Host Volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.e.22
Publication Details
Type of host:
printed book retaining early binding
Publication:
Paris: Poncet le Preux, [1511]
Binding Information
Binding style:
Gilt
Binding detail:
Gold-tooled fillet intersecting at edges; Whitgift arms as centrepiece; remains of ties of green waxed cord on both stations, back board.
Date range for binding:
1583 x 1604
Hosting Information
Number of manuscripts represented:
2
Further information
Provenance:
- John Foxe (1516–1587), martyrologist.
- John Whitgift (1530–1604), archbishop of Canterbury, 1583–1604.
- Richard Bancroft (1544–1610), archbishop of Canterbury, 1604-10: ownership inferred from the descent of Whitgift's books to him and the presence of the tab, part of Babel MS 18.
- Samuel Harsnett (1561–1631), archbishop of York, 1629–31.
Date published:
Monday, June 8, 2015 - 21:14
Date last updated:
Tuesday, August 9, 2016 - 15:17