ID: 700008681 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008681	Record Type: Movable Work
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Miroir Historial, 2 vols. (illuminated manuscript; Unknown Flemish (Flemish Illuminator); author: Vincent de B...; around 1475)

Note: 2 volumes, 423 folios + 14 flyleaves, 17 half-page miniatures, 115 quarter-page miniatures, 2 decorated borders. The Getty's copy of the Miroir historial dates to the 1400s and contains 132 miniatures by a number of different Flemish artists, but does not cover the entire period of history from Creation to 1254. Instead, the two-volume set ends with the death of the Virgin and an anthology of miracles she performed after her death. The Speculum maius is considered the masterwork of Vincent de Beauvais, a thirteenth-century monk. With almost ten thousand chapters and over three million words, this ambitious text attempts to give a universal summary of the world in three parts: nature, history, and the arts and sciences. The section concerning history, called the Mirror of History, for example, endeavors to provide a comprehensive history of the world from Creation until 1254. Although Beauvais tried to compile a carefully organized and factually accurate summary of human knowledge, his history of mankind actually blends together biblical, mythical, and historical events. Nonetheless, the Speculum maius was a stunning achievement, and the text's popularity and influence in the Middle Ages is evident in its survival in a number of luxurious illuminated manuscripts. The Miroir historial (Mirror of History)is Jean de Vignay's French translation of the 1300s from the original Latin.

Titles:

Miroir Historial, 2 vols. (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Mirror of History (C,U,DE,undetermined,U,U)

Ms. Ludwig XIII 5 (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))

history (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>)

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 1475

Creator Display:

Unknown Flemish (Flemish Illuminator); author: Vincent de Beauvais (French, about 1184/1194 - 1264), translation by Jean de Vignay (French, about 1282/1285 - 1348) [preferred,JPGM]

illuminator unknown Flemish (Flemish cultural designation) [500125233]

author Vincent de Beauvais (French scholar and encyclopedist, ca. 1190-1264) [500091022]

translator Jean de Vignay (French translator, ca. 1285-1348) [500008213]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Gent [7007887] East Flanders (province), Flanders (region (administrative division)), Belgium (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: 83.MP.148.1.-2.; Ms. Ludwig XIII 5, v1-2

Display Materials: Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment bound between wood boards covered with brown morocco

	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)

	wood board [300162666]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, <wood by product>)

	morocco (leather) [300227857]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material, leather, <leather by process>, vegetable-tanned leather, vegetable-tanned goatskin)

Dimensions: leaves: 43.8 x 30.5 cm (17 1/4 x 12 in.)

Cultures:

Flemish (preferred)

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	Mirror of History [901000944]
	.....((Speculum Historiale, Speculum maius, Literary works: Scientific, Instructional, Encyclopedia, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	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 Vol. I, first front flyleaf, in pencil, "Vincent, Miroir, 2 vol." and "IV/1900"; inscribed fourth front flyleaf in a nineteenth-century hand, "Miroir. i". Inscribed Vol. II, fourth front flyleaf in a nineteenth-century hand, "Miroir. ii"; inscribed fol. 231v, seventeenth-century subscription on Antoine de Lannoy, his son Jean, and Jean's descendants. Markings: Marked Vol. II, fol. 1v, with the arms of the family of Lannoy d'Ameraucourt.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Miroir Historial, 2 vols.	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Mirror of History	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Ms. Ludwig XIII 5	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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