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  • Statii Sylvarum libri quinque : Thebaidos libri duodecim, Achilleidos duo

    Alternative Title
    Statii opera. Aldus 1502. and Works
    Subject
    Italic type, Printers' marks, Early printed books, Silvae (Statius, P. Papinius), Rare books, Achilleis (Statius, P. Papinius), Colophons, Works (Statius, P. Papinius), Bookbinding, Epic literature, and Thebais (Statius, P. Papinius)
    Creator
    Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)
    Contributor
    Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515
    Publisher
    Venetiis : in aedibus Aldi
    Language
    gre and lat
    Date created
    August 1502
    Rights Statement
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Call Number: PA6697 A2 1502
    Extent
    592 unnumbered pages ; 4 x 6 cm
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Italic type. Printer's device, sig. ep8s (last group of small letters), recto: anchor and dolphin, with name Aldus, and dots. Spaces with guide letters left blank for initials.
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Early Printed Books and Book Arts Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    poetry, books, and epic poetry
    Date Digitized
    2024-01
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI (1/20; 263; copy 4 stops; camera 800) by LG. Metadata by KD.

  • Ex Plavti Comoediss. XX.

    Alternative Title
    Works. and Ex Plauti Comoediis. XX. Quarum carmina magna ex parte in mensum suum restituta sunt M.D.XXII. Index uerborum, quib. paulo abstrusiorib. Plautus utitur. Argumenta singularum Comoediarum. Authoris uita. Tralatio dictionum graecarum.
    Subject
    Colophons, Drama, Printers' marks, Italic type, Latin drama (Comedy), Comedy plays, Latin drama, and Bookbinding
    Creator
    Plautus, Titus Maccius
    Contributor
    Aedes Aldi et Andreae Asulani Soceri and Asulanus, Franciscus, -1546
    Publisher
    Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani soceri
    Language
    lat
    Date created
    July 1522
    Rights Statement
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Call Number: PA6568 A2 1522
    Extent
    14 unnumbered pages, 284 leaves ; 15 x 21 cm
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Errors in foliation: leaves 39 misnumbered as 32, 104 as 108.
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Book Arts Collection and Early Printed Books
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    books and comedy plays
    Date Digitized
    2024-01
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI (1/20; 263; copy 4 stops; camera 800) by LG. Metadata by KD.

  • Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminiures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle.

    Alternative Title
    Livre de Prières Tissé and Translated title: Book of Prayers woven after illuminations in manuscripts of the fourteenth and sixteenth century
    Subject
    Leather bindings (Bookbinding), Bookbinding, Manuscripts, Medieval, Prayers and devotions, Prayer books, History, and Silk weaving
    Creator
    Hervier, R. P. J., active 1886-1887, Henry, J. A., active 1878-1887, and Roux, A. (Printer), active 1885
    Publisher
    Lyon : A. Roux, mdccclxxxvi [1886]
    Language
    fre and lat
    Date created
    1886 to 1887
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: MS.Fr.2 and Call Number: BV246 L58 1886
    Extent
    58 pages ; 17 x 14 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    France--Lyon and France
    Coordinates
    45.74846, 4.84671 and 46, 2
    Chronological Coverage
    13xx/15xx
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Illustrated book on silk; [4] 6 + 44 + [4] = 58 pp, small in 4o, 43 numbered pages, plus 6 printed preliminary pages, plus 4 pages front and back of mounted silk, unprinted, text block 168 x 138 mm., one half-page, three full-page illustrations, in addition to various...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Book Arts Collection
    Provenance
    Purchased from Les Enluminures, Ltd. on the MSSF Fund, 2018.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    books, specimens, and prayer books
    Is Referenced By
    From Les Enluminures website: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/MsFr2_full.pdfSpecial Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php
    Date Digitized
    2019-08-06/2019-08-07
    Technical Note
    600 dpi TIFF. Scanned on Betterlight TTI (camera height 600; 1/15; 283; Bent5) by PD. Cover and slipcover scanned atop buff coloured paper for contrast. Slipcover images at end of sequence. Ribbon bookmark placed at end of book throughout scanning. Metadata by KD.