Canon Page

CultureGerman
Titles
  • Canon Page
  • from a Sacramentary, with the Crucifixion
Datec. 1150–1160
Possible placeHildesheim, Germany
MediumTempera and gold leaf on parchment
DimensionsImage: 9 3/8 × 6 1/4 in. (23.8 × 15.9 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (30.2 × 20 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Laurence H. Favrot Bequest
Object number71.8
Non exposé

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ProvenanceErnst Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, Switzerland, 1946-March 27, 1971; purchased by MFAH, 1971.
Exhibition History"El Arte Romanico," Council of Europe exhibition of Romanesque art, 1961. Exhibited in room VII.

"A Permanent Heritage: Major Works from the Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 23 October 1980 - 4 January, 1981.

"The Glory of Byzantium," at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, from March 3-July 6, 1997 (LN:97.3).

“Body of Christ,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Jones Gallery, December, 1997-April, 1998.

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