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Historia Alexandri Magni, Utrecht, 1474

Ketelaer, Nicolaus (drukker/printer)
Leempt, Gerardus de (drukker/printer)
year: 1474

type: tekstbladzijde
page
detail: nee
related terms: typografische vormgeving incunabelen initialen randversieringen
period: 15e eeuw
classification:
D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst

contents: This 'Historia Alexandri Magni' (on the history of the conquests of Alexander the Great) in Latin is an example of an incunabulum in which the hand-written book served as an example. The historiated initial S depicting Alexander riding on his horse into the wood through an opening in the letter has been applied by hand.

origineel:
source: Historia Alexandri Magni. Bewerkt door Leo Archipresbyter. - Utrecht: Nicolaus Ketelaer en Gerardus de Leempt, 1474, fol. 2r.
available in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 168 E 20

©description: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
©reproduction: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek




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