Terentius, Comoediae

• Original object type: Artefact

Description

Place of publication: Strasbourg, France

Typology: Roman

Initials: One enlarged, rubricated capital 'S'; hand-drawn.

Illustrations: One woodcut; uncoloured. The image shows five of the play's characters: Bachis, Clinia, Syrus, Phrygia, and Dromo. Above each of the characters is a scroll bearing their respective names. The scroll above Clinia had been left blank, and the name has been inserted by hand.

Layout: The script is set on the right-hand side of the page; commentary surrounds the script. The woodcut is located midways down the page and spans the entire width of the leaf.

Comment: The character name 'Clinia' has been inserted by hand; hand-rubricated initial 'S'. Various sections of the commentary have been picked out using blue and red ink, alternatively. Sections of both the script and commentary have been underlined ined ink.

• Date range: 1496
• Date: 1496
• Collection: Incunabula
• Physical Identifier: Brotherton Collection Incunabula q SCH/32r