ID: 700008677 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008677	Record Type: Movable Work
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Weltchronik (illuminated manuscript; Unknown German Illuminator; Rudolf von Ems author; around 1400-1410, with additio...)

Note: 309 folios + 1 flyleaf, 3 full-page miniatures, 26 half-page miniatures, 345 smaller one- or two-column miniatures. Manuscript containing the last known work of author Rudolf of Ems, dedicated to King Conrad IV. It narrates the commentary on the bible by Petrus Comestor and the Pantheon of Godfrey of Viterbo. Rudolf von Ems, a German knight and prolific writer, composed his World Chronicle in German (Weltchronik) toward the middle of the 1200s. In rhymed couplets, the chronicle weaves biblical, classical, and other secular texts into a continuous history of the world, beginning with Creation. Its overarching theme is the revelation of God's plan of Christian salvation through the course of time. Written for Rudolf's patron, King Conrad IV, the work was intended to culminate with an explanation of the Hohenstaufen dynasty's role in salvation history, but Rudolf died before the work was finished, having only completed the history up to King Solomon. Other thirteenth-century texts, including Brother Philipp's Life of the Virgin Mary, the Christherre Chronicle (Christherre-Chronik), and a chronicle by Jansen Enikel completed Rudolf's chronicle.The Getty Museum's version of the World Chronicle is a large book, six inches thick, copied and illuminated around 1400 to 1410. Of the many surviving versions of this important example of Middle High German literature, the Museum's copy is the most lavishly decorated, containing more than 380 miniatures. Vivid coloring, bold brushwork, and psychological intensity characterize the images in the book.

Titles:

Weltchronik (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U,German-P,U,U)

World Chronicle (C,U,DE,undetermined,U,U)

Ms. 33 (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))

compilation manuscript [300403970]

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

chronicle [300026361]

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

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 1400-1410, with addition in 1487

Creator Display:

Unknown German Illuminator; Rudolf von Ems author [preferred,JPGM]

dedicatee Conrad IV, King of Germany (German king, 1228-1254) [500355704]

author Ems, Rudolf von (Austrian knight and chronicler, 1200-1254) [500097218]

illuminator unknown German (German cultural designation) [500125236]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Regensburg [7013496] Bavaria (state), Germany (nation), 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; Ms. 33

Display Materials: Tempera colors, gold, silver paint, and ink on parchment bound between wood boards covered with brown 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 (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)

	boards (binding components) [300202819]
	.......(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, gathered matter components, <bindings and binding components>, binding components)

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

Dimensions: 309 leaves; leaves 33.5 x 23.5 cm (133/i6 x 9 1/4 in.)

Cultures:

German (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	International Gothic [300020786] (preferred,style)
	.....(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)

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	Weltchronik [901000945]
	.....((Literary works: History, Biographies, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	history (discipline) [300054394]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), social sciences, <history and related disciplines>) (AAT)

	German (language) [300388344]
	.....(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)

Marks: Markings: Fol. 2v marked with coat-of-arms of Bavaria-Palatinate, left, and Imperial Hapsburg arms, representing Albrecht IV of Bavaria (1447-1508) and his wife Kunigunde, respectively.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Weltchronik	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
World Chronicle	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Ms. 33	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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