Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.HB.12169
Title
- Ornamental initial C, roman (52 mm)
- Latin alphabet, roman, grotesque historiation (52 mm)
Creator
Antoni van Leest (woodcutter [printmaker])
Production date
1568 - 1570
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
- Johannes Goropius Becanus, Opera [...] nempe, Hermathena, Hieroglyphica, Vertumnus, Gallica, Francica, Hispanica, 1580, Hermathena p. [1]; Vertumnus fol. †2 recto; Francica fol. ⱡ2 recto
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. 7 [C]
- Stephen Harvard, Ornamental initials: the woodcut initials of Christopher Plantin: a complete catalogue, 1974, nr. 5 [C]
- Kristof Selleslach, TORAD: Typografische Ornamenten Repertorium van Antwerpse Drukkers 1541-1600 [database], 2014-, IN00515 (in S0035)