ID: 700006394 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006394	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Building of the Tower of Babel (detached leaf; First Master of the Bible historiale of Jean de Berry (Frenc...; about 1390 - 1400; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 83.MP.146.2.verso)

Titles:

The Building of the Tower of Babel (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César (C,U,VL,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

detached leaf [300379890] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, gathered matter components, leaves (gathered matter))

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1390 - 1400

Creator Display:

First Master of the Bible historiale of Jean de Berry (French, active about 1390 - about 1400) (French Illuminator); Unknown French (French Scribe) [preferred,JPGM]

First Master of Bible Historiale of Jean de Berry (French illuminator, active ca. 1390-ca. 1400 in France) [500021767]

unknown French (French cultural designation) [500125235]

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: 83.MP.146.2.verso

Other: Creation: Paris [7008038] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tempera colors, colored washes, gold leaf, and ink on parchment

	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)

	wash (material) [300011051]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	color (pigment) [300264870]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>)

	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)

Dimensions: Leaf: 37.8 x 29.8 cm (14 7/8 x 11 3/4 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Tower of Babel [901000608]
	.....((Old Testament legendary places, Old Testament iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	tower (single built work) [300004847]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by form>, <single built works by form: massing or shape>) (AAT)

	construction workers [300025001]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in engineering| building trades and planning>) (AAT)

	sword [300037048]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, armaments, edged weapons) (AAT)

	prophet [300188709]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by activity>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César

Sources and Contributors:
The Building of the Tower of Babel	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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