Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.HB.12206
Title
- Ornamental initial A, roman (40 mm)
- Latin alphabet, roman, historiated lettre fleurie (40 mm)
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
- Hadrianus Barlandus, Hollandiae comitum historia et icones ... Caroli Burgundiae ducis vita ... Ultrajectensium episcoporum catalogus et res gestae, 1584, fol. *2 recto
- Justus Lipsius, Ad libros historiarum notae, 1589, fol. 2A2 recto
- Libert Froidmont, Ant-Aristarchus, sive: Orbis-terrae immobilis liber unicus, in quo decretum s. congregationis s.r.e. cardinal. an. MDCXVI adversus Pythagorico-Copernicanos editum defenditur, 1631, fol. *2 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. 21A [A-1]
- Stephen Harvard, Ornamental initials: the woodcut initials of Christopher Plantin: a complete catalogue, 1974, nr. 9 [A-3]