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Catalog Level: volume
Type: sacramentary
illuminated
manuscript
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Component/Parts-Quantity: 179
Component/Parts-Type: leaves
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Classification
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Terms:
manuscripts
European
art
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Titles or Names
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Text: Sacramentary
Preference: preferred
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Creation
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Creator Description: illuminated by
unknown German active in Mainz or Fulda, binding by
unknown Mosan artist
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Extent: illuminations
Identity: unknown German
Role:
illuminator
Extent: binding
Identity: unknown Mosan
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Creation Date: illuminated in 2nd quarter
of 11th century, binding from 12th century, with later
additions
Date Qualifier: illuminations
Earliest:
1025 Latest:
1060
Date Qualifier: binding
Earliest:
1100 Latest:
1199
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Creation Places/Original Locations:
Fulda
(Hessen, Germany)
Mainz
(Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)
Mosan
(Europe)
Liège
province (Belgium)
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Indexing Term: Ottonian
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Measurements
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Dimensions Description: 179 leaves;
text block: 26.6 x 19.1 cm (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches);
text area: 17 x 13 cm (6 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches); oak covers:
27.3 x 19.8 cm (10 3/4 x 7 7/8 inches)
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Extent: leaves
Value:
179 Unit: N/A Type:
count
Extent: text block
Value:
26.6 Unit: cm Type:
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19.1 Unit: cm Type:
width
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17 Unit: cm Type:
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13 Unit: cm Type: width
Extent: cover
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19.8 Unit: cm Type: width
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Materials and Techniques
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Description: : tempera colors, gold,
silver, and ink on parchment, with hammered and engraved
binding of gilt silver, brass, and niello
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Extent: illuminations
Material
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tempera
Role: medium
ink
Role: medium
parchment
Role: support
Extent: binding
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Names:
gilt
silver Role: medium
brass
Role: medium
oak
Role: support
Technique
Name: niello
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Subject Matter
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Extent: overall
Indexing Terms:
religion/mythology
service book
sacramentary
prayers
Mass
Extent: cover
Indexing Terms:
religion/mythology
Christ in Majesty (Life of Christ)
Ascension (Life of Christ)
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Descriptive Note
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Text: Although the Ottonian book was
written and illuminated in Germany binding (Mainz or
Fulda, in modern Germany), the binding was produced
in Mosan, a region in present-day Belgium noted for
medieval metalwork and enamel traditions. The subject
of the binding includes a gilt silver Christ in Majesty.
Christ sits on a throne, blessing with his right hand
while holding a book in his left. The letters alpha
and omega appear to either side of him. The first and
last letters of the Greek alphabet, they refer to a
figure from the text of the Apocalypse, traditionally
interpreted as Christ, who says, "I am the Alpha
and Omega; the beginning and the end."
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Citations: J. Paul Getty Museum online
Page: accessed 10 February 2004
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Current Location
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Repository Name/Geographic Location:
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, United
States)
Repository Numbers:
83.MF.77
MS. LUDWIG V 2
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