ID: 700008688 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008688	Record Type: Movable Work
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Book of Hours (illuminated manuscript; Masters of Dirc van Delf (Dutch, active about 1400 - abo...; sround 1405-1410; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 90.ML.139; Ms. 40)

Note: 210 folios + 4 flyleaves, 8 full-page miniatures, 3 full-page borders, 3 historiated initials. In the early 1400s in the northern Netherlands, a new dynamic cultural circle developed under the patronage of Albrecht of Bavaria, Count of Holland. In a workshop closely associated with the count, the anonymous artists known as the Masters of Dirc van Delf illuminated this book of hours, perhaps for a member of Albrecht's family or one of his courtiers. These artists, who worked in the International style that so appealed to aristocratic taste across Europe, formed one of the first important illuminators' workshops of fifteenth-century Holland. While the Hours of the Virgin were most often illustrated with miniatures showing the Life of the Virgin, this book illustrates these services with scenes from the Passion of Christ. With their powerful dramatic style, the eight full-page miniatures provide visual meditations on the meaning of the story of Jesus, fostering the viewer's empathy for his supreme sacrifice. Historiated initials and decorated borders complete the decorative scheme.

Titles:

Book of Hours (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Ms. 40 (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))

book of hours [300026457]

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

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: sround 1405-1410

Creator Display:

Masters of Dirc van Delf (Dutch, active about 1400 - about 1410); Attributed to Johannes de Malborch [preferred,JPGM]

illuminator Masters of Dirc van Delf (Dutch illuminators, active ca. 1400-1410) Qualifier: undetermined [500115638]

scribe Johannes de Malborch (Dutch scribe, early 15th century) [500356988]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Utrecht [7003627] Netherlands (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

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: 90.ML.139; Ms. 40

Display Materials: Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment bound between wood boards covered with purple velvet

	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))

	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)

	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>)

	velvet (fabric weave) [300133711]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>, <textile materials by weaving technique>, pile weave (textile), warp pile weave)

Dimensions: leaves: 16.5 x 11.7 cm (6 1/2 x 4 5/8 in.)

Cultures:

Dutch (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	hours (prayers) [300404017]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Literary and Performing Arts Works (hierarchy name), prayers (compositions)) (AAT)

	prayers (literary genre) [300026452]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>) (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)

Inscriptions: Secondary Inscription: Inscribed fol. 1, signature of J. Pasquier (partially effaced). Inscribed fol. 5, crowned "N" above "ISC" over "FVSELDENECK:ERCS", the whole bounded below and at the sides by a wattle fence between two stumps sprouting branches, each with an oak leaf, dated 1512 (unidentified). Inscribed fols. 90-90v, "Oratio ad Beatissimam Virgine. Quot sunt angelorum..."; signed "J. Pasquier 1659"; "Dono dedit Reverendo D[omi]no Henerico de Grati Canonico..." [rest trimmed away]. Inscribed fol. 95, "WooooL" (possibly W and B chained together in a love knot); "Je pourchasse". Inscribed fol. 100v, cursive signature of J.D. Rossem. Inscribed fol. 101, motto and signature "Courtoys et quoy, Rossem 1535". Inscribed fol. 110v, in the lower margin, in a sixteenth-century hand, motto: "quant vous direz la litany / je vous prix que ne me oblieray / A N,". Inscribed fol. 210v, signature of J. Pasquier and inscription (now mostly effaced).

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Book of Hours	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Ms. 40	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

....................... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/1514/masters-of-dirc-van-delf-attributed-to-johannes-de-malborch-book-of-hours-dutch-about-1405-1410/

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