ID: 700008687 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008687	Record Type: Movable Work
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Book of Hours (illuminated manuscript; Follower of the Boucicaut Master (French, active about 1...; around 1410; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 83.ML.101; Ms. Ludwig IX 5)

Note: 197 folios + 4 flyleaves, 46 half-page miniatures, 24 illuminated calendar pages. Books of hours, made especially for the private devotional practice of lay people, were one of the most important types of manuscript to be made in the later Middle Ages. Although this book is elaborately decorated with an innovative scheme of illumination and numerous marginal figures, it was illuminated not by major masters but by their followers. With the increased demand for books of hours in the early 1400s, collaborative ventures by different artists were common in the Parisian art market. This book was certainly made for a woman; in fact, she is depicted kneeling in prayer in the miniatures accompanying two prayers to the Virgin. The manuscript epitomizes the sumptuous aesthetic of the International style of painting. Characteristic features include the elongated proportions of the figures, their swaying postures, and their extravagant clothing. The borders are also classic examples of the International style in manuscripts, with richly colored acanthus leaves, brilliant touches of gold leaf, and small playful figures appearing throughout.

Titles:

Book of Hours (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Ms. Ludwig IX 5 (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 1410

Creator Display:

Follower of the Boucicaut Master (French, active about 1390 - 1430) and a follower of the Egerton Master (French / Netherlandish active about 1405 - 1420) [preferred,JPGM]

illuminator Egerton Master (French illuminator, active ca. 1405-1420) Qualifier: follower of [500121633]

illuminator Boucicaut Master (French illuminator, active ca. 1390-1430) Qualifier: follower of [500019456]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (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: 83.ML.101; Ms. Ludwig IX 5

Display Materials: Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with red morocco

	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))

	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)

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

	parchment (color) [300311538]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), chromatic colors, yellow colors, variable yellow colors)

	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>)

	morocco (leather) [300227857]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material, leather, <leather by process>, vegetable-tanned leather, vegetable-tanned goatskin)

Dimensions: leaves: 19.1 x 14 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 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)

	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 on spine, "MISSALE ROMANUM MSS" and "CUM MINIAT/ ELEGANT. DEPICT." Markings: Marked on verso of first flyleaf and lower border of fol. 1 with the stamp of Lord Clifford of Chudleigh (letter C surmounted with a crown).

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Book of Hours	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Ms. Ludwig IX 5	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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