Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.HB.09832
Title
- Ornamental initial D, roman (75 mm)
- Latin alphabet, roman, musical historiation, two-line border (75 mm)
Production date
1578
Description
Depicting music-making putti with a pipe organ in the center
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, LXVII links T1, CXXX rechts A2
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. 17 [D] rechtsmidden
- Stephen Harvard, Ornamental initials: the woodcut initials of Christopher Plantin: a complete catalogue, 1974, nr. 3 [D]
- 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
- Kristof Selleslach, TORAD: Typografische Ornamenten Repertorium van Antwerpse Drukkers 1541-1600 [database], 2014-, IN00791 (in S0067)