Host Volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.e.49
Publication Details
Type of host:
printed book retaining early binding
Title of volume:
Vitas patrum
Publication:
Lyon: Iacobus Huguetan, 1515
Binding Information
Binding style:
blind-stamped, roll
Binding detail:
Brown calf over bevelled boards, rebacked. Cambridge binding by Garret Godfrey of an Intersecting rectangular outer roll frame extending to the edges, using griffin, wyvern, and lion (Oldham roll AN. f (1)), with a quatrefoil diaper roll pattern used twice in the inner panel (Oldham roll DI. a (1)). Catch-plates in situ on the back board for fore-edge clasps, now missing.
Place of binding:
Cambridge
Date range for binding:
1515 x 1530
Hosting Information
Number of manuscripts represented:
1
Number of fragments:
2
Further information
Provenance:
Samuel Harsnett (1561–1631), archbishop of York, 1629–31.
Date published:
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 16:09
Date last updated:
Friday, September 23, 2016 - 08:04
