Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.HB.13177
Title
- Ornamental initial V, lettre cadeau (42 mm)
- Latin alphabet, lettre cadeau, grotesque decoration (42 mm)
Creator
Geoffroy Ballain (designer), Antoni van Leest (woodcutter [printmaker])
Object name
woodblock [printing matrix]
Material
wood [plant material]
Technique
woodcut [printing process]
Dimensions
Acquisition date
1876-04-20
Acquisition method
purchase - Moretus, Edward
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 [T]
- Stephen Harvard, Ornamental initials: the woodcut initials of Christopher Plantin: a complete catalogue, 1974, nr. 40 [V]
- Kristof Selleslach, TORAD: Typografische Ornamenten Repertorium van Antwerpse Drukkers 1541-1600 [database], 2014-, IN00195 (in S0043)