ID: 700007102 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007102	Record Type: Movable Work
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Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes (illuminated manuscript; Boucicaut Master (French illuminator, active ca. 1390-1430);...; about 1413-1415; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 96.MR.17; L.96.MO.9)

Note: 318 folios + 6 fly leaves, 2 three-quarter page miniatures, 50 one-column miniatures, 2 historiated borders, 50 decorated borders, 11 large decorated initials, numerous smaller decorated initials. Concerning the Fates of Illustrious Men and Women, written by Florentine poet and man of letters Giovanni Boccaccio, was one of the most popular literary works among the French aristocracy in the 1400s. Boccaccio's book was a collection of stories about exemplary heroes and heroines from biblical, classical, and medieval history. Laurent de Premierfait, who undertook this French translation (Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes), added additional tales from both ancient and more recent sources to Boccaccio's. All but one of the miniatures in this volume were painted by the Boucicaut Master, one of the finest Parisian illuminators of the early fifteenth century, and his workshop of highly trained collaborators. In his framed miniatures, the Boucicaut Master used newly developed and highly saturated colors that were very expensive at the time. The high quality of the illuminations and the scale of the decoration suggest that this book was made for someone in the court circle of King Charles VI of France.

Titles:

Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Concerning the Fates of Illustrious Men and Women (C,U,DE,undetermined,U,U)

Ms. 63 (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))

literature (documents) [300180362]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by form>)

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: about 1413-1415

Creator Display:

Boucicaut Master (French illuminator, active ca. 1390-1430); Giovanni Boccaccio (Italian writer, scholar, and draftsman, 1313-1375); Laurent de Premierfait (French translator, died 1418) [preferred,JPGM]

illuminator Boucicaut Master (French illuminator, active ca. 1390-1430) [500019456]

author Boccaccio, Giovanni (Italian writer, scholar, and draftsman, 1313-1375) [500314560]

translator Laurent de Premierfait (French translator, died 1418) [500355338]

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: 96.MR.17; L.96.MO.9

Other: Creation: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with brown calfskin

	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)

	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)

	pasteboard (paper) [300162474]
	.......(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 form>)

	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: 42 x 29.6 cm (16 9/16 x 11 5/8 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	International Gothic [300020786] (preferred,period)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European))

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred,description)

literary (description)

Specific Subjects:

	On the Fates of Famous Men [901001033]
	.....((Literary works: History, Biographies, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	On Famous Women [901000923]
	.....((Literary works: History, Biographies, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	biographies (literary genre) [300080102]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)

	heroes [300236801]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by state or condition>) (AAT)

	heroines [300236808]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by state or condition>) (AAT)

	histories (literary genre) [300026358]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)

	Biblical stories [300263184]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (AAT)

	French (language) [300388306]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), language-related concepts, <languages and writing systems>, <languages and writing systems by specific type>, <temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Secondary Inscription: Inscribed fols. 1, 18, 35v, 47, 56v, 74, 77v, 91, 100, 109, 116, 140v, 153, 161, 165v, 178, 190, 198v, 212v, 219, 230, 237, 249v, 263, 177v, 190v, 302, 310, 314, and 318, in an 18th-century hand, in black ink, "Ancram" (apparently the signature of William Henry Kerr, fourth Marquess of Lothian). Inscribed fol. 28, in a 15th-century hand, in brown ink: a pointing hand (calls attention to specific passage in text: "...et les entendent veillent a avoir la face veluisant a avoir couleur vermeilles..." [I.18, par. 2]; also occurs on fols. 86 [III.10, par. 4] and 199v [VI.11, par. 12]). Inscribed fol. 36v, in a 15th century hand, in brown ink, "non" (apparently indicates a disagreement with the text: "Car ainsi comme lonnourable et grant estat du roy vient du traveil et de la sueur du peuple" [II.6, par. 3]; also occurs on fols. 205 [VI.12, par. 29], 208v [VI.14, par. 11], 230v [VII.5, par. 3], 249 [VIII.3, par. 4], 250 [VIII.4, par. 9], 251; Label: Green label on spine: "JEHAN BOCCACE / DES CAS DES NOBLES / HOMMES & FEMMES / M.S. / CIRCA AN. 1409." Verso of second flyleaf, oval ticket imprinted: "Bound / by Scott / Edin.r." Inside of front and back covers, armorial bookplates of Kerr of Newbattle. Inside front cover, small leather bookplate of Francis Kettaneh.[VIII.4, par. 20], 252 [VII

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Concerning the Fates of Illustrious Men and Women	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Ms. 63	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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