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Three leaves from an antiphonal
Creator
Master of the Golden BullIlluminator · 1400–1405
All works by this person →The Master of the Golden Bull is the name given to the illuminator who decorated a luxurious copy of a papal bull granting King Wenceslas IV of Bohemia the title of King of Rome in 1400. While his identity is unknown, the Master of the Golden Bull was probably active in the early fifteenth century at the Prague court, ruling seat of the Kingdom of Bohemia (modern-day Czech Republic). The artist's
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- about 1405
- Medium
- Tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint
- Culture
- Bohemian
- Department
- Manuscripts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 6572d1ac-0eb6-4f3f-b7f0-f5e3c2d5b924
From the Getty Museum record
These leaves displaying chants, musical notation, and initials filled with figural scenes come from an antiphonal made for a Benedictine monastery in Bohemia (the modern-day Czech Republic). Antiphonals contain all of the chants sung by choirs of monks or nuns during the divine office (the cycle of prayers said at specific hours throughout the day). In the most luxurious examples, each chant in an antiphonal begins with a large decorative letter that acts as a bookmark for the singers. The elegant figures that fill the initials in this manuscript reflect an artistic style known as the International style, which was closely associated with the courts of Paris and Prague around the year 1400.
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