ID: 700002677 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002677	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Byzantine Emperor Welcoming Roussillon and Martel (cutting (information artifact); Loyset Liédet and Pol Fruit, illuminators; written 1463 - 1465; illuminat...;)

Note: Richly dressed in an ermine-collared cloak and magnificent crown, the Byzantine emperor emerges from the city of Constantinople on a white horse, surrounded by members of his court. A religious procession, including a group of clerics singing from open books, precedes him. The emperor appears again in the background at the right, this time greeting the Europeans who disembark from their boat after their long journey. As the rubric just below the miniature explains, in the 800s Girart de Roussillon and Charles Martel went to assist the Emperor of Constantinople in his battles with the Saracens. When Loyset Liédet painted this miniature in the 1400s, the subject had a special resonance: the recent Turkish capture of Constantinople in 1453 recalled the Saracen incursions and prompted calls for European crusaders to rescue the city.

Titles:

The Byzantine Emperor Welcoming Roussillon and Martel (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

The Byzantine Emperor Welcoming Charles Martel (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

cutting (partial work) [300403972] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by state>)

folio (leaf) [300189604]

..... (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: written 1463 - 1465; illuminated 1467 - 1472

Creator Display:

Loyset Liédet and Pol Fruit, illuminators [preferred,JPGM]

illuminator Liédet, Loyset (South Netherlandish illuminator, ca. 1420-1479) [500004252]

illuminator Fruit, Pol (Flemish illuminator, active ca. 1468) [500015204]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Bruxelles [7007868] Bruxelles region (region (administrative division)), Belgium (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Other: Creation: Brugge [7007867] West-Vlaanderen (province), Flanders (region (administrative division)), Belgium (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Other: Former: Europe [1000003] 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: 83.MP.149.2.recto; Ms. Ludwig XIII 6, leaf 2

Display Materials: Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint 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))

	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)

	parchment (animal material) [300011851]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material)

Dimensions: Leaf: 23.2 x 19.5 cm (9 1/8 x 7 11/16 in.)

Cultures:

Flemish (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Renaissance [300021140] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	visit of state [300379045]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, cultural ceremonies) (AAT)

	castles (fortifications) [300006891]
	.....(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 function>, fortifications (built environment)) (AAT)

	ships [300082981]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), watercraft, <watercraft by general type>) (AAT)

	Charles Martel (Frankish ruler, ca. 688-741) [500354859]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	emperors [300025480]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in administration and government>, rulers (people), monarchs) (AAT)

	Girart, de Roussillon, comte (Burgundian noble, ca. 800-877) [500354860]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	horses (species) [300250148]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... Fifteen Cuttings from Histoire de Charles Martel

Sources and Contributors:
The Byzantine Emperor Welcoming Roussillon and Martel	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
The Byzantine Emperor Welcoming Charles Martel	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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