Detail View: Early Printing Collection: JRL22317959
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Image Number:
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JRL22317959
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Reference Number:
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9116
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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 George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer
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Parent Work Title:
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[E]loque[n]tie sple[n]dore: & reru[m] dignitate: locupletiore[m] Virgilio Poeta[m]: unu[m] fortasse Homeru[m] Græci: nullum certe Latini inuenient. ...
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Works. 1469
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Creator:
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Virgil
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Bussi, Giovanni Andrea, 1417-1475
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Creator Role:
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Editor
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Creator:
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Sweynheim, Konrad, -1477
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Creator:
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Pannartz, Arnold, -approximately 1478
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Date Created:
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1469
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Publication Details:
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Rome: Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz
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Page/Sheet:
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[A2r]
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Image Sequence Number:
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A002r
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Description:
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Decoration: late eighteenth century illuminated and painted three-sided foliate and floral border in blue, green and maroon with black pen-work and gold dots; in the lower margin late eighteenth century arms of George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834). Quarterly of four, 1 & 4 argent and gules in the second and third quarters or a fret overall on a bend three escallops (Spencer), 2 & 3 sable a lion rampant on a canton argent a cross gules (Churchill).
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Language:
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Latin
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Subject:
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Epic poetry, Latin--Early works to 1800
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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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Sub-Category:
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Illuminations [paintings]
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Technique Used:
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Printing (process)
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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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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Item Height:
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330 mm
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Item Width:
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225 mm
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Provenance:
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Convento di Santa Maria del Popolo (Rome, 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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