COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL050304dc
Reference Number:
3230
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Page of text with illuminated initial 'T'
Parent Work Title:
Opera [Bucolica, Georgica, Aeneis, with argumenta]. Add: Maphaeus Vegius: Liber XIII Aeneidos. Additional texts
Creator:
Virgil
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Girardinus, Bartholomaeus
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
1472
Publication Details:
Venice: Printer of Ausonius, Bartholomaeus Girardinus
Page/Sheet:
53r
Description:
Full page of text with illuminated Initial 'T'. The text is surrounded by a highly decorated illuminated border coloured with blue, red and green ink. Two cherubs and two white rabbits are at the foot of the text.
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Epic poetry
Subject:
Classical literature
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
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:
JRL050304dc
