Detail View: Early Printing Collection: JRL233100004
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Image Number:
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JRL233100004
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Reference Number:
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3393
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Illuminated page of text
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Parent Work Title:
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C. Iulii Cesaris. belli gallici. Commentarius Primus..
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Works. 1472
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Creator:
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Caesar, Julius
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Hirtius, Aulus
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Creator:
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Bussi, Giovanni Andrea, 1417-1475
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Creator Role:
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Editor
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Creator:
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Sweynheim, Konrad, -1477
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Creator:
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Pannartz, Arnold, -approximately 1478
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Creator:
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Massimo, Pietro, 1420-1489
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Date Created:
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1472-08-25
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Publication Details:
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Rome: In Domo Petri de Maximis Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz
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Page/Sheet:
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[a2]r
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Image Sequence Number:
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a002r
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Description:
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Decoration: nineteenth century painted wide border in classical style, outlined in red, upper part of border with grey stags, old man heads and a green laurel wreath on a black ground, lower part of border with oval frame held by two cherubs containing a grisaille scene of classical soldiers disembarking from ships, the side parts of border with classical decoration, cherubs and trophies; illuminated initial 'G' in ochre and gold on a square blue ground outlined in a gold frame.
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Language:
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Latin
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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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Technique Used:
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Painting (image-making)
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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Italy: Lazio: Roma: Rome
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Item Height:
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350 mm
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Item Width:
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245 mm
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Provenance:
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Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, 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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