COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL22312263
Reference Number:
3071
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Illuminated page of text with coats of arms
Parent Work Title:
Tabula de ilibri de tuto il testamento uechio
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Bible. Italian. 1471.
Creator:
Malermi, Niccolò, 1422
Creator Role:
Translator
Creator:
Ambergau, Adam de, active 1471-1472
Creator Role:
Printer
Creator:
Master of the Putti
Creator Role:
Illustrator
Date Created:
1471-10-01
Publication Details:
Venice: Adam de Ambergau
Volume:
2
Page/Sheet:
[a3]r
Image Sequence Number:
a003r
Description:
Illuminated coat of arms possibly of the Nieri family of Lucca or the Angeli Nieri family of Bevagna. Azure a lion rampant or overall on a bend of the same three roses gules (3 rose di rosso su banda di oro su - leone rampante di oro su azzurro). Decoration: two illuminated initials ('I' in gold on a maroon ground and 'Q' in blue on a gold ground with blue, green and maroon flowers), in the inner margin a bar border outlined in gold of laurel leaves coloured green and maroon with red ribbons, in the upper margin 'PROVERBI' in blue letters on a white scroll shaded in pink and blue, green, and maroon flowers with gold dots and black pen-work, in the outer margin curling boughs of laurel leaves with red ribbons, a roundel outlined in gold containing the upper half of a man holding a book (St. Jerome) in maroon, and white and blue, green, and maroon flowers with gold dots and black pen-work; the lower margin has been removed and replaced with a different illuminated border containing a green laurel wreath with a coat of arms (a blue shield with a gold lion rampant, overall a gold bar with three red roses), and blue, green, and maroon flowers with gold dots and black pen-work in a similar manner as the rest.
Language:
Italian
Subject:
Bible
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Sub-Category:
Illuminations [paintings]
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Medium:
Gold leaf
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Italy: Veneto: Venezia: Venice
Item Height:
427 mm
Item Width:
300 mm
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Provenance:
Nieri family, former owner
Provenance:
Angeli Nieri family, former owner
Provenance:
Sixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590, former owner
Provenance:
Pinelli, Maffeo, 1736-1785, 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
JRL22312263
