Single Leaf Excised from a Gospel Book: The Nativity (recto) and St. Matthew (verso)
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
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This leaf comes from a volume that is preserved in the Trier Cathedral Library in Germany (Codex 142).