Treasures from the J. Paul Getty Museum (Collection)

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Treasures from the J. Paul Getty Museum is a portfolio of masterworks of medieval illumination from one of the premier collections of illuminated manuscripts in North America. It comprises ten leaves, with images dating from the mid-eleventh century to the end of the fifteenth century. The examples in the portfolio represent the art of illumination as practiced in Western Europe (in what are now Germany, France, Belgium, and Italy). The types of books include Christian scriptural, liturgical, and devotional books; a bestiary; and an ancient Roman treatise on virtues and vices.

They are:

The Women at the Tomb (Sacramentary; MS Ludwig V 2, fol. 19v)
Saint Matthew (Gospel Book; MS Ludwig II 3, fol. 9v)
The Creation of the World (Stammheim Missal; MS 64, fol. 10v)
The Annunciation (miniature from a psalter; MS 4, leaf 1)
Master of the Ingeborg Psalter, Initial C: King David Playing Bells (psalter; MS 66, fol. 105v)
A Whale (bestiary; MS Ludwig XV 3, fol. 89v)
Master of the Brussels Initials, The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew; Initial D: Saint Andrew; Initial Q: Saint Peter (missal; MS 34, fol. 172a)
Lieven van Lathem, Saint Michael (Prayer Book of Charles the Bold; MS 37, fol. 15v)
Master of the Dresden Prayer Book, The Temperate and the Intemperate (miniature from Valerius Maximus, Faits et dits mémorables des Romains; MS 43)
Jean Bourdichon, Bathsheba Bathing (miniature from the Hours of Louis XII; MS 79, recto)

The Getty began collecting manuscripts with the 1983 acquisition of the illuminated manuscripts amassed by Peter Ludwig (1925–1996) and his wife, Irene Ludwig (1927–2010). A Department of Manuscripts was established in 1984. The collection has since grown to more than 160 objects. The art of illumination of the entire Mediterranean basin and Europe is represented in both secular and sacred examples—including books or leaves of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim scripture—in a variety of languages including Armenian, French, Ge'ez, German, Greek, Hebrew, and Latin. The manuscripts from the Ludwig collection retain their Ludwig collection shelf marks.

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Manuscript book description compiled by Elizabeth C. Teviotdale.

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Schätze des J. Paul Getty Museums

Lucerne or Munich: Faksimile Verlag, 2009

Commentary (German)

Limited Edition: 1995 copies

Collection: a selection of documents associated by a common thread and collected by the publisher in a single edition.

The facsimile collection is part of the series “Great Libraries of the World” and contains ten facsimiles, each framed in a passe-partout. The collection includes:

- The Women at the Tomb — Mainz Sacramentary (Ms. Ludwig V 2, fol. 19v)
- Saint Matthew at His Writing Desk — Helmarshausen Gospels (Ms. Ludwig II 3, fol. 9v)
- The Creation of the World — Stammheim Missal (Ms. 64, fol. 10v)
- The Annunciation — Würzburg Psalter (detached leaf, Ms. 4, leaf 1)
- Initial C: David Playing the Bells — Getty Psalter (Ms. 66, fol. 105v)
- Two Fishermen on a Sea Monster — Bestiary (Ms. Ludwig XV 3, fol. 89v)
- The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew; Initial D: Saint Andrew; Initial Q: Saint Peter — Missal of Cardinal Cosimo Migliorati (Ms. 34, fol. 172a)
- Saint Michael Slaying Demons — Prayer Book of Charles the Bold (Ms. 37, fol. 15v)
- The Temperate and the Intemperate — Valerius Maximus, Faits et dits mémorables des Romains (fragment, Ms. 43)
- Bathsheba Bathing — Hours of Louis XII (detached leaf, Ms. 79)

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