COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL22318022
Reference Number:
3457
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Illuminated page of text with of coat of arms
Parent Work Title:
M. Tul. Ciceronis ad. P. Lentu. imparatorem. po. ro. Epistolarum familiarium liber primus. Cicero. P. Lentulo Imparatori. s. pl. d.
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Epistolae ad familiares. 1471
Creator:
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Bussi, Giovanni Andrea, 1417-1475
Creator Role:
Editor
Creator:
Neumeister, Johann, active 1470-1495
Creator Role:
Printer
Creator:
Orfini, Emiliano, approximately 1420-1494
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
c1471
Publication Details:
Foligno: Johann Neumeister and Aemilianus de Orfinis
Page/Sheet:
[a2]r
Image Sequence Number:
a002r
Description:
Manuscript inscription: "- eo Francesco albici figliolo di ... [illegible]" [possibly Cardinal Francesco Albizzi (1593-1684)]. Decoration: two-sided border of white vine-stems defined in blue, gold, green and red, ending in finials with gold dots and black pen-work, with an illuminated initial 'E' and, in the lower margin, a green laurel wreath with pink ribbons, gold dots and black pen-work enclosing a roughly sketched pen and ink coat of arms. Coat of arms, probably of the Albizzi family of Florence, possibly of Cardinal Francesco Albizzi (1593-1684).
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Latin letters--Early works to 1800
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Sub-Category:
Illuminations [paintings]
Sub-Category:
Coats of arms
Sub-Category:
Inscriptions
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Medium:
Gold leaf
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Italy: Umbria: Perugia: Foligno
Item Height:
295 mm
Item Width:
230 mm
Provenance:
Albizzi, Francesco, 1593-1684, former owner
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, 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
JRL22318022
