Detail View: Early Printing Collection: JRL22318022

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: 
Creative Commons License
Educational Notes: 
Incunabula Cataloguing Project (Provenance), 2021-2025
Academic Project Lead: 
Julianne Simpson
Academic Project Lead: 
John Gandy
Academic Project Lead: 
Ed Potten