Host Volume

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.e.35

Publication Details
Type of host
printed book retaining early binding
Author of volume

Robert Holcot

Title of volume

In prouerbia Salomonis

Publication

Paris: François Regnault ('venundantur Parrhisiis apud Franciscum Regnault'), [1515]

Binding Information
Binding detail

Gold-tooled fillet intersecting at edges; Whitgift's arms as centrepiece; remains of ties of green waxed cord on both stations, both boards.

Date range for binding

1583 x 1604

Hosting Information
Number of fragments

2

Number of manuscripts represented

2

Further Information
Provenance
  • At foot of title-page: 'Thys ys my manuel(?) George [surname erased]'.
  • John Foxe (1516–1587), martyrologist: he writes his name below the previous inscription.
  • John Whitgift (1530-1604), archbishop of Canterbury, 1583-1604.
  • Richard Bancroft (1544-1610), archbishop of Canterbury, 1604-10.
  • Samuel Harsnett (1561–1631), archbishop of York, 1629–31.

 

Author: James Willoughby
List of Fragments
Colchester Harsnett H.e.35 ii
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.e.35 ii
Colchester Harsnett H.e.35 i
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.e.35 i