ID: 700007493 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007493	Record Type: Movable Work
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De duobus amantibus historia (illuminated manuscript; Unknown French (French Illuminator); Aeneas Silvius Piccolom...; around 1460-1470; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2001.45; Ms. 68)

Note: 46 folios, 4 three-quarter page miniatures, 7 half-page miniatures, 11 decorated borders. This manuscript is part of a long tradition of medieval romance literature and the Renaissance passion for letter writing. It contains two texts written in Latin by Eneas Silvius Piccolomini (1405-1464) before he became pope, while he was working in Vienna at the court of the Holy Roman Emperor. The first of his texts is a long letter to a friend describing life at court in frank terms. The illustrations to this text include two that may depict contemporary rulers. The second text (in Latin titled Historia duobus amantibus) is the story of an adulterous passion between Euryalus, a member of the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, and Lucretia, an Italian noblewoman. The story is based on a real relationship and is illustrated with narrative miniatures of events described in the text. The six spaces left for events following the consummation of the relationship remain blank, having never been painted. Although the artist of the manuscript is unknown, the miniatures are characterized by a psychological sophistication and spatial complexity. Each figure is given a distinctive face, creating the sense of a series of portraits, and the characters react to each other and their surroundings in ways that contribute to the flow of the narrative. The figures are rather heavy and solid, yet painted in jewel-like tones and with a light touch, giving the miniatures an unusual luminosity.

Titles:

De duobus amantibus historia (preferred,C,U,Latin-P,U,U)

Story of Two Lovers (C,U,DE,English-P,U,U)

Ms. 68 (C,U,MD,English,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: around 1460-1470

Creator Display:

Unknown French (French Illuminator); Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Italian, 1405 - 1464) (Italian Author) [preferred,JPGM]

unknown French (French cultural designation) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500125235]

Pius II, Pope (Italian pope, 1405-1464) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500257557]

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: 2001.45; Ms. 68

Other: Creation: France [1000070] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

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

	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>)

	leather [300011845]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material)

Dimensions: Leaf: 17.6 x 11.4 cm (6 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.)

Cultures:

French (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:

literary (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	De duobus amantibus historia [901000927]
	.....((Literary works: Prose (novels, etc.), Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	court (social group) [300236519]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, social groups, circles (social groups)) (AAT)

	lovers [300188621]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by activity>) (AAT)

	adultery [300386062]
	.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <personal and passive activities>) (AAT)

	Imperial (Roman) [300020541]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Ancient Italian, Roman (ancient Italian culture or period)) (AAT)

	letters (correspondence) [300026879]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, correspondence, <correspondence by internal form>) (AAT)

	Latin (language) [300388693]
	.....(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)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
De duobus amantibus historia	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Story of Two Lovers	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Ms. 68	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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