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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)
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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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineLeaf 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. France, Beauvais, late 13th-early 14th Century. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 28.5 x 20 cm (11 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freudenheim in memory of Otto Ege, 1982.141
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