Detail View: Rylands Collection: Upper cover detail
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Image Number:
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JRL1500818
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Reference Number:
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Aldine 10635
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Upper cover detail
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Parent Work Title:
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Oppianou Alieutikōn biblia pente. : Tou autou Kynēgetikōn biblia tessara. = Oppiani de piscibus libri V. Eiusdem de uenatione libri IIII. : Oppiani de piscibus Laurentio Lippio interprete libri V.
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Works
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Creator:
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Torresanus, Andreas, de Asula, 1451-1529
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Creator:
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Asulanus, Franciscus, -1546
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Creator Role:
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Editor
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Creator:
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Oppian, active 2nd century
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Creator Role:
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Author
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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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Date Created:
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1517-12
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Publication Details:
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Venetiis: in aedibus Aldi et Andreae soceri
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Page/Sheet:
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Upper cover
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Description:
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Sixteenth-century Parisian armorial binding for Henri II and Diane of Poitiers, possibly by Claude de Picques. Greek style. Full goatskin over wooden boards with grooved edges; multiple fillets and tooling to form a border; central cartouche with the arms of Henry II; four fleur-de-lis, three interlaced crescents and monogram: intertwined initials H and D; both boards show remains of [silver or white?] decoration; both boards have four holes which previously held protective pins or bosses; spine smooth; the upper board-edges have holes for pins onto which ties or clasps would catch.
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Keyword:
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Aldus Manutius; Aldine Press.
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Language Code:
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grc-IT
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Subject:
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Didactic poetry, Greek
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Subject:
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Bookbinding
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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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Blind tooling
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Medium:
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Gold leaf
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Support:
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Goatskin
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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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Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
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Provenance:
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Henry II, King of France, 1519-1559, former owner
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Provenance:
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Poitiers, Diane de, Duchess of Valentinois, 1499-1566, 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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Accompanying ephemera: Twentieth-century paper note: in MS: M. Jean Porcher of the Bibliothèque Nationale, who / examined this volume on 26 Sept. 1946, states that / the conjunction of the numbers "CI[rev. C]I[rev. C]XLVII" and "1327" / on the title-page indicates that it is from the former / Royal Library at Fontainebleu. / F.J. / 26.9.46. Found loose inside front cover.
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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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