A Leaf From an Important and Famous Medieval Illuminated Book, Owned by the Beauvais Cathedral in the 14th Century and William Randolph Hearst in the 20th
Many leaves are now in institutions and collections throughout the United States and Europe, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Pierpont Morgan Library, Houghton Library, and Boston Public Library
“In the seventh month shall you celebrate this feast, as I made the children of Israel to dwell in tabernacules, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt”
This increasingly uncommon leaf, from one of the more famous medieval manuscripts, comes from a private American collection.
A leaf from...
“In the seventh month shall you celebrate this feast, as I made the children of Israel to dwell in tabernacules, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt”
This increasingly uncommon leaf, from one of the more famous medieval manuscripts, comes from a private American collection.
A leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Beauvais or Amiens, late 13th or early 14th century]; c.290 x 199mm. 2 columns of up to 21 lines each in a high-quality formal Gothic bookhand, ruled space: c.200 x 140mm. Startingn with: “Omnipotentem Semper adorent Et benedicant” and ending [translation]: “In the seventh month shall you celebrate this feast, as I made the children of Israel to dwell in tabernacules, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God”
Throughout: Music in square notation on a 4-line red stave, rubrics in red, calligraphic initials and line-fillers in black ink touched in yellow, 8 large illuminated initials, 3 with foliate extensions.
Provenance:
(1) Robert de Hangest (d.1356), canon of Beauvais Cathedral, his gift to the Cathedral just before his death. The parent manuscript of 309 leaves contained an undated inscription recording that Robert de Hangest’s death be commemorated every year on November 3.
(2) Didier Petit de Meurville (1793–1873), of Lyon
(3) Henry-Auguste Brölemann (1775–1854), of Lyon, by descent to his great grand-daughter, Blanche Bontoux (1859-1955)
(4) 1926, purchased by William Permain (i.e. Thomas Watson Perman, b.1867) for:
(5) William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951). Sold by Gimbel Bros New York, 1942 to:
(6) Philip C. Duschnes (1897-1970), New York book dealer, who doubtless broke up the volume and sold a number of leaves to:
(7) Otto F. Ege (1888-1951) of Cleveland.
Many leaves are now in institutions and collections throughout the United States and Europe, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Pierpont Morgan Library, Houghton Library, and Boston Public Library.
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