COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1500724
Reference Number:
Aldine R215208
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Leda and the swan
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
Creator Attribution:
Colonna, Francesco, ca. 1453-1517
Date Created:
1499
Publication Details:
Venetiis : In ædibus Aldi Manutii
Page/Sheet:
K7v-K8r
Image Sequence Number:
K7v
Description:
Illustrated: Leda and the swan; procession with elephants.
Keyword:
Aldus Manutius; Aldine Press.
Language Code:
ita-IT
Subject:
Mythology, Greek
Subject:
Italian literature, Medieval and modern -- Early works to 1800
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Technique Used:
Woodcut (process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
Opening: 320 mm
Item Width:
Opening: 437 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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
Provenance:
Collège Louis-le-Grand (Paris, France), 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. Also ascribed to Leon Battista Alberti by Liane Lefaivre in Leon Battista Alberti's Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, 1997. Also ascribed by Maurizio Calvesi to a different Francesco Colonna, ca. 1453-1517, in La "pugna d'amore in sogno" di Francesco Colonna romano, 1996. With contributions by Leonardus Crassus, Johannes Baptista Scytha and Andreas Maro. Dedicated to Guidobaldo, Duke of Urbino.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2014-09-11
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2014-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Leda and the swan
