Detail View: Rylands Collection: Fighting Ship
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Image Number:
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JRL022808tr
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Reference Number:
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Incunable 9924
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Fighting Ship
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Parent Work Title:
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De re militari
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Translated Parent Work Title:
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On military matters
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Creator:
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Valturio, Roberto, 1405-1475
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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1472
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Publication Details:
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Verona: Johannes Nicolai de Verona
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Description:
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Illustrated: Fighting Ship. Depictions of developments in military engineering. Earliest printed book to contain scientific illustrations.
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Subject:
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Military engineering
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Subject:
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Weapons
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Category of Material:
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Printed
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Sub-Category:
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Incunabula
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Technique Used:
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Woodcut (process)
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Support:
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Paper
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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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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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References:
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'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Vol. 82, Nos. 2 and 3, 2000.
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Image Creation Technique:
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Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, June 2004
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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