Detail View: Rylands Collection: Book 1

Image Number: 
JRL1118039
Reference Number: 
Incunable 3136
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Book 1
Parent Work Title: 
Rhetorica ad C. Herennium
Creator: 
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Jenson, Nicolas, approximately 1420-1480
Creator Role: 
Printer
Date Created: 
1470
Publication Details: 
Venice : Nicolaus Jenson
Page/Sheet: 
A1r
Image Sequence Number: 
A001r
Description: 
Opening page from book 1 of 'Rhetorica ad C. Herennium'. White vine stem border, with birds and illuminated initial 'E'. Red initial 'O'. Rubrication.
Language Code: 
lat-IT
Language: 
Latin
Subject: 
Rhetoric, Ancient
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Incunabula
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Support: 
Paper
Creation Site: 
Italy: Venice
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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): 
2011-02-08
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2011-02
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB