ID: 700008765 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008765	Record Type: Movable Work

Gospel Book (illuminated manuscript; Illuminator: Mesrop of Khizan, Armenian, active 1605 - 1651;...; 1615; Cover: presumably 1737; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 83.MB.71; Ms. Ludwig II 7)

Note: 246 folios + 5 flyleaves, 4 full-page miniatures, 2 ornamental arcades, 8 decorated canon table pages, 4 headpieces.

Titles:

Gospel Book (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Ms. Ludwig II 7 (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))

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)

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: 1615; Cover: presumably 1737

Creator Display:

Illuminator: Mesrop of Khizan, Armenian, active 1605 - 1651; Scribe: Hayrapet, Armenian, active 1615 - 1680s; Scribe: and Mesrop of Khizan, Armenian, active 1605 - 1651 [preferred,JPGM]

unknown Armenian (Armenian cultural designation) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500202877]

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.MB.71; Ms. Ludwig II 7

Other: Creation: Eşfahān [7017459] (Geographic)

Other: Former: Deutschland [7000084] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf on glazed paper bound between wood boards covered with brown calf

	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))

	glazed paper [300404014]
	.......(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 production method>)

	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>)

	calf (leather) [300227525]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material, leather, <leather by origin>)

Dimensions: Leaf: 23 x 17.1 cm (9 1/16 x 6 3/4 in.)

Cultures:

Armenian (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Gospels, the [901001625]
	.....((Bible, New Testament, Bible, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	Armenian (language) [300387870]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), language-related concepts, <languages and writing systems>, <languages and writing systems by specific type>, Indo-European (language family)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Secondary Inscription: Front flyleaf inscribed, recto, "968". Fols. 245-246v: two colophons containing information concerning the scribe, illuminator, date of execution and reign of Shah Abbas (1587-1628) in Turkey and Armenia (see translation in von Euw/Plotzek I, pp. 177-178).

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Gospel Book	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Ms. Ludwig II 7	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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