Image Number:
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JRL22314745
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Reference Number:
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14877
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Illuminated page of text with coat of arms of the Boldieri family
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Parent Work Title:
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[B]eati Hieronymi epistolas ad eruditionem christiana[m] pernecessarias re[rum] ac materiarum varietate confusas & sine ullo ordine descriptas agnouimus ...
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Correspondence. 1468
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Creator:
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Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Aristeas
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Creator:
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Laelius, Theodorus, 1427-1466
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Creator Role:
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Editor
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Creator:
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Palmieri, Matteo, 1406-1475
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Creator Role:
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Translator
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Creator:
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Riessinger, Sixtus
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Date Created:
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Not before 1468
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Publication Details:
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Rome: Sixtus Riessinger
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Volume:
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2
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Page/Sheet:
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[b1r]
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Image Sequence Number:
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b001r
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Description:
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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.
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Language:
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Latin
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Subject:
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Books--Provenance
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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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Sub-Category:
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Coats of arms
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Technique Used:
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Printing (process)
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Technique Used:
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Painting (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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Italy: Lazio: Roma: Rome
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People Covered:
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Boldieri family
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Item Height:
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330 mm
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Item Width:
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335 mm
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Provenance:
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Boldieri family (Verona, Italy), former owner.
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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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Educational Notes:
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Incunabula Cataloguing Project (Provenance), 2021-2025
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Academic Project Lead:
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Julianne Simpson
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Academic Project Lead:
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John Gandy
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Academic Project Lead:
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Ed Potten
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