Detail View: Rylands Collection: Leda and the swan
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Image Number:
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JRL1500724
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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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Leda and the swan
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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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Creator Attribution:
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Colonna, Francesco, ca. 1453-1517
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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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K7v-K8r
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Image Sequence Number:
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K7v
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Description:
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Illustrated: Leda and the swan; procession with elephants.
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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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Subject:
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Italian literature, Medieval and modern -- Early works to 1800
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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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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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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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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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Provenance:
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Collège Louis-le-Grand (Paris, France), 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. 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.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2014-09-11
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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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2014-09
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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