Detail View: Early Printing Collection: JRL22317969
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Image Number:
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JRL22317969
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Reference Number:
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3222
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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
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Parent Work Title:
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C. Plynius Secundus Nouocomensis. Domitiano suo salutem. [L]ibros Naturalis Historiae nouitium Camenis Quiritiu[m] tuoru[m] opus natu[m] apud me proxima foetura ...
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Naturalis historia. 1470
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Creator:
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Pliny, the Elder
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Pliny, the Younger
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Creator:
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Suetonius, approximately 69-approximately 122.
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Creator:
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Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230.
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Creator:
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Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340.
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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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Gazēs, Theodōros, approximately 1400-approximately 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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[Between 8 April and 30 August] 1470
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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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[a4]v
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Image Sequence Number:
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a004v
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Description:
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Decoration: Italian (Roman?), illuminated 3-sided border of white vine-stems defined in blue, green, and red, incorporating a gold initial letter 'L', a portrait of the author[?] (in a red robe and holding a green book) in a roundel, birds, a butterfly, a deer, and putti, within gold lines outlined in black, with black pen-work and gold dots, and in the lower margin a green wreath containing a coat of arms (scraped but possibly a barry of six) surmounted by a Bishop's mitre (Michiel?) on a purple ground.
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Language:
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Latin
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Subject:
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Geography, Ancient--Early works to 1800
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Subject:
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Natural history--Pre-Linnean works
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Subject:
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Science, Ancient--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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Illuminations [paintings]
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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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Illumination (image-making process)
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Medium:
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Ink
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Medium:
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Gold leaf
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Support:
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Vellum
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Creation Site:
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Italy: Lazio: Roma: Rome
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Item Height:
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405 mm
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Item Width:
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300 mm
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Provenance:
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Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
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Provenance:
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Convento di Santa Anastasia (Verona, Italy), 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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