COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL22318001
Reference Number:
3076
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Illuminated page of text with manuscript inscriptions
Parent Work Title:
Incipiunt epistol[a]e Cecilii Cypriani ad Cornelium Papam. Et prima de confessione. feliciter.
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Works. 1471
Creator:
Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Bussi, Giovanni Andrea, 1417-1475
Creator Role:
Editor
Creator:
Wendelin, of Speier, -1477?
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
1471
Publication Details:
Venice: Vindelinus de Spira
Page/Sheet:
[a3]r
Image Sequence Number:
a003r
Description:
Manuscript inscription in a fifteenth or sixteenth century hand in thick black ink at foot of leaf: "Dom[us] m[o]ntelli.", followed by "H[?].3" in a later hand in fainter brown ink [possibly the Cartusia Montelli, i.e. the Carthusian House of SS. Maria et Hieronymus on mount Montello, near Treviso, Italy]. Decoration: illuminated initial 'C' in silver (tarnished) on a blue ground with white dots, the body of the letter filled with white vine-stems on a red ground and defined in green; the printed text is surrounded by an illuminated border of thick blue with thin white painted lines and thick silver (tarnished) lines, the upper portion with a bar of green laurel leaves, the outer and lower margins with blue, green, and maroon flowers, silver dots and black pen-work, the lower margin with an empty green laurel wreath for a coat of arms (not supplied). Capitals highlighted in yellow throughout.
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Books--Provenance
Subject:
Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage--Correspondence
Subject:
Christian literature, Early--Latin authors--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Christian saints--Correspondence--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Theology--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Theology, Doctrinal--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Theology--History--Early church, ca. 30-600
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Sub-Category:
Illuminations [paintings]
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Italy: Veneto: Venezia: Venice
Item Height:
335 mm
Item Width:
240 mm
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Provenance:
Cartusia Montelli (Montello, Italy), former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Educational Notes:
Incunabula Cataloguing Project (Provenance), 2021-2025
Academic Project Lead:
Julianne Simpson
Academic Project Lead:
John Gandy
Academic Project Lead:
Ed Potten
JRL22318001
