Host Volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett K.a.54
Publication Details
Type of host:
printed book retaining early binding
Title of volume:
De Nestorianismo et de Eutycheismo...
Publication:
Wittenberg: Zacharias Lehmann, 1594
Binding Information
Binding style:
gilt, centrepiece
Binding detail:
Brown leather over boards, sewn on four thongs, rebacked by Richard Amer (c. 1971). On both boards, centrepiece with 'R' to its left and 'B' to its right, and a gold-tooled fillet at edge, as seen also on Canterbury: Cathedral Library, W/K-3-60. On that volume, and the identification of the initials as those of Richard Bancroft, see James Carley's discussion. Stubs of ties at lower board; holes from them at upper board.
Place of binding:
Canterbury or London
Date range for binding:
1594 x 1610
Hosting Information
Number of manuscripts represented:
1
Number of fragments:
1
Further information
Provenance:
- Richard Bancroft (1544-1610), archbishop of Canterbury, 1604-10.
- Samuel Harsnett (1561-1631), archbishop of York, 1629-1631.
Date published:
Thursday, August 18, 2016 - 10:24
Date last updated:
Friday, September 23, 2016 - 07:29
