15cILLUSTRATION is a searchable database of 15th-century printed illustrations developed by the 15cBOOKTRADE project in collaboration with the Visual Geometry Group. 15cILLUSTRATION is the first comprehensive and systematic tool to track and investigate the production, use, circulation, and copy of woodblocks, iconographic subjects, artistic styles, etc. within 15th-century printed illustrated editions.
Search Metadata
The 15th-century printed illustrations present in this database are linked to ISTC metadata and manual annotations created by scholars.
Upload and Search
The 15th-century printed illustrations can also be searched using a new image uploaded from your computer. In the top right corner of this page, click "Browse" button to upload an image and click "Upload and Search" to search using this image.
News
- 31 Mar. 2020 : Added 403 new illustration to the database
- 24 Feb. 2020 : The Use and Reuse of Printed Illustrations in 15th-Century Venetian Editions has now been published as a book chapter in Printing R-Evolution and Society 1450-1500: Fifty Years that Changed Europe.
- 21 Sep. 2018 : Matilde Malaspina and Abhishek Dutta presented a paper titled "The use and reuse of printed illustrations in 15th-century Venetian editions" in the "Printing Revolution and Society 1450 - 1500 -- Fifty Years that Changed Europe" conference on Sep. 21, 2018 held in Palazzo Ducale, Venice (Italy).
- Sep. 2018 : launch of 15cILLUSTRATION online database and website.
Development and maintenance of 15cILLUSTRATION is supported by 15cBOOKTRADE and EPSRC programme grant Seebibyte: Visual Search for the Era of Big Data (EP/M013774/1)