Comments on: The Manuscript Files: Medieval Children’s Games http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-manuscript-files-medieval-children-games/ The online magazine of the Getty Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:32:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: Annelisa Stephan http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-manuscript-files-medieval-children-games/#comment-651971 Annelisa Stephan Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:18:16 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=6980#comment-651971 Dear Carolin, Certainly. This illumination comes from a book without a proper name. It is a breviary (a book of songs and readings for the Divine Office). The name of the illuminator is also unknown. Here is a full caption for the entire book itself: Breviary, unknown illuminator, Paris, France, about 1320–25. Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with brown morocco, each leaf 6 9/16 x 4 3/8 in. (16.7 x 11.1 cm). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig IX 2 (83.ML.98.377) Here is <a href="http://search.getty.edu/museum/records/musobject?objectid=1622" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">a link in our database with a full list of leaves as well as its exhibition history</a>. Thank you for your interest in our collection! —Annelisa, Iris editor Dear Carolin, Certainly. This illumination comes from a book without a proper name. It is a breviary (a book of songs and readings for the Divine Office). The name of the illuminator is also unknown. Here is a full caption for the entire book itself:

Breviary, unknown illuminator, Paris, France, about 1320–25. Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment bound between pasteboard covered with brown morocco, each leaf 6 9/16 x 4 3/8 in. (16.7 x 11.1 cm). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig IX 2 (83.ML.98.377)

Here is a link in our database with a full list of leaves as well as its exhibition history. Thank you for your interest in our collection! —Annelisa, Iris editor

]]> By: Carolin Schroeter http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-manuscript-files-medieval-children-games/#comment-650370 Carolin Schroeter Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:48:04 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=6980#comment-650370 Dear Sir or Madame, would you mind you tell me the name of the manuscript so that I can quote it in my uni seminar paper? Thank you in advance, kind regards Carolin Schroeter Dear Sir or Madame,
would you mind you tell me the name of the manuscript so that I can quote it in my uni seminar paper?
Thank you in advance, kind regards
Carolin Schroeter

]]> By: Guest Post: Medieval Fashion, Pirates, & the Modern Era | Monica D. Murgia http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-manuscript-files-medieval-children-games/#comment-356983 Guest Post: Medieval Fashion, Pirates, & the Modern Era | Monica D. Murgia Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:15:49 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=6980#comment-356983 [...] The trend of woolen clothes was prominent during that period. But, the fashion lovers of that era seem to be inspired by the kings and queens.  Gowns, ornate sleeves, tunics, tagos and sandals were some key fashion pieces among the royals as well as the fashion-obsessed commoners. Fitted tunics were the basic items of clothes. Long and trailing gowns and sleeves were also the basic fashion dresses.  Wide gowns decorated with embroidery were also very prized during that period. Initial C: The Massacre of the Innocents in a breviary, French, about 1320–25. Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment, each page 6 9/16 x 4 3/8 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig IX 2, fol. 142.  Image courtesy of getty.edu [...] [...] The trend of woolen clothes was prominent during that period. But, the fashion lovers of that era seem to be inspired by the kings and queens.  Gowns, ornate sleeves, tunics, tagos and sandals were some key fashion pieces among the royals as well as the fashion-obsessed commoners. Fitted tunics were the basic items of clothes. Long and trailing gowns and sleeves were also the basic fashion dresses.  Wide gowns decorated with embroidery were also very prized during that period. Initial C: The Massacre of the Innocents in a breviary, French, about 1320–25. Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment, each page 6 9/16 x 4 3/8 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig IX 2, fol. 142.  Image courtesy of getty.edu [...]

]]> By: Swordsmith http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/the-manuscript-files-medieval-children-games/#comment-182799 Swordsmith Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:34:10 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=6980#comment-182799 An interesting examination of a medieval manuscript... I too, find myself wondering at the type game being played in the lower border. Perhaps some form of Kegel? The board game depicted in the same area does indeed look like some early form of draughts. Games of this nature would have been popular on the continent long before they appeared in England in the late 1500's. One wonders why they they didn't depict a chess game when making a comparison to games of strategy and real warfare? I suspect the game of chess was so closely matched to the actual strategies involved in war that a depiction of a less militant game pressed the contrast between innocence and the harsh realities of medieval battle. An interesting examination of a medieval manuscript… I too, find myself wondering at the type game being played in the lower border. Perhaps some form of Kegel? The board game depicted in the same area does indeed look like some early form of draughts. Games of this nature would have been popular on the continent long before they appeared in England in the late 1500′s.

One wonders why they they didn’t depict a chess game when making a comparison to games of strategy and real warfare? I suspect the game of chess was so closely matched to the actual strategies involved in war that a depiction of a less militant game pressed the contrast between innocence and the harsh realities of medieval battle.

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