ID: 700008668 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008668	Record Type: Movable Work
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Crohin-La Fontaine Hours (illuminated manuscript; Master of the Dresden Prayer Book and workshop (Flemish, act...; around 1480-1485 ?; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 86.ML.606; Ms. 23)

Note: 214 folios, 12 half-page miniatures, 21 historiated initials, 2 full-page coats of arms. Although no records show who originally owned the book when it was made at the end of the 1400s, it is known to have passed through the hands of two noble owners in the 1500s, members of the Crohin and La Fontaine families. They both added full-page miniatures with their coats of arms to the book, indicating the pride subsequent owners took in possessing a book of such distinguished artistry. In this luxurious Flemish book of hours, a full-page miniature and a pair of full borders mark the beginning of each new section. Despite their small size, the miniatures in this book possess the breadth and expansiveness of large-scale paintings. This convincing illusion of space and atmosphere is the hallmark of the Master of the Dresden Prayer Book.

Titles:

Crohin-La Fontaine Hours (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Ms. 23 (C,U,MD,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: volume

Work Types:

illuminated manuscript [300265483] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by conditions of production>, manuscripts (documents))

book of hours [300026457]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, religious texts)

book [300028051]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>)

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: around 1480-1485 ?

Creator Display:

Master of the Dresden Prayer Book and workshop (Flemish, active about 1480 - 1515) [preferred,JPGM]

creator Master of the Dresden Prayerbook (Netherlandish illuminator and engraver, active ca.1460-1520) [500018916]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500115988] J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 86.ML.606; Ms. 23

Other: Creation: Brugge [7007867] West-Vlaanderen (province), Flanders (region (administrative division)), Belgium (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: tempera colors, gold paint, and iron gall ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with brown calf

	tempera [300015062]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	gilt paint [300343596]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, metallic paint)

	iron-gall ink [300081023]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, ink, <ink by composition or origin>)

	parchment (animal material) [300011851]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material)

	pasteboard (paper) [300162474]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, paper (fiber product), <paper by form>)

	calf (leather) [300227525]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material, leather, <leather by origin>)

Dimensions: leaves: 13.3 x 9.4 cm (5 1/4 x 3 11/16 in.)

Cultures:

Flemish (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	hours (prayers) [300404017]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Literary and Performing Arts Works (hierarchy name), prayers (compositions)) (AAT)

	prayers (literary genre) [300026452]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)

	Latin (language) [300388693]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), language-related concepts, <languages and writing systems>, <languages and writing systems by specific type>, <temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Secondary Inscription: Inscribed fol. 13, in a cartouche with gold lettering, "Demoiselle Margherite Crohin fille de Jan et derniereme[n]t veuve de feu Jacq[ue]s Chr[est]ien en son ta[m]pz dame de Salmonsart et de la Bassee: laissa par testament ces p[rese]ntes heures a revere[n]d pere e[n] dieu mo[n]s[eigneur] Nicolas abbe de S. Jan en Vallen et trespassa icelle le 20[eme] dece[m]bre a[nn]o 1552." Inscribed fol. 29, "Messire Lois de la Fontaine dict Wicart Ch[eva]l[ier] de Hier[u]z[alem], S[eigneu]r de Salmonsart de la Bassee en Ugies". Markings: Markings: Fol. 13 miniature marked with the coat-of-arms of Marguerite Crohin held by a winged female figure, flanked by labeled coats-of-arms of the Crohin, Hannemau, Perssant, and Joie families. Fol. 29 marked with full-page coat-of-arms of Lois de la Fontaine (called Wicart), Knight of Jerusalem, Seigneur de Salmonsart de la Bassée en Ugies, dated 1572, flanked by coats-of-arms of the La Fontaine, Crestien, Lois, and Crohin families. Back flyleaf marked with the stamp of "J. Schavye, relieur de S.M. le roi, Bruxelles".

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Crohin-La Fontaine Hours	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Ms. 23	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP,JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)