Detail View: Early Printing Collection: JRL1416029

Image Number: 
JRL1416029
Reference Number: 
3388
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Page of text with illuminated initial 'V'
Parent Work Title: 
Vitae illustrium virorum: (Latin)
Creator: 
Plutarch
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Rufus, Sextus
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Jenson, Nicolas, approximately 1420-1480
Creator Role: 
Printer
Date Created: 
1478-01-02
Publication Details: 
Venice: Nicolaus Jenson
Volume: 
1
Page/Sheet: 
a8v
Language: 
Latin
Subject: 
Statesmen--Greece--Biography
Subject: 
Statesmen--Rome--Biography
Subject: 
Classical literature
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Incunabula
Sub-Category: 
Illustrated works
Technique Used: 
Printing (process)
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium: 
Ink
Medium: 
Paint
Support: 
Paper
Creation Site: 
Italy: Veneto: Venezia: Venice
Provenance: 
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License