ID: 700002334 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002334	Record Type: Movable Work
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Book of Hours (manuscript (document genre); Spitz Master and Master of Sir John Fastolf, illuminators ; about 1420; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 94.ML.26; Ms. 57)

Note: 247 folios + 6 flyleaves, 4 full-page miniatures, 17 three-quarter page miniatures, 20 historiated borders, 3 historiated initials. Most books of hours, private prayer books specifically designed for lay people, contain a calendar, the Hours of the Virgin, a standard series of readings from the Gospels, the Office for the Dead, the Penitential Psalms, prayers, and hymns. This particular book of hours contains all those texts. Remarkably, it also includes other texts, both biblical passages and special prayers, focused on the Passion of Christ. The book's illumination features a number of miniatures showing scenes from Jesus' Passion. Not only were books of hours important in the spiritual lives of their owners, but the most beautifully and extensively illuminated ones were important luxury objects. This one was illuminated by two anonymous artists, the most accomplished of whom is known as the Spitz Master. The two artists all painted in the International style, characterized by the courtly elegance of the figures and richly patterned fabrics rendered in brilliant colors and gold. Some of this book's miniatures were adapted from illuminations made by the Limbourg Brothers for Jean, duc de Berry, the most famous art patron of the age.

Titles:

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

Ms. 57 (C,U,MD,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: volume

Work Types:

manuscript (documents) [300028569] (preferred)

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

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 1420

Creator Display:

Spitz Master and Master of Sir John Fastolf, illuminators [preferred,JPGM]

illuminator Spitz Master (French illuminator, active ca. 1415-1425) [500055339]

illuminator Fastolf Master (French illuminator, active ca. 1420-1460) [500007588]

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: 94.ML.26; Ms. 57

Other: Creation: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with red silk 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>)

	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)

	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>)

	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: Closed: 20.5 x 15.9 x 6 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/4 x 2 3/8 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:

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)

	evangeliary [300026466]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, religious texts, liturgical texts, lectionaries) (AAT)

	calendar (document) [300026741]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by form>) (AAT)

	Term Not Found
	..... AAT Candidate

	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 front pastedown, in ink, in a twentieth-century hand, notes on the miniatures. Inscribed front flyleaves, in ink, in a twentieth-century hand, description of the manuscript. Inscribed back pastedown, upper right, in pencil, in a twentieth-century hand, "94.ML.26" (Getty accession number).

Marks: Markings: Stamped third flyleaf at the back, lower left, "From the collection of Maxine and Joel Spitz 'Trail-Tree' Glencoe, item no. 505".

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Book of Hours	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Ms. 57	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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