Detail View: Early Printing Collection: JRL1118358
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Image Number:
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JRL1118358
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Reference Number:
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3383
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Detail of text with illuminated initial 'X'
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Parent Work Title:
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[I]ncipit summa que uocat[ur] catholicon
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Catholicon
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Creator:
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Balbi, Giovanni, -1298
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Date Created:
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1460
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Publication Details:
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Mainz: Printer of the Catholicon Johann Gutenberg?
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Volume:
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2
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Page/Sheet:
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182r
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Description:
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Detail of text with large pen-flourished initial 'X' in red and blue ink, and small initial 'X' in red ink.
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Language:
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Latin
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Category of Material:
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Printed
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Sub-Category:
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Incunabula
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Technique Used:
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Printing (process)
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Technique Used:
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Drawing (image-making)
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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Germany: Rhineland Palatinate: Mainz
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Item Height:
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410 mm
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Item Width:
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300 mm
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Provenance:
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Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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