COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL22318023
Reference Number:
3465
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Illuminated page of text with coat of arms
Parent Work Title:
Aemilii Probi uiri clarissimi De uita excellentium liber incipit feliciter..
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Vitae excellentium imperatorum. 1471
Creator:
Nepos, Cornelius
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Jenson, Nicolas, approximately 1420-1480
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
1471-03-08
Publication Details:
Venice: Nicolaus Jenson
Page/Sheet:
[a2]r
Image Sequence Number:
a002r
Description:
Decoration: North Italy, illuminated initial 'N' in gold with white vine-stems defined in blue, green and pink, and in the lower margin a painted unidentified coat of arms (sixteenth-century?) the device erased but probably a lion rampant on a red shield on a pink ground within a green laurel wreath with lilac ribbons, gold dots and black penwork.
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Classical biography--Early works to 1800
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Sub-Category:
Illuminations [paintings]
Sub-Category:
Coats of arms
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:
290 mm
Item Width:
205 mm
Provenance:
La Vallière, Louis César de LaBaume LeBlanc de, 1708-1780, former owner
Provenance:
Reviczky von Revisnye, Karl Emerich Alexander, Graf von, 1737-1793, 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
JRL22318023
