Single Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book: The Nativity (recto)
Unknown Artist
c. 1190
Medium
ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum
Dimensions
sheet: 34.6 × 23.4 cm · framed: 52.4 × 39.7 cm
Classification
Manuscript
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1933.445.a
About this artwork
This leaf comes from a volume that is preserved in the Trier Cathedral Library in Germany (Codex 142).