Incunabula: decoration index
This index includes books that have been decorated by a scribe or artist with the following enhancements:
Painted coat of arms
167505: unidentified painted coat of arms in lower margin of 1f1r: party per pale sable and or, dexter an eight-pointed star or, sinister a lily stalk vert with two flowers.Am-z.41: unidentified coat of arms in red, dark blue/green, gold and white within a laurel leaf of dark blue/green, from each side of which red scroll-work extends into the margin.
BD7-b.13: unidentified coat of arms. The lower border of [b1r] incorporates a green olive wreath within which is a defaced coat of arms.
BD7-c.7 (item 1): Johannes Hinderbach (1418-1486), imperial diplomat, bishop of Trent from 1465: painted coat of arms on [a2r] - per fess, in chief argent a demi-unicorn salient sable, in base sable five flames gules (identified by Dr Martin Davies)
BD7-c.16: upper margin of [*1r] has a cross in gold, red and purple (similar to a cross fleury); lower margin of A2r, within a pale green and gold roundel, are the joined initials “PI”(?) in black with a vertical gold bar at each side.
BD7-d.19: in ink on fore-edge: Astorga.
BD9-a.10: unidentified. Shield on a circular purple ground within a green laurel wreath - or bendwise two lines of strapwork azure; the shield is flanked by the letters “M” and “B” and from the purple ground extend four pieces of looped cord positioned at the cardinal points.
BD9-c.7: coat of arms with name of Joseph Castus(?) (15th/16th century), Franciscan friar.
BD9-d.5: unidentified. Gold shield within green laurel wreath. Within the shield is the figure of a grey-bearded man wearing a black hat, a knee-length black garment and grey hose, and carrying in his right hand a staff or halberd(?).
BD9-d.10: (?)Strozzi family of Florence (15th-16th century) - three increscents on a fess.
BD12-a.11: unidentified painted coat of arms on [c2r] (leaf [22r]): party per fess, damaged in chief, but with remnants of azure and or remaining over an underlay of red paint; in base or, four bars nebuly azure.
BD12-a.12: La Cropte family (France) - painted coat of arms on [c1r] (leaf 17r]) “d’azur à la bande d’or, accompagnée de deux fleurs de lis d’or, l’une en chef et l’autre en pointe”.
Be.1.6: unidentified coat of arms in the lower margin of [a2r] (argent, on a bend azure three bezants) within a green laurel leaf surrounded by floral decoration.
Be.1.9: unidentified painted coat of arms within a green laurel wreath in lower margin of [a2r] (leaf [2r]).
Be.1.11: Rochefort, House of (France) - on [a2r] (leaf [2r]) the painted coat of arms of the House of Rochefort (d’argent au chef chargé d’un lion passant de gueules, coupe d’azur semé de quatorze billettes d’or).
Be.2.3: Guicciardini family of Florence (15th/16th century): partially effaced painted coat of arms in lower margin of [1/2r] “d’azzurro a tre cornici da caccia d’argento, imboccati e guarniti d’oro e legati di rosso, ordinati l’uno sull l’altro” i.e. on a blue field three silver hunting horns with red strings, the tips of the horns being golden with gold ornamention.
Be.2.6: painted coat of arms of the House of Rochefort on [c2r] (leaf [20r]): D’argent au chef chargé d’un lion passant de gueules, coupe d’azur semé de seize billettes d’or.
Be.2.7: unidentified painted coat of arms on [c2r] (leaf [20r]) depicting within a gold roundel the figure of Justice in green, pink and white robes holding a sword and scales, and in the fore-ground a dog(?) seated sideways on its hindquarters and holding a shield on which is the letter “N” and two stars.
Be.3.6: Guillaume de Rochefort (1433/39-1492), Chancellor of France - on [k1r] (leaf [89r]) the painted coat of arms of the House of Rochefort (d’argent au chef chargé d’un lion passant de gueules, coupe d’azur semé de neuf billettes d’or).
Be.3.7, 8: unidentified partially damaged painted coat of arms in the lower margin of a2r: a shield per pale, dexter a pily bendy sinister or and gules, sinister per fess, in chief sable [damaged] in base gules; the shield flanked at each side by a green ribbon which is looped around the initials "P" and "D".
Be.3.17: unidentified painted coat of arms on [*2r] (azure, a fess or, in base a rose gules barbed and seeded proper, in chief there are slight traces of a now almost illegible symbol - perhaps two griffins - together with traces of what might be the letter “P”).
Bf.1.1: Bentivoglio family of Bologna (15th century).
Bf.1.13: Eroli family, Italy (15th/16th century): on [a1r] (leaf [5r]) is a partially identified coat of arms - per pale, the dexter side per fess gules and argent (oxidised), three ivy leaves vert two and one (Eroli family), the sinister side azure a bend argent (oxidised) an eight-pointed mullet or in chief (unidentified). An identical coat of arms is to be found in the Hunterian copy of another work from the same press: Ambrosius, De officiis. [Rome: Johannes Philippus de Lignamine, ca. 1471] (shelfmark Bw.2.11).
Bf.1.15: laurel wreath left blank in white-vine border.
Bf.1.18: Leonardo Botta’s coat of arms on a1r and e1r overpainted by those of the Du Prat family (Auvergne, France).
Bf.2.3: François Bonivard (1493-1570).
Bf.2.11: Negro family, Venice (unidentified bishop from) - cropped painted coat of arms in lower margin of [a5r] ([leaf [5r]) - gules, a fess argent in chief the letter “B” - which is suspended from a rectangular silver frame on top of which sit two nude children, the one at the left holding a mitre, the one at the right holding a crozier.
Bf.2.12: unidentified coat of arms on [a2r] - quarterly or and gules, in the second a two-barred cross argent - the shield set on a blue background and flanked by two multi-coloured winged claws grasping a leafy branch, and with two pairs of entwined ribbons or cords extending sideways from the top of the shield.
Bf.3.2: Donà dalle Trezze family, Venice: painted coat of arms in lower margin of [a1r] (leaf [13r]): troncato al primo d’argento, al secondo fasciato d’azzurro e d’oro di quattro pezzi.
Bf.3.16: unidentified painted coat of arms depicting (in non-heraldic terms) a silver (oxidized) shield within a pink disc (representing a wax seal?), the shield containing a lion rampant in blue, red tongue extended, with gold talons and a gold crown, the shield divided by two horizontal red bars.
Bg.2.6: coat of arms of the Aragonese kingdom of Naples (in gold, red, azure and white).
Bg.2.12: laurel wreath containing the arms of France (azure, three fleur-de-lys or), possibly painted over a blazon of the Capello family of Venice.
Bg.2.25: Strozzi family, of Florence: painted coat of arms on [a1r] - or, on a fess gules three increscents argent (identified by Dr Martin Davies).
Bg.3.2: unidentified coat of arms pasted onto inserted title-page - a shield azure, a fess(?) or between three roses or, a ‘basket’ helm, crest of two eagle’s wings.
Bg.3.10: Donà dalle Trezze family, Venice: painted coat of arms in lower margin of b1r: troncato al primo d’argento, al secondo fasciato d’azzurro e d’oro di quattro pezzi, the shield supported by two dolphins each speared with a crowned lance; the arms are repeated in the lower margin of a2r but without the dolphins.
Bg.3.14: unidentified Franciscan religious house - a painted shield bearing the Franciscan symbol of the crossed arms of Christ and St Francis.
Bg.3.21: in the outer margin of [a2r] is a painted reddish orange shield on which is an image of St Dominic in black and white habit holding a stalk of lilies, his body flanked by the letters “A” and “S” and with a ‘basket’ helm surmounting the shield.
Bg.3.24: unidentified (picked out in hard point, not painted).
Bh.1.3: lower border of [a2r] consists of a green laurel wreath flanked at each side by sea-horses in pen-and-ink and with a rudimentary coat arms sketched within the wreath.
Bh.1.19: unidentified Italian coat of arms painted within a laurel leaf in the lower margin of a2r, bearing the initials “N T” and supported by two dragons and two putti.
Bh.1.24: unidentified (not painted but roughly drawn) depicting a tree - with an unidentified symbol at each side - added in pen-and-ink to the blank shield in the woodcut borders.
Bm8-g.10: rough pen-and-ink drawing of Coyet family crest.
Bv.1.1: unidentified coat of arms mainly painted in now oxidized silver: a chevron between three castles double-towered, with foliage in red and oxidized silver extending from both sides of the shield; at the top of the shield is the figure of a long-haired, bearded man whose fore-fingers are placed at the corners of his open mouth, and who is dressed in a garment painted in now oxidized silver, pulled in at the waist and with loose half-length sleeves, which reveal a red tunic buttoned at the wrists.
Bv.1.6: Ramsey, (Huntingdonshire, England), Benedictines, BVM and S. Benedictus - painted coat of arms on [c1r] (leaf [21r]) of part I, argent a chevron sable charged with three rams’ heads couped or.
Bv.1.8: unidentified painted coat of arms in lower margin of [b1r] (leaf [5r]), sable a fess dancetty argent, surmounted by a mitre in azure and or; in the same border a shield per fess gules and argent, in chief an eight-pointed mullet argent.
Bv.1.10, 11: on [b1r] (leaf [9r]) the whole page is decorated with four elaborate foliate and floral borders and an empty green laurel wreath for an intended coat of arms.
Bw.2.3: on [b2r] the initials “.P. .D. .C.” written in black ink within a laurel wreath.
Bw.2.11: Eroli family, Italy (15th/16th century): on [a1r] is a partially identified coat of arms - per pale, the dexter side per fess gules and argent (oxidised), three ivy leaves vert two and one (Eroli family), the sinister side azure a bend argent (oxidised) an eight-pointed mullet or in chief (unidentified). An identical coat of arms is to be found in the Hunterian copy of another work from the same press: Leo I, Pont. Max., Sermones. [Rome: Johannes Philippus de Lignamine, before 21 Sept. 1470] (shelfmark Bf.1.13).
Bw.2.18: Amboise, House of (France): painted shield in lower margin of [a2r] bearing the arms of the House of Amboise, a Paly of six Or and Gules.
Bw.2.22: Mario Maffei (1463-1537).
Bw.3.13: Coat of arms? - shield at centre of lower margin surrounded by a green laurel wreath, which frames a unicorn resting in an open landscape.
Bw.3.18: blank shield.
Bw.3.24: two - unidentified.
Bw.3.27: Souvré, House of, (France) - painted shield in lower margin of [a1r] bearing the arms of the House of Souvré (d’azure à cinq bandes d’or).
Bx.1.11: unidentified coat of arms (15th/16th century): painted coat of arms in lower margin of [a2r] (leaf [2r]): tierced per pale (1) argent, (2) azure, thereon a cross rayonnant(?) or, (3) argent.
Bx.2.9: unidentified painted coat of arms on [b1r] (leaf [13r]) - azure an eight-pointed mullet surmounted by a reversed crescent moon or.
Bx.2.16: Monastery of Petershausen, near Konstanz, S. Gregorius Magnus, Benedictines (dated 1521) on [a2v]; also painted coat of arms on lower edge of text block.
Bx.2.18: Monastery of Petershausen, near Konstanz, S. Gregorius Magnus, Benedictines (dated 1521).
Bx.3.4: blank shield (possibly a painted woodcut).
By.2.3: Cardinal Giovanni of Aragon (1456-1485).
By.2.5: blank shield left empty in seascape border.
By.2.13: Guillaume de Rochefort (1433/39-1492), Chancellor of France - on [a1r] the painted coat of arms of the House of Rochefort (d’argent au chef chargé d’un lion passant de gueules, coupe d’azur semé de neuf billettes d’or).
Dp-b.3: unidentified - bendy of six, or and sable (with tinctures appearing to have an overlay of reddish varnish), surmounted by a narrow, elongated flag(?) showing a blue cross on a red background; flanked by the initials “R” and “A”.
T.C.L. f12: the decoration of the lower margin incorporates an unfilled green laurel wreath edged in gold.