P. Vergilij Maronis poemata quae extant omnia […]

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Title

P. Vergilij Maronis poemata quae extant omnia […]

Description

Very similar in style to the neighbouring 1544 Virgil, this binding is also of pigskin seating for metal clasps, these now lost, visible. The covers have been over wooden boards, with hardware blind-tooled with various botanical borders, with the figure of Judith having been embossed on both covers. This technique is realised by impressing a heated decorative tool of brass into leather that has been moistened. Typical of Germanic bindings of this time frame, the initials of the owner have been embossed (RCT) above the centre-most border, with the date of 1563 appearing below. 1563 is most likely the date the book made it into the possession of its owner, thus two years after the text was printed.

Creator

Virgil

Source

Archives and Special Collections, University of Ottawa [PA 6801 .A2 1561]

Date

1561

Rights

Archives and Special Collections, University of Ottawa

Format

Book

Language

Latin

Type

Text

Identifier

ARSC_RB_PA 6801 .A2 1561

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Citation

Virgil , “P. Vergilij Maronis poemata quae extant omnia […],” Archives and Special Collections, University of Ottawa Library, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/arcs-en/items/show/11.

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