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Leaf from a Book of Hours: Office of the Dead with Psalm 5 (verso)

c. 1460

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circle of Coëtivy Master

(French)

France, Paris, 15th century

Ink, tempera and gold on vellum

Overall: 18.5 x 14.5 cm (7 5/16 x 5 11/16 in.)

James Parmelee Fund 2022.102.b

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

St. Alexis is depicted here as a courtly person of the 1400s to bring him close to the reader.

Description

The leaf shows the life of St Alexis, a monk of the 300s. His veneration became popular in France since the 1100s when the French poem la Vie de saint Alexis was written. This text is regarded as one of the earliest examples in romance language written in French and not in Latin.

Inscriptions

Inscription

optaverunt, piis supplication- nibus consequantur. Qui vivis et regnas deus per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen. Dirige Verba mea auribus p- ercipe Domine intellige clamorem meum. Intende voci orationis meae: Rex meus, et Deus meus. Quoniam ad te orabo Do- mine: mane exaudies vocem meam. Mane astabo tibi, et videbo…

Inscription Translation

…obtain the pardon which they have always wished for. Who livest and reignest world without end. Amen. Direct Receive O Lord my words with thine ears: understand my cry. Attend to the voice of my prayer: my King, and my God. Because I will pray to thee O Lord: in the morning thou wilt hear my voice. In the morning I will stand by thee, and will see…

Inscription Remark

[Psalm 5]

Provenance

Parent Manuscript owned by Erza Clark Stillman (1907-95), New York, NY

Jörn Günther and Bruce Ferrini, London, England and New York, NY

-2020

Roger Martin (1939-2020) of Grimsby

-2022

Dreweatts, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art

2022-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Bloomsbury Auctions (Firm). Western Manuscripts and Miniatures: Monday 7 December 2020 : 2pm. 2020. Lot 81 online.fliphtml5.com