COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL233101574
Reference Number:
3234
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Illuminated page of text with coat of arms
Parent Work Title:
Publii Ouidii Nasonis Metamorphoseos liber primus..
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Works. 1974
Creator:
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Calfurnio, Giovanni, -1503
Creator Role:
Editor
Creator:
Puteolanus, Franciscus, -1490
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Le Rouge, Jacques, active 1473-1490
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
[before 1474-12]
Publication Details:
Venice: Jacobus Rubeus
Page/Sheet:
[a2]r
Image Sequence Number:
a002r
Description:
Decoration: illuminated 10-line initial 'I' in purple with green leaves and blue berries in the middle and green foliage finials on a rectangular gold ground, with a floral border of blue, green and purple flowers with gold and black pen-work extending the height and width of the text in the inner and upper margins respectively. In the lower margin a green wreath with purple and blue ribbons containing an unidentified coat of arms: Gules[?] two bars argent[?] overall a bend argent[?]. The arms are too faded and oxidised to discern any further detail.
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Poetry
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
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Italy: Veneto: Venezia: Venice
Item Height:
336 mm
Item Width:
220 mm
Provenance:
Pinelli, Maffeo, 1736-1785, former owner
Provenance:
Reviczky von Revisnye, Karl Emerich Alexander, Graf von, 1737-1793, 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:
John Gandy
Academic Project Lead:
Ed Potten
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