COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL233102939
Reference Number:
17766
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Illuminated armorial decoration of Bernhard von Rohr on page of text
Parent Work Title:
Gaetani de Tienis Uincentini philosophi clarissimi in quattuor Aristotilis metheororum libros expositio Incipit feliciter..
Creator:
Tiene, Gaetano, 1387-approximately 1462
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Podocatharus, Ludovicus, -1504
Creator:
Maufer, Petrus, active 1474-1494
Creator Role:
Printer
Creator:
Antonio Maria, da Villafora, -1511
Creator Role:
Illuminator
Date Created:
1476-08-06
Publication Details:
Padua: Petrus Maufer de Maliferis
Page/Sheet:
[a2]
Image Sequence Number:
a002r
Description:
On leaf an illuminated armorial decoration of Bernhard von Rohr (1421-1487) Archbishop of Salzburg: a pastoral staff surmounted by a cross fleury, on which is a bishop's mitre in blue and gold, a ligatured motto 'IVVAVIA ROR' (probably for the old Roman name 'Iuvavum' for Salzburg) in gold on either side of mitre, descending from the mitre on both sides a purple ribbon on which are two large shields, the left-side shield with the arms of the Archbishopric of Salzburg (party per pale or a leopard rampant sable and gules a fess argent), the right-side shield with the arms of Bernhard von Rohr (party per pale with two embattlements argent and gules), on the centre of the staff a crowned mitre in purple and gold, beneath that is the letter 'M' in gold, beneath that the motto of Bernhard von Rohr 'VNICA SPES MEA' in gold on a white scroll, beneath that the initials 'LK' in pink (presumably Leonhard Kurz) on either side of the staff, beneath that another coat of arms (of Kurz?, or on a bend gules three fleurons[?] argent), beneath that the date '1477' in gold, with two brown bears salient supporting the two large shields. Eighteenth-century[?] manuscript inscription of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter (Benediktinerabtei St. Peter) in Salzburg, Austria, on leaf [a2]r: "Conuentus S. Petri Salisburgi:". According to Thomas Frognall Dibdin, he acquired the book from the Abbey for George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834).
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Aristotle Meteorologica
Subject:
Cosmology--Early works to 1800
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Sub-Category:
Illuminations [paintings]
Sub-Category:
Coats of arms
Sub-Category:
Inscriptions
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Medium:
Gold leaf
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Italy: Veneto: Padova: Padua
People Covered:
Von Rohr, Bernhard, 1421-1487
Item Height:
437 mm
Item Width:
289 mm
Provenance:
Kurz, Leonhard, -1495, former owner
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Provenance:
St. Peter in Salzburg (Abbey), 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
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