COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1505086
Reference Number:
Aldine 3359
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Upper cover
Parent Work Title:
Vergilius
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Works.
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Virgilius. Vergilivs
Creator:
Virgil
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
1501-04
Publication Details:
Venetiis: Ex aedibus Aldi Romani
Page/Sheet:
Upper cover
Description:
Seventeenth or eighteenth-century full brown goatskin; miniature painted vignette of Virgil [?] set into the cover, with an oval border of gilt tools; gilt-tooled board edges.
Keyword:
Aldus Manutius; Aldine Press.
Subject:
Bookbinding
Subject:
Classical literature
Subject:
Epic poetry
Subject:
Epic poetry, Latin
Subject:
Aeneas (Legendary character)--Poetry
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Portraits
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Technique Used:
Painting (image-making)
Technique Used:
Gold tooling
Medium:
Gold leaf
Support:
Goatskin
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Provenance:
Pisani family, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2014-11-04
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2014-11
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Upper cover
