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Leaf from a Psalter(?): Annunciation (recto); Nativity (verso)

early 1200s

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

Psalters were commonly used in monasteries and convents during the Middle Ages; the exact origin of this detached psalter leaf, however, is unclear. Stylistically it relates to a small number of manuscripts produced at Prüfening Abbey near Regensburg and to other examples associated with scriptoria at Augsburg from the early 1200s. Though its immediate source remains obscure, it is certainly South German.

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  • Title: Leaf from a Psalter(?): Annunciation (recto); Nativity (verso)
  • Date Created: early 1200s
  • Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 19 x 15 cm (7 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.)
  • Type: Manuscript
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.447
  • Medium: ink and tempera on parchment
  • Department: Medieval Art
  • Culture: Germany, Bavaria (possibly Prufening or Augsburg), 13th century
  • Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
  • Collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations
  • Accession Number: 1951.447
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