Leaf from a Book of Hours; The Virgin in the Clouds, Holding the Child and Standing on a Dragon, within a rectangular frame, within a decorative border

Artist: Unknown

Medium

Tempera and gold leaf

Dimensions

sheet: 5 11/16 × 4 5/16 in. (14.5 × 11 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of Andrew F. Petryn, B.A. 1943

Accession Number

2016.99.14

Geography

Made in France

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Provenance

Provenance

Andrew F. Petryn collection
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2016), 50
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Inscriptions

Text, from a Book of Hours:
Obsecro te domina sancta maria mater dei [turn page here] linguis loquentur novis serpentes tollent et si mortiferum quid biberunt non eis nocebit. Super egros manus imponent et bene habebunt. Et dominus quidem iesus postquam locutus est esi assumptus est in celum et sedet a dextris dei. Illi autem profecte predicaverunt ubique domino deo pecante et sermonem confirmante sequentibus signis. Deo gratias.

[Secundum Marcum 16:14-20:
In illo tempore, Recumbentibus undecim discipulis apparuit illis dominus ihesus : et exprobravit incredulitatem illorum et duritiam cordis quia hijs qui viderant eum resurrexisse non crediderant.
Et dixit eis. Euntes in mundum universum predicate hoc euuangelium omni creature.
Qui crediderit et baptisatus fuerit salvus erit. Qui vero non crediderit condempnabitur.
Signa autem eos que crediderint hec sequentur . In nomine meo demonia eicient linguis loquentur novis serpentes tollent.
Et si mortiferum quid biberint non eis nocebit. Super egros manus imponent et bene habebunt.
Et dominus quidem ihesus postquam loquutus est eis assumptus est in celum et sedet ad dextris dei.
Illi autem profecti predicaverunt ubique domino cooperante et sermonem confirmante sequentibus signis. Deo gratias.

Then, the next text (in the online book of hours) begins: Obsecro te domina sancta maria mater dei . . .
The above information sent by email by Consuelo Dutschke, 18 August 2016]

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