschnes, New York, NY, to Otto F. Ege (1942); Otto F. Ege (1888–1951), Cleveland, OH, through inheritance to Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freudenheim (1942-1951); Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freudenheim, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art (1951-1982); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1982-)
Leaf from a Missal with Two Historiated Initials: Initial P[er omnia saecula saeculorum] (A Priest Celebrates Mass) and Initial V[ere dignum et iustum est] (Ecclesia and Synagogue)
c. 1300
Accession Number
1982.141
Medium
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Dimensions
Sheet: 28.5 x 20 cm (11 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
Classification
Manuscript
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freudenheim in memory of Otto Ege
