Detail View: Rylands Collection: Lower cover

Image Number: 
JRL1500740
Reference Number: 
Aldine 2805
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Lower cover
Parent Work Title: 
Luciani Opuscula / Erasmo Roterodamo interprete..
Creator: 
Lucian of Samosata
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515
Creator Role: 
Printer
Date Created: 
1516
Publication Details: 
Venetiis: in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri
Page/Sheet: 
Lower cover
Description: 
Lower cover binding: Sixteenth-century full brown morocco; multiple blind and gilt fillets to form a border; centre panel with gilt interlaced strapwork; at centre of lower cover: Portio Mea Domine Sit In Terra Viventium [motto of Jean Grolier]; gilt-tooled board edges and turn-ins; five raised bands to spine; gilt-tooling; all edges gilt.
Keyword: 
Aldus Manutius; Aldine Press.
Language Code: 
lat-IT
Language: 
Latin
Subject: 
Bookbinding
Subject: 
Philosophy
Subject: 
Satire, Greek -- Early works to 1800
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Bindings
Technique Used: 
Gold tooling
Technique Used: 
Blind tooling
Medium: 
Gilt paint
Support: 
Leather
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Grolier, Jean, 1479-1565, former owner, former owner
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): 
2014-09-11
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2014-09
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB