COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL233100162
Reference Number:
18223
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Illuminated page of text with unidentified coat of arms
Parent Work Title:
Marci Tulii Ciceronis Arpinatis: consulisq[ue] Romani. Ac oratorum maximi. Ad .M. Tulium Ciceronem filium suu[m] Officio[rum] Liber primus..
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Philosophical works. Selections. 1472
Creator:
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Wendelin, of Speier, -1477?
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
1472-07-04
Publication Details:
Venice: Vindelinus de Spira
Page/Sheet:
[a2]r
Image Sequence Number:
a002r
Description:
Decoration, North Italy: illuminated initial 'Q' in gold with white vine-stem decoration defined in blue, green and red on a blue ground with white dots, extensions into the inner, upper and lower margins with gold dots and black penwork; in the lower margin a green wreath with red ribbons containing an unidentified coat of arms (party per pale sable and gules, overall a fess dancetty or) on a blue ground with white dots.
Language:
Latin
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Sub-Category:
Coats of arms
Sub-Category:
Illuminations [paintings]
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:
285 mm
Item Width:
210 mm
Provenance:
Cassano, Luigi Cassano Serra, duca di, 1747-1825, 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:
Ed Potten
Academic Project Lead:
John Gandy
JRL233100162
