Detail View: Early Printing Collection: JRL22312263
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Image Number:
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JRL22312263
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Reference Number:
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3071
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Illuminated page of text with coats of arms
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Parent Work Title:
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Tabula de ilibri de tuto il testamento uechio
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Bible. Italian. 1471.
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Creator:
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Malermi, Niccolò, 1422
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Creator Role:
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Translator
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Creator:
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Ambergau, Adam de, active 1471-1472
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Creator:
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Master of the Putti
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Creator Role:
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Illustrator
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Date Created:
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1471-10-01
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Publication Details:
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Venice: Adam de Ambergau
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Volume:
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2
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Page/Sheet:
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[a3]r
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Image Sequence Number:
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a003r
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Description:
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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.
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Language:
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Italian
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Subject:
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Bible
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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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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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427 mm
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Item Width:
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300 mm
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Provenance:
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Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
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Provenance:
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Nieri family, former owner
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Provenance:
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Angeli Nieri family, former owner
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Provenance:
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Sixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590, former owner
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Provenance:
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Pinelli, Maffeo, 1736-1785, 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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