ID: 700007813 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007813	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Boethius Instructs a Young Boy in Arithmetic (folio (leaf); Virgil Master (French, active about 1380 - 1420) (French Ill...; about 1405; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2003.25.26; 2003.25.fol. 26)

Titles:

Boethius Instructs a Young Boy in Arithmetic (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Liber Alchandrei philosophi (C,U,VL,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

folio (leaf) [300189604] (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 1405

Creator Display:

Virgil Master (French, active about 1380 - 1420) (French Illuminator) [preferred,JPGM]

Virgil Master (French illuminator, active 1390-1420) [500053506]

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: 2003.25.26; 2003.25.fol. 26

Other: Creation: Paris [7008038] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tempera colors, gold paint, 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)

	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))

	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: 39 x 30.5 cm (15 3/8 x 12 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

literary (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	mathematics [300054522]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), <science and related disciplines>, science (modern discipline)) (AAT)

	Boethius (Roman philosopher, senator, ca. 480–524 or 525 CE) [500355319]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... Liber Alchandrei philosophi

Sources and Contributors:
Boethius Instructs a Young Boy in Arithmetic	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Liber Alchandrei philosophi	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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