Detail View: Rylands Collection: Upper cover
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Image Number:
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JRL1500812
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Reference Number:
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Aldine R52150
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Upper cover
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Parent Work Title:
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Le terze rime di Dante
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Creator:
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Cesconi, Domenico, da Verona, active 1839
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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:
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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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1502
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Publication Details:
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Venetiis : In aedib[us] Aldi. Accuratissime
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Page/Sheet:
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Upper cover
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Description:
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Binding: Sixteenth-century Italian full dark brown leather; gilt fillet and gilt geometrical design of interlacing painted strapwork, filled with gilt tools, to form a border; inner frame of blind-tooled interlaced ribbons; central panel of interlaced painted strapwork of curves and straight lines; gilt-lettered at centre of upper board: Dante / Terze rime / M.DI; two pairs of doves on spine; smooth spine with gilt and painted strapwork decoration and gilt-tooled.
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Keyword:
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Aldus Manutius; Aldine Press.
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Subject:
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Bookbinding
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Subject:
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Epic poetry, Italian -- 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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Bindings
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Technique Used:
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Gold tooling
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Technique Used:
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Blind tooling
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Medium:
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Gold leaf
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Support:
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Leather
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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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Bullock, Walter Llewellyn, 1890- , former owner
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Provenance:
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Grolier, Jean, 1479-1565, former owner
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Provenance:
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Roberts, David Lloyd, 1834-1920, former owner
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Provenance:
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Gallus, Nicolaus, 1516-1570, former owner
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Provenance:
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Christie, Richard Copley, 1830-1901, 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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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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