Getty Tondal
The Getty Tondal, also known as Les visions du chevalier Tondal is an illuminated manuscript from 1475, now in the Getty Museum. It is a French version and is the only surviving fully illuminated manuscript of the Visio Tnugdali. It has 20 miniatures by Simon Marmion and elaborate borders with "CM" for the initials of Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy and her husband Charles the Bold. The text was scribed by David Aubert in Ghent, while the miniatures were done in Valenciennes, where Marmion was based. Only the fifteen pages with two-column miniatures and five pages with single column miniatures have borders. There are only 45 folios, meaning that most have miniatures. The manuscript is fully available online.
| The Getty Tondal | |
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| The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA. | |
Hellmouth or the Mouth of Hell, by Simon Marmion, from the Getty Tondal manuscript, detail. | |
| Also known as | Les visions du chevalier Tondal (Published Title) The Visions of the Knight Tondal (Translated Title) |
| Type | Manuscript |
| Date | 1475 |
| Place of origin | Ghent, Belgium; Valenciennes, France (Place Created) |
| Material | Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment tipped into a binding of wood boards covered with brown calf |
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