COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL233102833
Reference Number:
3455
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Page of text with illuminated six-line initial 'E'
Parent Work Title:
[E]go omni offit[i]o ac potius pietate erga te ceteris satisfatio o[m]nibus: mihi ip[s]e nunq[uam] satisfatio. ...
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Epistolae ad familiares. 1467
Creator:
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Sweynheim, Konrad, -1477
Creator Role:
Printer
Creator:
Pannartz, Arnold, -approximately 1478
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
1467
Publication Details:
Rome: Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz
Page/Sheet:
[a1]r
Image Sequence Number:
a001r
Description:
Decoration: an illuminated six-line initial 'E' is supplied in blue with white pen-work on a gold ground edged in black, within the body of the letter and at the corners foliate decoration in green and pink with yellow and black pen-work; floral and foliate extensions into the inner, upper and lower margins in blue, green, pink, and yellow, black pen-work and gold dots.
Language:
Latin
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Sub-Category:
Inscriptions
Sub-Category:
Illuminations [paintings]
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Italy: Lazio: Roma: Rome
Item Height:
290 mm
Item Width:
215 mm
Provenance:
Chardalle, Jean, -1502, former owner
Provenance:
Gaignat, Louis Jean, 1697-1768, former owner
Provenance:
La Vallière, Louis César de LaBaume LeBlanc de, 1708-1780, 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
JRL233102833
