ID: 700002364 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002364	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Construction of the Tower of Babel (folio (leaf); Unknown German (German Illuminator); about 1400 - 1410 with additio...)

Titles:

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

Weltchronik (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 1400 - 1410 with addition in 1487

Creator Display:

Unknown German (German Illuminator) [preferred,JPGM]

unknown German (German cultural designation) [500125236]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Regensburg [7013496] Bavaria (state), Germany (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Other: Former: Deutschland [7000084] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

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: 88.MP.70.13; Ms. 33, fol. 13

Display Materials: Tempera colors, gold, silver paint, 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 (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>)

	silver paint [300379713]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, metallic paint)

	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: 33.5 x 23.5 cm (13 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.)

Cultures:

German (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

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

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

	laborers [300025888]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, workers, blue collar workers) (AAT)

	Nimrod, King [901000609]
	.....((Old Testament characters, Old Testament iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... Weltchronik

Sources and Contributors:
The Construction of the Tower of Babel	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Weltchronik	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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