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The Arms of the Holy Roman Emperor Jost Amman
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Details
- Artist/maker
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Jost Amman (1539 - 1591) (block cutter)
- Object type
- Material and technique
- recto: woodcut and letterpress; verso: letterpress, all on laid paper
- Dimensions
- 125 x 106 mm (block); 198 x 148 mm (sheet)
- Inscription
- Recto:
a heading followed by two columns above the image, and another two columns below the image: Romanorum imperatoris insignia. || Inter vt ætherios Phœbi iubar eminet ignes, | Orbis in imperio sic Cæsaris inclyta virtus || Lustrat & Eoas Hersperiasq[ue] domos, | Emicat, & Solis replet vtranq[ue] domum. || Consilio, auxilio, virtute, fideq[ue] manuq[ue], | Sic gaudent Romanæ Aquilæ volitare per orbem. || Cæsar adest populis, & pia sceptra leuat. | Has tu præsidio protege Christe tuo.
bottom left, in graphite: 1
bottom right, in graphite: R 15
Verso:
in letterpress, 16 lines of text beneath the heading: SPECANTI | LECTORI.
bottom right, the Ruskin School's stamp
- Provenance
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Presented by John Ruskin to the Ruskin Drawing School (University of Oxford), 1875; transferred from the Ruskin Drawing School to the Ashmolean Museum, c.1949.
- No. of items
- 1
- Accession no.
- WA.RS.RUD.015
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Subject terms allocated by curators:
Subjects
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References in which this object is cited include:
References
Ruskin, John, The Ruskin Art Collection at Oxford: Catalogue of the Rudimentary Series, in the Arrangement of 1873, ed. Robert Hewison (London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1984), cat. Rudimentary no. 15-021, RUD.016
Ruskin, John, Instructions in Practice of Elementary Drawing, Arranged with Reference to the First Series of Examples in the Drawings Schools of the University of Oxford (n.p., [1872]), cat. Rudimentary no. 15-021
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercises Arranged for the Lower Drawing-School (London: Smith, Elder, 1872), cat. Rudimentary no. 15-021
Ruskin, John, Instructions in the Preliminary Exercise Arranged For the Lower Drawing-School (London: Spottiswoode, 1873), cat. Rudimentary no. 15-021
Ruskin, John, ‘Rudimentary Series 1878’, 1878, Oxford, Oxford University Archives, cat. Rudimentary no. 15-021
Ruskin, John, ‘The Ruskin Art Collection at Oxford: Catalogues, Notes and Instructions’, Edward T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, eds, The Works of John Ruskin: Library Edition, 39 (London: George Allen, 1903-1912), 21, cat. Rudimentary no. 15-021
Location
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- Western Art Print Room
Position in Ruskin’s Collection
Ruskin's Catalogues
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Ruskin's Rudimentary series, 3rd ed. (1872)
R|15—R|21} Various coats-of-arms out of the Insignia Sacræ Cæsareæ Majestatis, Principum, Electorum, ac aliquot illustrissimarum familiarum, published at Francfort in 1629 . Seeinstructions on next page. -
Ruskin's Rudimentary series 4th ed. (1872)
R|15—R|21} Various coats-of-arms out of the Insignia Sacræ Cæsareæ Majestatis, Principum, Electorum, ac aliquot illustrissimarum familiarum, published at Francfort in 1629 . Seeinstructions on next page. -
Ruskin's Rudimentary series, 5th ed. (1873)
R|15—R|21} Various coats-of-arms out of the Insignia Sacræ Cæsareæ Majestatis, Principum, Electorum, ac aliquot illustrissimarum familiarum, published at Francfort in 1629 . Seeinstructions on next page. -
Ruskin's revision to the Rudimentary series (1878)
remain 15.-21.To be used for early pen-practice under M.r. Macdonald’s directions.
