Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.HB.09807
Title
- Ornamental initial C, roman (84 mm)
- Latin alphabet, roman, religious historiation, grotesque decoration, single-line border (84 mm)
Creator
Pieter van der Borcht (designer), Antoni van Leest (woodcutter (printmaker))
Production date
1578
Description
Depciting Jezus on the cross (Mt 27, 45-56; Mk 15, 33-41; Lk 23, 44-49; Joh 19, 28-37)
Object name
woodblock (printing matrix)
Material
wood (plant material)
Technique
woodcut (printing process)
Dimensions
Acquisition date
1876-04-20
Acquisition method
purchase - Moretus, Edward
Printed in
- Georges de la Hèle, Octo missae quinque, sex et septem vocum, 1578, VI links B, XXXI rechts A, LXII links T2, LXII rechts B, XC links T1, XC rechts B, CXXIII links T1, CXXIII rechts A2, CLVI links T2, CLVI rechts B, CXCII links B2, CXCII rechts B1, CCXXXIII links S1, CCXXXIII rechts B1, CCXXXV links B2, CCXXXV rechts B1
- Philippe de Monte, Missa, ad modulum Benedicta es, sex vocum, 1579, II rechts A1
Literature
- 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 [C]
- Stephen Harvard, Ornamental initials: the woodcut initials of Christopher Plantin: a complete catalogue, 1974, nr. 2.b. [C]
- Léon Voet, The Plantin Press, 1555-1589: a bibliography of the works printed and published by Christopher Plantin at Antwerp and Leiden, 1980-1983, nr. 1306
- The new Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700. Peeter Van der Borcht : book illustrations, 2005-2007, dl. III, nr. 838
- Kristof Selleslach, TORAD: Typografische Ornamenten Repertorium van Antwerpse Drukkers 1541-1600 [database], 2014-, IN00753 (in S0065)