ID: 700002333 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002333	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Bute Psalter (illuminated manuscript; Bute Master and Workshop of the Passion Master, illuminators...; about 1270 - 1280; about 1350-...; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 92.MK.92; Ms. 46)

Note: 346 folios + 2 flyleaves, 202 historiated initials, 157 decorated initials. Probably made for a noblewoman in the late 1200s, the Bute Psalter is a small prayer book containing all 150 psalms. A number of other additional texts illuminated by an anonymous Parisian painter were added in the mid-1300s. The manuscript's name derives from that of a previous owner, the Marquess of Bute.

Titles:

Bute Psalter (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Ms. 46 (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))

psalter (book) [300026477]

..... (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 1270 - 1280; about 1350-1375

Creator Display:

Bute Master and Workshop of the Passion Master, illuminators [preferred,JPGM]

illuminator Bute Master (French or Flemish illuminator, active ca. 1260-1290) [500055329]

illuminator Passion Master (French illuminator, active late 14th-early 15th centuries) [500076300]

illuminator unknown Parisian (Parisian cultural designation) Extent: addition [500204033]

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: 92.MK.92; Ms. 46

Other: Creation: Northern France [4004036] (Geographic)

Other: Creation: Paris [7008038] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tempera colors, gold, and iron gall ink on parchment bound between wood boards covered with red velvet

	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 (metal) [300011021]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <gold and gold alloy>)

	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)

	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: Leaf: 17 x 11.9 cm (6 11/16 x 4 11/16 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Gothic (Medieval) [300020775] (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:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	psalms [300379856]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Literary and Performing Arts Works (hierarchy name), musical compositions, songs (musical 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: First paper flyleaf, recto, upper right, in brown ink: "184 miniature". Inscribed back pastedown, upper right, in pencil: "92.MK.92" (Getty accession number). Inscribed back pastedown, upper right, in pencil: "BPK / MP [?] IZ / 3-23-93" (dealer notation [Ferrini]). Inscribed back pastedown, lower right, in pencil: "G 27" (cursive).

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Bute Psalter	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Ms. 46	........ [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-)