Host Volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.53
Publication Details
Type of host:
printed book retaining early binding
Publication:
Venice: Paulus Manutius, 1554
Binding Information
Binding style:
blind-stamped, centrepiece
Binding detail:
brown calf over pasteboard; blind intersecting triple fillets at edges, large centrepiece; no ties. Same design of binding as H.d.52.
Place of binding:
?Cambridge
Hosting Information
Number of manuscripts represented:
1
Number of fragments:
2
Further information
Provenance:
- John Field, elected a fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, in 1593 (A. Hegarty, Biographical Register of St John’s College, Oxford, 1555–1660, OHS n.s. 43 (2011), 273): ‘I. Feildus’ ‘Cant. Aule Pemb.’ (across top of title-page, smaller than usual, and several times on front flyleaf).
- Perhaps another owner's motto on title-page: 'Tam Marte quam Mercurio'.
- Samuel Harsnett (1561–1631), archbishop of York, 1629–31.
Date published:
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 20:48
Date last updated:
Monday, July 6, 2015 - 15:58
