Detail View: Rylands Collection: Upper cover
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Image Number:
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JRL17070837
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Reference Number:
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Aldine 5980
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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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Pauli Manutij Epistolae, et Praefationes quae dicuntur
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Creator:
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Manuzio, Paolo, 1512-1574
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Date Created:
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1558
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Publication Details:
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Venetiae: In Academia Veneta; Italy Venice
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Page/Sheet:
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Upper cover
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Description:
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Shows a device of a snake coiled round a key, with the Virgilian motto ‘Scilicet is superis labor est’, within a frame consisting of a continuous narrow band of foliage between two gilt lines with fleurons at the corners.
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Keyword:
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Aldus Manutius; Aldine Press
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Language Code:
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lat
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Language:
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Latin
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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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Technique Used:
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Gold tooling
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Support:
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Goatskin
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Item Height:
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154 mm
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Item Width:
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115 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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Spencer, John, Earl, 1734 -1783, 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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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2017-07-27
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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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2017-08
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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