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National Public Gardens Day 2013

by , Guest Services & Marketing in Gardens, Special Events

May

01

Join the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens in celebrating National Public Gardens Day on Friday, May 10th & Saturday, May 11th, 2013  from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. each day.   Admission to the Gardens and Galleries is free with the coupon provided by Better Homes and Gardens.

Because the official date for NPGD coincides with the final day of our annual Very Special Arts Festival, we are extending the offer for free admission with coupon to Saturday as well.  So, you are welcome to visit either day.  Please be aware that from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday May 10th, the Museum will be hosting children from around the Greater Jacksonville area for a festival that takes place throughout the Museum galleries.

On Saturday at 2 p.m. there will be a guided tour of the Gardens with one of our docents.  The tour will discuss the history and design elements of the beautiful Cummer Gardens, which are listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and will also share information about key plants on our campus.

The Gardens are also a wonderful place to enjoy a box lunch from our TreeCup Café, make a sketch in your sketch book, relax under a shade tree while enjoying the  cool breeze, or take a photo of one of the oldest oak trees in Jacksonville. However you choose to enjoy being outside, we hope you will spend National Public Gardens Day with The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens.

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In the Gallery: Gothic Manuscript Page of Jonah & the Whale, c. 1250

by , Registrar in Art, Artists

Apr

30

Written by Jocelyn Boigenzahn, Curatorial Intern

This illuminated leaf comes from the Old Testament of a Latin Bible with a historiated initial of the Prophet Jonah near the bottom of the right column.  This nine-line tall historiated initial “E” or enlarged letter contains a picture shows Jonah praying in the whale’s mouth with a synagogue in the upper part of the initial.

Artist unknown (French),Gothic Manuscript Page: Jonah & the Whale, c. 1250, Tempera and Ink on Vellum, 8.5 x 6 1/8 in., Gift of Mrs. Ruth Pruitt Phillips, AG.1993.1.1.

Artist unknown (French),Gothic Manuscript Page: Jonah & the Whale, c. 1250, Tempera and Ink on Vellum, 8.5 x 6 1/8 in., Gift of Mrs. Ruth Pruitt Phillips, AG.1993.1.1.

Along with this large starting point ornamentation, there are two ornamented initials with marginal extensions  found on this leaf, painted in deep blue, pink, and burnished gold, with curling stems.

The illumination of this leaf suggest that is may have come from the workshop of the Dominican painter, who Robert Branner called “a rare and original painter” and who was one of the earliest miniaturists to invest his figures with feelings and to give them personalities of their own.

This invested emotional quality can be seen with close observation of the facial expression of Jonah while praying to the Lord for deliverance from the whale.

Another interesting feature to note is the responses of the Lord are here written in red ink, a tradition maintained in many Bibles used today.

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Cummer Gardens Family Tour

by , Director of Art Education in Podcast

Apr

25

Family Tour

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Cummer Gardens Horticulture Tour

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Apr

25

Garden Tour

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