ID: 700008686 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008686	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Katherine Hours (illuminated manuscript; Jean Bourdichon (French, 1457 - 1521), active Tours, France ...; about 1480 - 1485; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.ML.746; Ms. 6)

Note: 145 folios + 6 flyleaves, 13 half-page miniatures, 24 quarter-page miniatures, 13 full borders, 133 one-side borders, 17 decorated initials. Lay spirituality spurred the popularity of personal books of hours in the late Middle Ages. A book of hours is a private prayer book with a core group of prayers and readings structured around the eight daily devotional services practiced by the clergy. Books of hours also contain a calendar of Church feasts, prayers to saints, and a service for the dead. They were designed for the laity and were frequently tailored to a patron's individual interests. Jean Bourdichon, court painter to four successive French kings, illuminated this book of hours, which represents some of his earliest work. He produced glorious miniatures with sophisticated landscapes, dramatic lighting, and monumental figures. Illuminations in books of hours, usually placed at the beginnings of the individual prayers, provided a visual focus, aiding the reader in his or her meditations. The intertwined initials I and K appear frequently in the borders of the manuscript, with the I embraced by a loop that forms the arms of the K. The letters are probably the initials of a husband and wife who commissioned the book. The K probably stands for Katherine since the book contains several prayers to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, after whom women in medieval France were often named.

Titles:

Katherine Hours (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Ms. 6 (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: about 1480 - 1485

Creator Display:

Jean Bourdichon (French, 1457 - 1521), active Tours, France from early 1480s [preferred,JPGM]

Bourdichon, Jean (French illuminator, ca. 1457-1521) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500004391]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Tours [7008323] Centre region (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 84.ML.746; Ms. 6

Display Materials: Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment bound between wood boards covered in red velvet over previous covering of tanned leather

	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)

	gold leaf [300264831]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>, leaf (metal))

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

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

	wood board [300162666]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, <wood by product>)

	velvet (fabric weave) [300133711]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>, <textile materials by weaving technique>, pile weave (textile), warp pile weave)

Dimensions: leaves: 16.4 x 11.6 cm (6 7/16 x 4 9/16 in.)

Cultures:

French (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)

	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 inside front cover, top left corner, in black ink, "no. 98" Inscribed front cover, top left center, in pencil, "Fe. mmm fr./ Vmm mm [crossed out]/ Fem mmm" [crossed out] (price codes) Inscribed inside front cover, top left center, in blue ink, "144 feuillet/ 13 miniatures" Inscribed inside front cover, upper right, in pencil, "Femm m fr./ £ 6 mmm - / Hoe $ Eemm -" (price codes) Fourteen leaves are inscribed with the initials "I" and "K" intertwined with the love knot. Inscribed recto of first flyleaf, top left, in pencil, "47.2.31", "(25)"; at top right, in pencil, "Th.II.4". Inscribed inside back cover, top, in pencil, faded and illegible price codes. Markings: Marked Folio 1, at bottom center, oval stamp with faded "B(?) LICHTENSTEIN BIBLIOTHEK"; underneath the name "Pierre Vischer à Basel" erased, but legible. Label: Inside back cover, lower left corner, sticker inscribed in black ink, "409".

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Katherine Hours	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Ms. 6	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP,JPGM]

....................... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/1457/jean-bourdichon-katherine-hours-french-about-1480-1485/

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