COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL22317974
Reference Number:
18028
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Illuminated page of text with coat of arms
Parent Work Title:
Terentius Afer genere. ciuis uero Cartaginensis fuit..
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Works. 1469
Creator:
Terence
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Riessinger, Sixtus
Creator Role:
Printer
Creator:
Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
c1469
Publication Details:
Rome: Sixtus Riessinger
Page/Sheet:
[a3]r
Image Sequence Number:
a003r
Description:
Decoration: illuminated initial 'S' in gold, with white vine-stems defined in blue, green, and red, on a blue ground with white dots, extending into the margins and terminating in bunched finials with black pen-work rays and gold dots; in the lower margin a green wreath containing an unidentified coat of arms of a red goat salient on a white shield on a blue ground; the extension in the outer margin was added at a later date when the leaf was re-margined; also on leaf 2-line initial 'P' in gold on a pink and blue ground divided diagonally.
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Latin drama (Comedy)--Early works to 1800
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Sub-Category:
Coats of arms
Sub-Category:
Illuminations [paintings]
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Medium:
Gold leaf
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Italy: Lazio: Roma: Rome
Item Height:
275 mm
Item Width:
220 mm
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
JRL22317974
