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Keywords: Table of Affinity - Google Art Project.jpg 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 Primum Genus 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 None 430703 Unknown /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/artwork/table-of-affinity-unknown/6819630/ Unknown illuminator /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/ The J Paul Getty Museum 343005 http //www getty edu/museum 3/12/2012 4 46 21 PM /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/artwork/table-of-affinity-unknown/6819630/ 1170 about 1170 - 1180 Law and Politics Adam Eve Beasts Tempera colors gold leaf and ink on parchment 443 6819630 True 1180 3/25/2012 8 39 09 PM lido getty edu-gm-obj5071 http //www getty edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails artobj 5071 http //www getty edu/legal/copyright html Folio 1170 1190 Paris France Creation w291 x h443 cm about 1170 - 1180 False 0 583984375 Part table-of-affinity-unknown Table of Affinity t 291 Tempera colors gold leaf and ink on parchment Law and Politics Adam Eve Beasts http //www getty edu/legal/copyright html special url_id VgEUCJtxXz1t6g PD-old-100 Google Art Project works by unknown artist MS LUDWIG XIV 2 Getty museum - Decretum Medieval miniatures of family trees Affinity Consanguinity Family trees in art
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