COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
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Manchester~20~20
Early Printing Collection
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Image Number:
JRL22317968
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JRL22317968
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Reference Number:
10481
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10481
Reference Number
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Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Illuminated page of text with coat of arms of Maffeo Vallaresso
title
Illuminated page of text with coat of arms of Maffeo Vallaresso
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Parent Work Title:
[G]eographia[m] multos scripsisse nouimus Pater Beatissime Paule .II. Venete. Pont. Maxime. tempo[rum] nostroru[m] felicitas et gloria. cum eiusmodi sit doctrine opus ...
title_larger_entity
[G]eographia[m] multos scripsisse nouimus Pater Beatissime Paule .II. Venete. Pont. Maxime. tempo[rum] nostroru[m] felicitas et gloria. cum eiusmodi sit doctrine opus ...
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
Geography. Latin. 1469
title_l_e_variant
Geography. Latin. 1469
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false
Creator:
Guarino, Veronese, 1374-1460
creator
Guarino, Veronese, 1374-1460
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Translator
creator_role
Translator
Creator Role
false
Creator:
Tifernate, Gregorio, 1414-approximately 1462
creator
Tifernate, Gregorio, 1414-approximately 1462
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Translator
creator_role
Translator
Creator Role
false
Creator:
Bussi, Giovanni Andrea, 1417-1475
creator
Bussi, Giovanni Andrea, 1417-1475
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Editor
creator_role
Editor
Creator Role
false
Creator:
Gazēs, Theodōros, approximately 1400-approximately 1475
creator
Gazēs, Theodōros, approximately 1400-approximately 1475
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Editor
creator_role
Editor
Creator Role
false
Creator:
Andronicus Callistus, -1478
creator
Andronicus Callistus, -1478
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Editor
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Editor
Creator Role
false
Creator:
Birago, Lampugnino, -1472
creator
Birago, Lampugnino, -1472
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Editor
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Editor
Creator Role
false
Creator:
Sweynheim, Konrad, -1477
creator
Sweynheim, Konrad, -1477
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Printer
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Printer
Creator Role
false
Creator:
Pannartz, Arnold, -approximately 1478
creator
Pannartz, Arnold, -approximately 1478
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Printer
creator_role
Printer
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
1469
date_created
1469
Date Created
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Publication Details:
Rome: Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz
imprint
Rome: Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz
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Page/Sheet:
[a4]r
page
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Page/Sheet
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Image Sequence Number:
a004r
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a004r
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Description:
Decoration: illuminated four-sided border by a Venetian artist in the style of the Pico Master of flowers and leaves in blue, gold, green, and maroon in an intricate design of heavily filigreed curling black pen-work and gold dots, the gilt with punch-dotting; in the lower margin two angel supporters (on the left dressed in maroon with green wings, on the right dressed in green with maroon wings) hold a wreath quartered in blue, green, and maroon, containing the coat of arms of Maffeo Vallaresso (1415-1495) with the initials M V and a gold cross (see description above); the outer margin also contains a black eagle displayed, a thrush-like bird in gold and maroon, a black cockerel, and a wreath divided horizontally in green and maroon around a scene of two deer lying down with countryside in the background; the whole border outlined in blue, gold, and maroon (outer edge) and in blue (inner edge); with a 7-line initial 'S' in maroon containing a half-length portrait of Strabo dressed in yellow and cloaked in red, wearing a red hat, holding an orb in his left hand and pointing upwards with his right hand, on a gold ground edged in black.
description
Decoration: illuminated four-sided border by a Venetian artist in the style of the Pico Master of flowers and leaves in blue, gold, green, and maroon in an intricate design of heavily filigreed curling black pen-work and gold dots, the gilt with punch-dotting; in the lower margin two angel supporters (on the left dressed in maroon with green wings, on the right dressed in green with maroon wings) hold a wreath quartered in blue, green, and maroon, containing the coat of arms of Maffeo Vallaresso (1415-1495) with the initials M V and a gold cross (see description above); the outer margin also contains a black eagle displayed, a thrush-like bird in gold and maroon, a black cockerel, and a wreath divided horizontally in green and maroon around a scene of two deer lying down with countryside in the background; the whole border outlined in blue, gold, and maroon (outer edge) and in blue (inner edge); with a 7-line initial 'S' in maroon containing a half-length portrait of Strabo dressed in yellow and cloaked in red, wearing a red hat, holding an orb in his left hand and pointing upwards with his right hand, on a gold ground edged in black.
Description
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Language:
Latin
language_name
Latin
Language
false
Subject:
Geography, Ancient--Early works to 1800
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Geography, Ancient--Early works to 1800
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Printed
category
Printed
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
class
Incunabula
Sub-Category
false
Sub-Category:
Coats of arms
class
Coats of arms
Sub-Category
false
Sub-Category:
Illuminations [paintings]
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Illuminations [paintings]
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
technique
Printing (process)
Technique Used
false
Technique Used:
Painting (image-making)
technique
Painting (image-making)
Technique Used
false
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
technique
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
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Ink
Medium
false
Medium:
Gold leaf
medium
Gold leaf
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Creation Site:
Italy: Lazio: Roma: Rome
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Italy: Lazio: Roma: Rome
Creation Site
false
People Covered:
Vallaresso, Maffeo, 1415-1495
people_covered
Vallaresso, Maffeo, 1415-1495
People Covered
false
People Covered:
Strabo
people_covered
Strabo
People Covered
false
Item Height:
422 mm
item_height
422 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
310 mm
Provenance:
Vallaresso, Maffeo, 1415-1495, former owner.
former_repository
Vallaresso, Maffeo, 1415-1495, former owner.
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
former_repository
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
access_rights
<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a>
Access Rights
false
Educational Notes:
Incunabula Cataloguing Project (Provenance), 2021-2025
educational_notes
Incunabula Cataloguing Project (Provenance), 2021-2025
Educational Notes
false
Academic Project Lead:
Julianne Simpson
academic_project_lead
Julianne Simpson
Academic Project Lead
false
Academic Project Lead:
John Gandy
academic_project_lead
John Gandy
Academic Project Lead
false
Academic Project Lead:
Ed Potten
academic_project_lead
Ed Potten
Academic Project Lead
false