Detail View: Early Printing Collection: JRL233100162

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