Museum Plantin-Moretus Sammlung Online

Inventarnummer
MPM.HB.09819
Titel
- Ornamental initial Q, roman (84 mm)
- Latin alphabet, roman, religious historiation, grotesque decoration, single-line border (84 mm)
Hersteller
Pieter van der Borcht (designer), Antoni van Leest (woodcutter (printmaker))
Datum
1578
Beschreibung
Depicting Orpheus and the animals [exception in this alphabet: Greek mythological subject instead of religious subject]
Objektbezeichnung
woodblock (printing matrix)
Material
wood (plant material)
Technik
woodcut (printing process)
Format
Erwerbsdatum
1876-04-20
Erwerbsmethode
Kauf - Moretus, Edward
Literatur
- Max Rooses, Index characterum architypographiae Plantinianae = Proeven der lettersoorten gebruikt in de Plantijnsche drukkerij = Specimen des caractères employés dans l'imprimerie plantinienne, 1905, II, nr. 14 [Q]
- Stephen Harvard, Ornamental initials: the woodcut initials of Christopher Plantin: a complete catalogue, 1974, nr. 2.b. [Q]
- The new Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700. Peeter Van der Borcht : book illustrations, 2005-2007, dl. VI, nr. A24