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Detail View: Early Printing Collection: JRL22318031

Image Number: 
JRL22318031
Reference Number: 
9208
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Illuminated page of text with coat of arms
Parent Work Title: 
[P]ublius Terentius Afer Carthagine natus: seruiuit Rom[a]e Terentio Lucano senatori: ...
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Commentum Terenti. 1472
Creator: 
Donatus, Aelius
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Zovenzonius, Raphael, 1431-1485, editor.
Creator Role: 
Editor
Creator: 
Wendelin, of Speier, -1477?
Creator Role: 
Printer
Date Created: 
c1472
Publication Details: 
Venice: Vindelinus de Spira
Page/Sheet: 
[a2]r
Image Sequence Number: 
a002r
Description: 
Decoration: illuminated and painted four-sided border of, on upper and inner sides, columns of green laurel leaves and pink shapes outlined in gold, on outer and lower sides, white vine-stems on a blue ground, defined in gold, green and maroon (faded to pink), in lower side a green wreath containing a shield with coat of arms of two red rampant lions holding a red cross on top of a red chevron; large illuminated initial 'P' in gold with white vine-stems on a blue ground, defined in green and maroon.
Language: 
Latin
Subject: 
Terence--Criticism and interpretation--Early works to 1800
Subject: 
Latin drama (Comedy)--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: 
Paint
Support: 
Paper
Creation Site: 
Italy: Veneto: Venezia: Venice
Item Height: 
352 mm
Item Width: 
250 mm
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