COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL021169tr
Reference Number:
Aldine R215208
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Thelemia and Poliphilo
Parent Work Title:
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, ubi humana omnia non nisi somnium esse docet. Atque obiter plurima scitu sane quam digna commemorat..
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
Creator:
Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
1499
Publication Details:
Venetiis : In ædibus Aldi Manutii
Page/Sheet:
i2v-i3r
Image Sequence Number:
i2v
Description:
Illustrated: Thelemia embraces Poliphilo
Keyword:
Aldus Manutius; Aldine Press.
Language Code:
ita-IT
Subject:
Mythology, Greek
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Technique Used:
Woodcut (process)
Item Height:
Opening: 320 mm
Item Width:
Opening: 437 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Collège Louis-le-Grand (Paris, France), former owner
Provenance:
Le Tellier, Louis François Marie, 1668-1701, former owner
Provenance:
Christie, Richard Copley, 1830-1901, former owner
Provenance:
La Force, Henri-Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Notes:
Believed by some to be the work of Francesco Colonna, a Dominican monk who lived in Venice. Colonna's name is said to be revealed in the book by taking the first letter of each of the 38 chapters to spell out 'Poliam frater Franciscus Columna peramavit', meaning 'Brother Francesco Colonna loved Polia tremendously'. P. Scapecchi, in Accademie e biblioteche d'Italia 51 (1983) pp.286-98 and 53 (1985) pp.68-73, argues that Columna is the dedicatee, and that the author is Fra Eliseo da Treviso.
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, July 2004
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Thelemia and Poliphilo
