Detail View: Early Printing Collection: JRL22317980
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Image Number:
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JRL22317980
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Reference Number:
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3389
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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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Marci. T. C. Epistolae ad Atticum Brutum: Et Quintum Fratrem cum ipsius Attici uita feliciter Expliciunt..
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Correspondence. Selections. 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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Petrarca, Francesco 1304-1374
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Creator:
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Nepos, Cornelius
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Creator:
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Jenson, Nicolas, approximately 1420-1480
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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: Nicolaus Jenson
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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: North Italy, fifteenth-century, illuminated border on all four sides of dense white vine-stems with fine penwork, defined in blue, gold, green, and red, incorporating a gold initial 'C', in the outer margin a large seated bird in a tiny landscape, and in the lower margin a green wreath containing a defaced coat of arms (azure a tower (or castle) gules), the whole border outlined in gold.
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Language:
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Latin
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Language:
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Greek
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Subject:
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Atticus, Titus Pomponius--Correspondence
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Subject:
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Brutus, Marcus Junius, 85 B.C.?-42 B.C--Correspondence
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Subject:
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius--Correspondence
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Subject:
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Authors, Latin--Correspondence--Early works to 1800
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Subject:
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Latin letters--Early works to 1800
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Subject:
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Statesmen Rome--Correspondence--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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Coats of arms
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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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Illumination (image-making process)
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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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: Veneto: Venezia: Venice
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Item Height:
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332 mm
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Item Width:
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245 mm
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Provenance:
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LomeĢnie de Brienne, Etienne Charles de, 1727-1794, 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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