File:Table of Affinity - Google Art Project.jpg
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Table of Affinity
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Unknown – illuminator |
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Table of Affinity |
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| Object type | Folio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Table of Affinity This image is available for download, without charge, under the Getty's Open Content Program. Unknown French, Paris or Sens, about 1170 - 1180 Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment 17 7/16 x 11 7/16 in. MS. LUDWIG XIV 2, FOL. 228 The Table of Affinity serves as a pendant to the Table of Consanguinity in the section on matrimony in Gratian's Decretals. This table shows the relationships that a husband and wife bear to each other's families. The top section of the diagram containing the husband and wife, here appropriately labeled Adam and Eve, is identified as Primu[m] G[e]n[u]s (First degree [of affinity]). These two figures braid together the tails of four fantastic beasts that sprout vine leaves. The animals' biting heads hold up the middle portion of the diagram, which includes members of the second degree of affinity. Finally, a seated figure with a blue halo grasps vines to which are attached members of the third degree of affinity. The two sides of the diagram are separated by a treelike form in the center, an appropriate image to visualize the idea of mingling blood lines and family growth. The Table of Consanguinity and Table of Affinity were essential to Church law because they helped to determine issues of inheritance and the legality of marriages. The pair of tables became standard in copies of the Decretals by the end of the 1100s. |
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| Date | about 1170 - 1180 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | "Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 443 mm (17.44 in); width: 291 mm (11.45 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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lido.getty.edu-gm-obj5071 |
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| Notes | More info at museum site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | VgEUCJtxXz1t6g at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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