Detail View: Rylands Collection: Roxburghe coat of arms
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Image Number:
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JRL0805470dc
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Reference Number:
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Incunable 17659
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Roxburghe coat of arms
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Parent Work Title:
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Decamerone
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Creator:
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Valdarfer, Christoph, active 1470-1488
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Creator:
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Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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1471
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Publication Details:
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Venice : Christophorus Valdarfer
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Page/Sheet:
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Inside Upper cover
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Image Sequence Number:
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000b
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Description:
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Binding: Inside upper cover, showing the Roxburghe coat of arms. This Valdarfer edition of Boccaccio's 'Decameron' was sold by the Duke of Roxburghe in 1812. Its sale initiated the founding of the Roxburghe Club by leading bibliophiles of the period. Its first president was the Second Earl Spencer.
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Language Code:
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lat
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Language:
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Latin
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Subject:
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Genealogy
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Subject:
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Bookbinding
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Subject:
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Printing--History
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Category of Material:
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Printed
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Sub-Category:
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Bindings
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Technique Used:
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Gold tooling
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Item Height:
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300 mm
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Item Width:
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210 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
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Provenance:
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Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
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Provenance:
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Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2008-02-29
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Gten
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2008-07
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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