ID: 700002331 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002331	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Livre de la Chasse (illuminated manuscript; unknown illuminator; Gaston Phébus, author; about 1430 - 1440; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 87.MR.34; Ms. 27;)

Note: 119 folios, 65 half-page miniatures, 21 quarter-page miniatures, 100 decorated borders, 89 large decorated initials. Hunting was the favorite sport of aristocrats during the Middle Ages, and the Livre de la Chasse (Book of the Hunt), written in 1387, was the most popular guide for hunters. The text's author, Gaston Phébus, was an important political and military leader known for the magnificence and sophistication of his household. He himself owned sixteen hundred sporting dogs and two hundred horses.

Titles:

Livre de la Chasse (preferred,C,U,French-P,U,U,English,L,U)

Book of the Hunt (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Ms. 27 (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))

treatise [300026681]

..... (Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>)

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 1430 - 1440

Creator Display:

unknown illuminator; Gaston Phébus, author [preferred,JPGM]

illuminators unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

author Gaston III Phœbus, Count of Foix (French count, 1331-1391) [500009462]

Locations:

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: 87.MR.34; Ms. 27

Other: Creation: Bretagne [7012216] France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tempera colors, gold paint, silver paint, and gold leaf 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)

	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)

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

	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>)

	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)

	silver paint [300379713]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, metallic paint)

Dimensions: Leaf: 26.4 x 18.4 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	International Gothic [300020786] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European))

General Subject:

didactic and propaganda (preferred)

animals

Specific Subjects:

	Livre de la Chasse [901000942]
	.....((Literary works: Scientific, Instructional, Encyclopedia, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	hunting [300239666]
	.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <physical activities by location>, <forest and nature activities>) (AAT)

	French (language) [300388306]
	.....(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. 1, "Rothelin" and "donne a M. A. de la mare audit .. de la chambre des comtes de Rouen 1640" (seventeenth-century owners' inscriptions). Inscribed fols. 1, 3, and 116: "Ex museo Petri Dubrowsky" Inscribed fol. 116, "ce manuscrit contient cent seize feuillets numerotés./ L'abbé de Grandidier"; erased inscription (probably an owner's mark); verso, in pencil: "Ny".

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Livre de la Chasse	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Book of the Hunt	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Ms. 27	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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