ID: 700008766 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008766	Record Type: Movable Work
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Illustrated Vita Christi, with Devotional Supplements (illuminated manuscripts; Unknown English (English Illuminator); image 12th century; text 15th ...; China (Asia, World, Top of the TGN hierarchy); 2008.3; Ms. 101)

Note: 51 full-page miniatures from the 12th century and 57 full-page miniatures from the 15th century. The 51 miniatures of the Vita Christi constitute one of the most elaborate narrative Christ cycles from the period. The original manuscript may have served as a devotional picture book (with no text) or perhaps as a pictorial preface to a psalter (a manuscript containing the book of Psalms and other devotional material). A second cycle of 57 images was added in the 1400s and integrated, along with prayers, into the earlier cycle. The transformed book (formerly restricted to the story of Christ's life) spans the biblical history of the world from the fall of the rebel angels to the Apocalypse.

Titles:

Illustrated Vita Christi, with Devotional Supplements (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Ms. 101 (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))

vita (biography) [300404015]

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

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: image 12th century; text 15th century

Creator Display:

Unknown English (English Illuminator) [preferred,JPGM]

unknown English (English cultural designation) [500125227]

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: 2008.3; Ms. 101

Other: Creation: York [7011995] York (unitary authority), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Other: Creation: Norfolk [7008160] England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tempera colors and gold leaf 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 leaf [300264831]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>, leaf (metal))

	parchment (animal material) [300011851]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material)

Dimensions: Leaf: 17 x 12.1 cm (6 11/16 x 4 3/4 in.); Closed: 17.6 x 12.8 x 4.3 cm (6 15/16 x 5 1/16 x 1 11/16 in.)

Cultures:

English (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Romanesque [300020768] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European))

	Renaissance [300021140] (style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Life of Jesus Christ [901000084]
	.....((New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Bible [901000874]
	.....((Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	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>) (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: Inscriptions on the flyleaves include the names of Susanna Flint and John Pinchbeck (fol. 1); two signatures of Robert Themilthorpe (fols. 4 and 4v); "N. Roe, 1760" signature on fol. 1.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Illustrated Vita Christi, with Devotional Supplements	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Ms. 101	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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