COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL22314745
Reference Number:
14877
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Illuminated page of text with coat of arms of the Boldieri family
Parent Work Title:
[B]eati Hieronymi epistolas ad eruditionem christiana[m] pernecessarias re[rum] ac materiarum varietate confusas & sine ullo ordine descriptas agnouimus ...
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Correspondence. 1468
Creator:
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Aristeas
Creator:
Laelius, Theodorus, 1427-1466
Creator Role:
Editor
Creator:
Palmieri, Matteo, 1406-1475
Creator Role:
Translator
Creator:
Riessinger, Sixtus
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
Not before 1468
Publication Details:
Rome: Sixtus Riessinger
Volume:
2
Page/Sheet:
[b1r]
Image Sequence Number:
b001r
Description:
Decoration: illuminated 7-line initial 'P' supplied in pink and yellow on a silver ground (now oxidised to a dull grey), the body of the initial with blue and green foliate decoration with white pen-work; foliate and floral extension with black pen-work into the inner margin in green, pink, blue, red, and silver (oxidised); large green laurel wreath with red ribbons in lower margin, enclosing a painted heraldic device of the Boldieri family of Verona consisting of a shield gules a chevron argent in base a fleur-de-lis argent, with a cherub with green wings, clothed, holding a scroll with the motto 'Bene facite', with red and green foliate decoration, on a blue ground with black pen-work, with floral and black pen-work extensions in blue, green, pink, yellow, and silver dots (oxidised) on either side.
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Books--Provenance
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Sub-Category:
Coats of arms
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Technique Used:
Painting (image-making)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Italy: Lazio: Roma: Rome
People Covered:
Boldieri family
Item Height:
330 mm
Item Width:
335 mm
Provenance:
Boldieri family (Verona, Italy), former owner.
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Educational Notes:
Incunabula Cataloguing Project (Provenance), 2021-2025
Academic Project Lead:
Julianne Simpson
Academic Project Lead:
John Gandy
Academic Project Lead:
Ed Potten
JRL22314745
