- Provenance
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The Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Constantinople (Istanbul) [1]
To 1909
Ali Arabi, Giza, Egypt, to 1909 [2]From 1909 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ali Arabi, in Giza, in 1909 [3]From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]Notes:
[1] According to Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record: "For a full discussion of the Freer 'Klimax' miniatures, see Charles R. Morey, 'East Christian Paintings in the Freer Collection,' New York, 1914, p. 17 ff; reproduced in color on pl. II; the same also on a single sheet stored with the original. For colophon, signature and dating, see especially pp. 26-29. Date and provenance are here given as 'about 1130, and their place of origin identified as the monastery of St. John the Baptist in Constantinople.'"
[2] See Original Miscellaneous List, Biblical Mss. section, S.I. 1486-B, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[3] See note 2.
[4] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Monastery of St. John the Baptist
Ali Arabi (C.L. Freer source) ca. 1840-1932
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
- Published References
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- Seymour de Ricci, W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. 3 vols., New York, 1935-1940. vol. 1: p. 468.
- Charles Rufus Morey. East Christian Paintings in the Freer Collection. University of Michigan Humanistic Series, 12 New York. pl. 2.
- John Rupert Martin. The Illustration of the Heavenly Ladder of John Climacus. Studies in manuscript illumination, no. 5 Princeton. pp. 12, 192, fig. 15.
- Ann C. Gunter. A Collector's Journey: Charles Lang Freer and Egypt. Washington and London, 2002. p. 23, fig. 1.5.
- Gary Vikan. Byzantine Art as a Mirror of its Public. vol. 118, no. 283 London, August 1983. pp. 164-167, fig. 6.
- Collection Area(s)
- Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Web Resources
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