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06578

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Title

Subject

Venice (Italy) - History

Description

The painted coat-of-arms added to the first page of this official history of Venice depicts the two-faced god Janus, who signifies the ability to look to the past and the future.

Creator

Sabellico, 1436?–1506 and Torresanus, Andreas, de Asula, 1451–1529, printer.

Source

06578. SABELLICO (Marco Antonio Coccio, c. 1436–1506). Decades rerum Venetarum. Venice: Andrea Torresano de Asula, 21 May 1487.

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

Italy

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Royal folio

Collection

Invention and Discovery: Printed Books from Fifteenth-Century Europe

Citation

Sabellico, 1436?–1506 and Torresanus, Andreas, de Asula, 1451–1529, printer. , “06578,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed April 19, 2024, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1309.