Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.HB.13173
Title
- Ornamental initial Q, lettre cadeau (42 mm)
- Latin alphabet, lettre cadeau, grotesque decoration (42 mm)
Creator
Geoffroy Ballain (designer), Antoni van Leest (woodcutter (printmaker))
Description
Met voorstelling van gewapende ruiter te paard
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, X links T, XXXVII rechts T2, LXVIII links T2, XCVI links T1, CXXXI rechts A2, CLXIIII links T2, CLXIIII rechts B, CCI links S2, CCXLIII links B2
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. 5 [Q]
- Stephen Harvard, Ornamental initials: the woodcut initials of Christopher Plantin: a complete catalogue, 1974, nr. 40 [Q]
- 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-, IN00757 (in S0043)