ID: 700008586 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008586	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Decorated Initial P (leaf (gathered matter); unknown Ottonian; late 10th century; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; Ms. 16, fol. 13)

Note: Believed to have been created in Reichenau, Germany or Saint Gall, Switzerland. This page from an Ottonian lectionary shows how medieval scribes used the size, color, and style of script to help readers understand a book's contents. The text written in red and highlighted with gold near the middle of the page is the rubric for the Gospel reading for the Purification of the Virgin. It is written entirely in evenly spaced, thin capital letters called rustic capitals. The rubric explains that the following text comes from the Gospel of Luke. The reading itself begins with the words In illo temp[ore] (At that time), written in a less angular script called uncial, with the first letter in red and the rest in black ink. This opening formula is followed by the decorated initial P. This initial is the largest decorative element on the page, and introduces the word Postquam (After which), written in red uncial. The text continues in Caroline minuscule, a script devised during the reign of Charlemagne and used for centuries as the usual script in books.

Titles:

Decorated Initial P (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: component

Work Types:

leaf (gathered matter) [300115833] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, gathered matter components)

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: late 10th century

Creator Display:

unknown Ottonian [preferred,VP]

unknown Ottonian (Ottonian cultural designation) [500204006]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500115988] J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: Ms. 16, fol. 13

Other: Creation: Kloster St. Gallen [7032472] Sankt Gallen canton (canton), Switzerland (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Other: Creation: Reichenau [7005185] Baden-Württemberg (state), Germany (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tempera colors, gold paint, 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)

	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)

	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)

	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)

Dimensions: Leaf: 27.8 × 19.2 cm (10 15/16 × 7 9/16 in.)

Cultures:

Ottonian (preferred)

General Subject:

text (preferred)

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	decorated initial [300417548]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, layout features, initials (layout features)) (AAT)

	versal [300265063]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, layout features, initials (layout features)) (AAT)

	Purification of the Virgin [901001156]
	.....((Legend of the Nativity of Christ, Life of Jesus Christ, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Caroline minuscule [300195207]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, <script and type forms>, scripts (writing), <scripts by form>, <Latin and Greek alphabet scripts>) (AAT)

	rustic capitals [300196122]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, <script and type forms>, scripts (writing), <scripts by form>, <Latin and Greek alphabet scripts>) (AAT)

	uncial [300194424]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, <script and type forms>, scripts (writing), <scripts by form>, <Latin and Greek alphabet scripts>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: [rubric for the Gospel reading for the Purification of the Virgin. The reading itself begins with the words In illo temp[ore] (At that time), written in a less angular script called uncial, with the first letter in red and the rest in black ink. This opening formula is followed by the decorated initial P.]

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... Gospel Lectionary

Sources and Contributors:
Decorated Initial P	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/103821/unknown-maker-decorated-initial-p-ottonian-late-10th-century/