Detail View: Early Printing Collection: JRL22317978
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Image Number:
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JRL22317978
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Reference Number:
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3260
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Illuminated page of text Coat of arms of the patrician Agostini family of Venice
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Parent Work Title:
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[C]ogitanti. mihi. saepenumero: & memoria uetera repete[n]ti: perbeati fuisse. ...
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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De oratore. 1470
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Creator:
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Valdarfer, Christoph, active 1470-1488
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Date Created:
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1470
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Publication Details:
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Venice: Christophorus Valdarfer
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Page/Sheet:
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[a1]r
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Image Sequence Number:
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a001r
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Description:
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Decoration: three-sided (upper, outer and lower sides) woodcut border has been added with white vine-stems painted with a blue ground with white dots and defined in gold, green, and maroon. Coat of arms of the patrician Agostini family of Venice: per fess dancetty or and azure each point terminating in a roundel counter changed, a column of laurel leaves painted in green at the foot of the border, the whole outlined in gold, blue, green, and maroon; with a 6-line initial 'C' in gold with white vine-stem defined in green and pink on a blue ground.
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Language:
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Latin
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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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Technique Used:
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Printing (process)
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Technique Used:
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Woodcut (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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Paper
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Creation Site:
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Italy: Veneto: Venezia: Venice
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Item Height:
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344 mm
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Item Width:
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240 mm
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Provenance:
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Agostini family (Venice), former owner
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Provenance:
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Reviczky von Revisnye, Karl Emerich Alexander, Graf von, 1737-1793, 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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