Detail View: Rylands Collection: Thelemia and Poliphilo
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Image Number:
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JRL021169tr
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Reference Number:
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Aldine R215208
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Thelemia and Poliphilo
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Parent Work Title:
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Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, ubi humana omnia non nisi somnium esse docet. Atque obiter plurima scitu sane quam digna commemorat..
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
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Creator:
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Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Date Created:
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1499
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Publication Details:
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Venetiis : In ædibus Aldi Manutii
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Page/Sheet:
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i2v-i3r
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Image Sequence Number:
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i2v
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Description:
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Illustrated: Thelemia embraces Poliphilo
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Keyword:
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Aldus Manutius; Aldine Press.
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Language Code:
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ita-IT
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Subject:
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Mythology, Greek
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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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Item Height:
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Opening: 320 mm
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Item Width:
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Opening: 437 mm
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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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Collège Louis-le-Grand (Paris, France), former owner
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Provenance:
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Le Tellier, Louis François Marie, 1668-1701, former owner
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Provenance:
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Christie, Richard Copley, 1830-1901, former owner
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Provenance:
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La Force, Henri-Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de, 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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Access Rights:
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Notes:
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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.
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Image Creation Technique:
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Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, July 2004
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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