COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
mediaCollectionId
Manchester~20~20
Early Printing Collection
Collection
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Image Number:
JRL22317970
image_number
JRL22317970
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
11565
reference_number
11565
Reference Number
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Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Illuminated page of text with coat of arms
title
Illuminated page of text with coat of arms
Image Title
false
Parent Work Title:
Bessarionis Cardinalis Sabini & Patriarche Consta[n]tinopolitani capitula libri p[ri]mi aduersus calu[m]niatore[m] Plato[n]is incipiu[n]t feliciter..
title_larger_entity
Bessarionis Cardinalis Sabini & Patriarche Consta[n]tinopolitani capitula libri p[ri]mi aduersus calu[m]niatore[m] Plato[n]is incipiu[n]t feliciter..
Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
In calumniatorem Platonis. 1469
title_l_e_variant
In calumniatorem Platonis. 1469
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Bēssariōn, Cardinal, 1403-1472
creator
Bēssariōn, Cardinal, 1403-1472
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Author
creator_role
Author
Creator Role
false
Creator:
Perotti, Niccolò, 1430-1480
creator
Perotti, Niccolò, 1430-1480
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Editor
creator_role
Editor
Creator Role
false
Creator:
Sweynheim, Konrad, -1477
creator
Sweynheim, Konrad, -1477
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Printer
creator_role
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:
Before 1469-08-28
date_created
Before 1469-08-28
Date Created
false
Publication Details:
Rome: Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz
imprint
Rome: Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz
Publication Details
false
Page/Sheet:
[c2]r
page
[c2]r
Page/Sheet
false
Image Sequence Number:
c002r
image_sequence_number
c002r
Image Sequence Number
false
Description:
Decoration: Italian, fifteenth-century, illuminated 10-line initial 'I' is supplied in gold, incorporated into a three-sided white vine-stem border with blue, green, and maroon decoration, and outlined in blue, terminating in bunched finials, with black pen-work rays and gold dots; in the lower border a green wreath containing a (later?, slightly lopsided) coat of arms of an object (a chess-rook or a bell?) in gold on a red shield radiant on a blue ground (see note on the arms above); in the right-hand margin three birds (parakeets?) in green and maroon in different poses arranged vertically and standing on gold dots.
description
Decoration: Italian, fifteenth-century, illuminated 10-line initial 'I' is supplied in gold, incorporated into a three-sided white vine-stem border with blue, green, and maroon decoration, and outlined in blue, terminating in bunched finials, with black pen-work rays and gold dots; in the lower border a green wreath containing a (later?, slightly lopsided) coat of arms of an object (a chess-rook or a bell?) in gold on a red shield radiant on a blue ground (see note on the arms above); in the right-hand margin three birds (parakeets?) in green and maroon in different poses arranged vertically and standing on gold dots.
Description
false
Language:
Latin
language_name
Latin
Language
false
Subject:
Philosophy, Ancient--Early works to 1800
subject
Philosophy, Ancient--Early works to 1800
Subject
false
Subject:
Plato--Criticism and interpretation
subject
Plato--Criticism and interpretation
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Printed
category
Printed
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
class
Incunabula
Sub-Category
false
Sub-Category:
Illuminations [paintings]
class
Illuminations [paintings]
Sub-Category
false
Sub-Category:
Coats of arms
class
Coats of arms
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
technique
Printing (process)
Technique Used
false
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
technique
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
technique
Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Medium:
Gold leaf
medium
Gold leaf
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Creation Site:
Italy: Lazio: Roma: Rome
location_creation_site
Italy: Lazio: Roma: Rome
Creation Site
false
Item Height:
350 mm
item_height
350 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
255 mm
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:
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