Detail View: Rylands Collection: Initial P: Elephant
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Image Number:
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JRL022635tr
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Reference Number:
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Incunable 3380
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Initial P: Elephant
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Parent Work Title:
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Historia naturalis
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Translated Parent Work Title:
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Natural History
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Creator:
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Pliny, the Elder
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Jenson, Nicolas, approximately 1420-1480
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Creator:
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Landino, Cristoforo, 1424-1504
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Creator Role:
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Translator
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Date Created:
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1476
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Publication Details:
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Venice: Nicolaus Jenson
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Page/Sheet:
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libro VIII
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Description:
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Illuminated: initial P: elephant. Double page opening
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Language Code:
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ita-IT
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Subject:
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Natural History
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Subject:
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Mammals
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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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Sub-Category:
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Miniatures (paintings)
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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Medium:
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Gold leaf
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Support:
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Vellum
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Item Height:
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Opening: 428 mm
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Item Width:
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Opening: 613 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, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, 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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Bibliographic Citation:
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Pliny, 'Historia naturalis' [Italian] (Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, 1476)
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Image Creation Technique:
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Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, July 2004
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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