ID: 700007421 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007421	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1 2

Initial M: The Death of Saint Dominic (detached leaf; Bolognese Illuminator of the First Style (Italian Illuminato...; about 1265; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 95.MS.70.recto)

Note: This illuminated initial depicts the death of Saint Dominic Guzman, who was the founder of the Dominican Order, one of the most influential monastic groups of the later Middle Ages. The scene was partly inspired by the accounts of a vision experienced by a Dominican friar named Fra Guala de Brecia (1180-1244). In the vision, Fra Guala saw Dominic ascending into heaven on a ladder held by Christ and the Virgin Mary. Beneath this scene, clergy and friars perform funeral rites over the saint's body. Nearby, the poor and infirm gather, hoping to benefit from the saint's relics. These figures did not feature in Fra Guala's vision, nor are they mentioned in textual accounts of Dominic's death. Instead, their presence reflects the medieval tradition of crowds gathering near a saint's relics in the hopes of being miraculously healed by his or her remains. Significantly, this leaf was made in Bologna where Saint Dominic's relics are kept.

Titles:

Initial M: The Death of Saint Dominic (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Antiphonal (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

detached leaf [300379890] (preferred)

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

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1265

Creator Display:

Bolognese Illuminator of the First Style (Italian Illuminator) [preferred,JPGM]

Bolognese Illuminator of the First Style (Bolognese illuminator, active ca. 1250-ca. 1310) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500204756]

Locations:

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: 95.MS.70.recto

Other: Creation: Bologna [7004847] Bologna province (province), Emilia-Romagna (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tempera colors, gold, 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)

	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>)

	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)

Dimensions: Leaf: 52.5 x 37.3 cm (20 11/16 x 14 11/16 in.)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Dominic, Saint (Italian cleric, saint, 1170-1221) [500354832]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	death [300151836]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events) (AAT)

	Jesus Christ [901000087]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Mary, Blessed Virgin [901000032]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	funeral rites [300069162]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, cultural ceremonies, rites of passage) (AAT)

	initial (layout feature) [300168055]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, layout features) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

............... Antiphonal

Sources and Contributors:
Initial M: The Death of Saint Dominic	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Antiphonal	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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