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Source 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.
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Document identity
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138024
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The Gotha Missal: Fol. 1r, Trinity and Resurrection
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138024
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title
The Gotha Missal: Fol. 1r, Trinity and Resurrection
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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CC0
language
en
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Q80033419
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Bound Volume
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
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France, Paris
accession
1962.287.1.a
Source extras
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ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding
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The Gotha Missal: Fol. 1r, Trinity and Resurrection , c. 1375. Master of the Boqueteaux (French), and Workshop. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding; codex: 27.1 x 19.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1962.287.1.a
collection
MED - Manuscript Illuminations
citations
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. A Missal for a King. [Cleveland]: [The Museum], 1963.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 160
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Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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2026-05-29 07:03:54.917000
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138024
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Medieval Art
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MED - Manuscript Illuminations
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ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; blind-tooled leather binding
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male
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1
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0
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