COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL050304dc
Reference Number:
Incunable 3230
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Virgil's Aeneid
Parent Work Title:
Opera [Bucolica, Georgica, Aeneis, with argumenta]
Creator:
Girardinus, Bartholomaeus
Creator Role:
Printer
Creator:
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro)
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1472
Publication Details:
Venice: Printer of Ausonius
Page/Sheet:
53r
Image Sequence Number:
053r
Description:
Full page of text with illuminated Initial 'T'. The text is surrounded by a highly decorated illuminated border coloured with blue, red and green ink. Two cherubs and two white rabbits are at the foot of the text.
Language Code:
lat-IT
Subject:
Epic poetry
Subject:
Classical literature
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2005-01-12
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Virgil's Aeneid
