COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL233102937
Reference Number:
16117
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Illuminated page of text
Parent Work Title:
Incomentia il primo libro del clarissimo philsofo Ciecho Esculano dicto lacerba..
Creator:
Cecco, d'Ascoli, 1269-1327
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Petri, Philipo di, active 1472-1482
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
1476
Publication Details:
Venice: Filippo di Pietro
Page/Sheet:
a1r
Image Sequence Number:
a001r
Description:
Unidentified coat of arms, probably Italian, at foot of leaf: Per fess or and azure three bezants (roundels) or in base three hurts (roundels) azure in chief. The roundels are unclear and might very well be some other charge. Illuminated four-line initial 'O' in gold with white vine-stem decoration defined in pink, green and gold on a blue ground with white dots extending into the inner and upper margins. In the lower margin an illuminated unidentified coat of arms, probably Italian, at foot of leaf: Per fess or and azure three bezants (roundels) or in base three hurts (roundels) azure in chief. The roundels are unclear and might very well be some other charge.
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Astrology--Poetry--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Astronomy--Poetry--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Natural history--Pre-Linnean works
Subject:
Science--Poetry--Early works to 1800
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Sub-Category:
Coats of arms
Sub-Category:
Illuminations [paintings]
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Italy: Venezia: Venice
Item Height:
209 mm
Item Width:
154 mm
Provenance:
Crevenna, Pietro Antonio, 1736-1792, former owner
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
JRL233102937
