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The style and quality of this manuscript's decoration is typical of deluxe Parisian books made for aristocratic or royal patrons. Most of the book's decoration appears to be the work of the Master of the Boqueteaux, an artist active at the court of King Charles V (died 1380). His style was apparently shared by a number of book illuminators working in and around Paris. It is very possible that the <em>Gotha Missal</em> belonged to Charles V, but is not provable because the manuscript has no royal portraits and lacks a colophon. Given the book's magnificent decoration, however, it would seem that it was produced for a Valois prince, if not for the king himself. The manuscript receives its name from the German dukes of Gotha, its later owners.
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138023
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The Gotha Missal
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138023
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The Gotha Missal
description
The style and quality of this manuscript's decoration is typical of deluxe Parisian books made for aristocratic or royal patrons. Most of the book's decoration appears to be the work of the Master of the Boqueteaux, an artist active at the court of King Charles V (died 1380). His style was apparently shared by a number of book illuminators working in and around Paris. It is very possible that the <em>Gotha Missal</em> belonged to Charles V, but is not provable because the manuscript has no royal portraits and lacks a colophon. Given the book's magnificent decoration, however, it would seem that it was produced for a Valois prince, if not for the king himself. The manuscript receives its name from the German dukes of Gotha, its later owners.
date
c. 1375
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CC0
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en
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Q60756696
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Bound Volume
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1
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Codex: 28.3 x 20.6 x 4.8 cm (11 1/8 x 8 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
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France, Paris
accession
1962.287
Source extras
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ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding
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The Gotha Missal, c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 28.3 x 20.6 x 4.8 cm (11 1/8 x 8 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287
collection
MED - Manuscript Illuminations
didYouKnow
The artist received his name because of his tendency to draw trees that resembled little mushrooms.
citations
citation
H.P. Kraus (Firm). Thirty-Five Manuscripts: Including the St. Blasien Psalter, the Llangattock Hours, the Gotha Missal, the Roger Bacon (Voynich) Cipher Ms. New York, N.Y.: H.P. Kraus, 1962.
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pp. 32-39
citation
Wixom, William D. "A Missal for a King: A First Exhibition." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 50, no. 7 (1963)
page_number
pp. 159-73
citation
“Acquisition” <em>Museum News</em> (October 1963)
page_number
p. 3
citation
"Flashes,"<em> Jardin des Arts</em>, (December 1963)
page_number
p. 69
citation
Mastai, M-L. D’Otrange. "The Connoisseur in America” <em>The Connoisseur </em>(Dec. 1963)
page_number
pp. 273-75
citation
<em>The Art Quarterly</em>, (Summer 1963)
page_number
p. 250, 256
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Bober, Harry. "Medieval Art at Cleveland,"<em> Apollo </em>(December 1963)
page_number
pp. 434, 456
citation
Wixom, William D. "Twelve Masterpieces of Medieval and Renaissance Book Illumination. A Catalogue to the Exhibition: March 17-May 17, 1964." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 51, no. 3 (1964)
page_number
pp. 51-53
citation
"La Chronique Des Arts,"<em> Gazette Des Beaux-Arts, (</em>February 1964)
page_number
p. 43, fig. 155
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 63
citation
Wixom, William D. "Three Gothic Sculptures." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 53, no. 9 (1966)
page_number
pp. 349-50
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p. 113
citation
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page_number
pp. 43-44
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Bodleian Library, Otto Pächt, and J. J. G. Alexander. <em>Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library</em>, Oxford. Oxford: Clarendon P., 1966.
page_number
p. 47 pl. XLVI
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Wixom, William D. Treasures from Medieval France. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
page_number
pp. 220-21
citation
Meiss, Millard. French Painting in the Time of Jean De Berry: The Late Fourteenth Century and the Patronage of the Duke. 1967.
page_number
fig. 519
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 63
citation
Cooper, Barbara, and Maureen Matheson. The World Museums Guide, Edited by Barbara Cooper & Maureen Matheson. London: Threshold Books Ltd, 1973.
page_number
p. 78
citation
Châtelet, Albert, and Nicole Reynaud. Etudes D'art Français Offertes À Charles Sterling. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1975.
page_number
p. 70, fig. 49
citation
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page_number
p. 135 & 139
citation
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page_number
p. 44, fig. 15
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 70
citation
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citation
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page_number
pp. 794, 840
citation
Sandler, Lucy Freeman. “Jean Pucelle and the Lost Miniatures of the Belleville Breviary.” <em>The Art Bulletin Vol. LXVI No. 1</em> (March 1984)
page_number
pp. 73-96
citation
De Winter, Patrick M. La bibliothèque de Philippe le Hardi, duc de Bourgogne (1364-1404): étude sur les manuscrits à peintures d'une collection princière à l'époque du "style gothique international". Paris: Editions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1985.
page_number
pp. 6, 91, 100, 185, figs. 101 & 211
citation
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citation
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citation
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page_number
p. 318
citation
Fillitz, Hermann, and Friedrich Dahm. Geschichte der bildenden Kunst in Österreich. München: Prestel, 1998.
page_number
pp. 482-83
citation
Fillitz, Hermann, and Friedrich Dahm. Geschichte der bildenden Kunst in Österreich. München: Prestel, 1998.
page_number
fig. 26, p. 482, fol. 63v; fig. 28, p. 483 fol. 1r
citation
May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page_number
p. 27
citation
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citation
Fliegel, Stephen N., Sophie Jugie, and Virginie Barthélémy. Art from the Court of Burgundy: The Patronage of Philip the Bold and John the Fearless 1364-1419 : Musée Des Beaux-Arts De Dijon, May 28-September 15, 2004, the Cleveland Museum of Art, October 24, 2004-January 9, 2005. [Dijon]: Musée des beaux-arts, 2004.
page_number
Cat no. 23, p. 79
citation
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citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page_number
pp. 214-215
citation
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p. 77, fig. 64
citation
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page_number
Mention: p. 202, note 40
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N., and Stephen N. Fliegel. A Higher Contemplation: Sacred Meaning in the Christian Art of the Middle Ages. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2012.
page_number
p. 53, fig. 43
citation
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page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 270
citation
Fajt, Jiří. Nürnberg als Kunstzentrum des Heiligen Römischen Reichs: höfische und städtische Malerei in der Zeit Kaiser Karls IV. 1346-1378. Berlin : Deutscher Kunstverlag ; Prag : Nationalgalerie Prag 2019.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 223, Abb. 238 (fol. 63v only)
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Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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Medieval Art
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ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding
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