impression:T91975

Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)

Things – T91975

Figura Bisontis

In Gaius Iulius Caesar, C. Jvlii Caesaris De Bello Gallico Commentarii VII, Lyon: Barthélemy Vincent (printer), 1581 (Munich, BSB)

--no-address-- (3 of 12 in-Urus figures)

Details

Matrices

François Hotman (designer), Bisontis figura (Vincent)

Actors

Barthélemy Vincent (1530 - 1599) printer : 1581
François Hotman (23 August 1524 - 12 February 1590) designer

Places

Lyon production place : 1581

Design

François Hotman (designer), Bisontis figura (Vincent) Part of Set for Hotman's Caesar (Vincent) ◼

In-Urus interactions

⇥ Bisontis figura (Manuzio) Part of Set for Caesar's works (Manuzio 1575) ◼

Expert view

Iconography description

Narrative

"Ox of the shape of a stag" of the Hercynian Forest (Commentarii de bello Gallico, VI, 26)

Functional context

Corpus Caesarianum (Cosmographies, chorographies and chronicles)

Caption

Credits

Created by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-11-27 20:26)

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-11-27 20:26)