Detail View: Rylands Collection: Title page from Strabo
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Image Number:
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JRL1410541
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Reference Number:
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Holtorp Box 7/folder 2/sheet 34
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Image Title:
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Title page from Strabo
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Alternative Image Title:
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Title page border with Greek and Roman philosophers and authors of antiquity, and the coronation of Homer by Calliope
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Creator:
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Faber, Jakob, active 1516-1550
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Date Created:
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c1522
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Description:
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Metalcut and letterpress by Jacob Faber after Hans Holbein the Younger (c.1497-1543). Title page border with Greek and Roman philosophers and authors of antiquity, and the coronation of Homer by Calliope. The title page is from Strabo, Valentinus Curio lectori. En tibi lector studiose Strabonis geographicorum co[m]me[n]tarios (Basel, Valentinus Curio, 1523).
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Subject:
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Printing--History
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Category of Material:
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Printed
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Sub-Category:
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Illustrated works
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Technique Used:
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Metal cuts
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Item Height:
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277 mm
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Item Width:
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186 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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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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 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester |
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2014-04-03
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2014-06
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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