Research Catalog

Title

Ludi Nuptiales Pro Matrimonio Archiducis Ferdinandi Comitis Tyrolis Cum Anna Catharina Principe Mantuae Et Montisferrati Anno 1582 Celebrati.

Publication

[Oeniponti? [Innsbruck]], [1582?]

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Details

Description

1 volume; 46 x 57 cm

Summary

An album, with manuscript title page, of 5 water-color drawings and 102 etchings (several repeated) depicting the procession of the wedding festivities of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, and Anne Catharine Gonzaga. The pictures are mounted, one, two or three to a page, on 42 leaves. Each page is illuminated as a unit and has a painted line border with a panel at the top for names, in some of which printed name slips, not always appropriate are mounted. Many names are accompanied by colored coats of arms, some mounted.

Subjects

• Drawing > Original
• Ferdinand > II, > Archduke of Austria, > 1529-1595
• Heraldry > Europe
• Etching, German
• Processions > Austria > Innsbruck
• Gonzaga, Anna Juliana, 1566-1621
• Drawing, German
• Festival books, German, 16th century

Note

• After Ferdinand's death in 1595, Anne Catharine Gonzaga became a Servite nun and took the name Anna Juliana.

Provenance (note)

• With the Liechtenstein bookplate.

Binding (note)

• Binding, 18th century German, of red morocco, gilt.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Ger. 1582++

OCLC

83152123

Title

Ludi Nuptiales Pro Matrimonio Archiducis Ferdinandi Comitis Tyrolis Cum Anna Catharina Principe Mantuae Et Montisferrati Anno 1582 Celebrati.

Imprint

[Oeniponti? [Innsbruck]], [1582?]

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

With the Liechtenstein bookplate.

Binding

Binding, 18th century German, of red morocco, gilt.

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Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Ger. 1582++