ID: 700008641 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008641	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

A Pelican Feeding her Young (folio (leaf); unknown Franco-Flemish; about 1270; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; Ms. Ludwig XV 3, fol. 72)

Note: Place created: Thérouanne ?, France (formerly Flanders). A pelican sheds its blood to revive its young, an allegory for God saving humankind through the sacrifice of Christ. The symbolism of the mother pelican feeding baby pelicans is rooted in pre-Christian folklore, which maintained that in time of famine, the mother pelican struck her own breast with her beak to cause bleeding, to thus feed her young.

Titles:

A Pelican Feeding her Young (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,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 1270

Creator Display:

unknown Franco-Flemish [preferred,VP]

unknown Franco-Flemish (Franco-Flemish cultural designation) [500125234]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500115988] J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: Ms. Ludwig XV 3, fol. 72

Other: Creation: Thérouanne [7008478] Hauts-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: tempera colors, 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)

	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: 19.1 × 14.3 cm (7 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

literary

allegory

Specific Subjects:

	Pelican feeding her young [901002041]
	.....((Themes surrounding Jesus Christ, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	pelican (genus) [300250083]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Aves (class), Pelecaniformes (order), Pelecanidae (family)) (AAT)

	feeding [300375121]
	.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <personal and passive activities>) (AAT)

	Jesus Christ [901000087]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... De Natura Avium; De Pastoribus et Ovibus; Bestiarium; Mirabilia Mundi; Philosophia Mundi; On the Soul

.................... Bestiary

Sources and Contributors:
A Pelican Feeding her Young	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

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