Host Volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.g.34
Publication Details
Type of host:
printed book retaining early binding
Title of volume:
Libri decem de iustitia et iure
Publication:
Lyon: Carolus Pesnot, 1582
Binding Information
Binding style:
plain calf
Binding detail:
Plain calf over pasteboards, fillets to edges. Rebacked, sewn on five thongs. Two holes on each fore-edge for ties, now lost.
Hosting Information
Number of manuscripts represented:
1
Number of fragments:
1
Further information
Provenance:
- ?Richard Bancroft (1544-1610), archbishop of Canterbury, 1604-10: the remains of a tab intended to provide an author and title label might suggest his practice (see MS Babel 18) but the fragment in this book is not from a manuscript he is known to have used for the purpose.
- Samuel Harsnett (1561–1631), archbishop of York, 1629–31.
Date published:
Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 15:51
Date last updated:
Friday, September 23, 2016 - 07:49