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Work Record
Class [controlled]:
• manuscripts • European art
*Work
Type [link]:
• sacramentary • illuminated
manuscript
*Title:
Sacramentary
*Creator
Display: illuminated by unknown German
active in Mainz or Fulda, binding by unknown Mosan
artist
*Role
[link]: illuminator Extent
[cont.]: illuminations [link]:
unknown German
*Role
[link]: artist Extent
[cont.]: binding [link]: unknown
Mosan
*Creation
Date: illuminated in 2nd quarter of 11th
century, binding from 12th century, with later
additions [controlled]: Qualifier:
illuminations • Earliest:
1025 • Latest: 1060
| Qualifier:
binding • Earliest:
1100 • Latest: 1199
*Subject
[links]: Extent:
overall Terms:
• service book • sacramentary
• prayers • Mass |
Extent:
cover Terms:
• Christ in Majesty • Ascension
Culture [link]:
Ottonian
*Current
Location [link]: J.
Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, United
States) • IDs:
• MS. LUDWIG V 2 • 83.MF.77
Creation Locations
[links]: • Fulda (Hessen, Germany)
| • Mainz (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)
| • Mosan (Europe) •
Liège province (Belgium)
*Measurements:
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)
[controlled]: Extent:
leaves • Value:
179 Type:
count | •
Extent: text block • Value:
26.6 Unit:
cm Type:
height | • Value:
19.1 Unit:
cm Type:
width | •
Extent: text area • Value:
17 Unit:
cm Type:
height | • Value:
13 Unit:
cm Type:
width | •
Extent: cover • Value:
27.3 Unit:
cm Type:
height | • Value:
19.8 Unit:
cm Type:
width
*Materials
and Techniques: tempera colors, gold,
silver, and ink on parchment, with hammered and
engraved binding of gilt silver, brass, and niello
• Extent:
illuminations Material
[links]: • tempera • ink
• parchment | •
Extent: binding Material
[links]: • gilt silver •
brass • oak Technique
[links]: • niello
Description: Although
the Ottonian book was written and illuminated
in Germany (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.
Description Source
[link]: J. Paul Getty Museum online. www.getty.edu
; Page:
accessed 13 December 2006
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