COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Image Number:
JRL233100534
Reference Number:
3325
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Page of text with manuscript annotations
Parent Work Title:
Batrachomyomachia [Greek and Latin]
Translated Parent Work Title:
Battle of the frogs and mice. Latin & Greek. 1474.
Creator:
Homer
Creator:
Marsuppini, Carlo, 1398-1453
Creator Role:
Translator
Creator:
Ferrando, Tommaso, active 1471 or 1472-1493 or 1494
Creator Role:
Printer
Creator:
Kalthoeber, Christian Samuel, active 1780-1817
Creator Role:
Binder
Date Created:
c1474
Publication Details:
Brescia: Thomas Ferrandus
Page/Sheet:
[25]r
Image Sequence Number:
025r
Description:
Manuscript annotations in dark brown ink, including corrections or completions to the printed text (where letters and diacritics are missing or are poorly printed) and marginal notes, mostly in Greek but with some in Latin, only on the pages with Greek text and interlinear Latin translation (i.e. rectos only); many of the marginal notes have been washed or bleached out, leaving ugly brown staining on many leaves. Count Reviczky commonly had his books cleaned.
Language:
Latin
Language:
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Subject:
Fables, Greek--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Fables, Greek--Translations into Latin--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Greek poetry--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Greek poetry--Translations into Latin--Early works to 1800
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Sub-Category:
Annotations
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Italy: Lombardy: Brescia
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Provenance:
Pinelli, Maffeo, 1736-1785, former owner
Provenance:
Reviczky von Revisnye, Karl Emerich Alexander, Graf von, 1737-1793, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Academic Project Lead:
Julianne Simpson
Academic Project Lead:
John Gandy
Academic Project Lead:
Ed Potten
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