COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911118dc
Reference Number:
English MS 102
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Upper cover binding
Parent Work Title:
Marlborough Brut Chronicle
Alternative Parent Work Title:
The Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
Upper cover
Image Sequence Number:
001a
Description:
Full bound in brown calfskin with the arms of Sir James Ley of Westbury in gold. Gold lines are tooled around the edges of the board.
Subject:
Bookbinding
Subject:
Heraldry
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Blind-tooling
Technique Used:
Gold tooling
Support:
Calfskin
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
Marlborough, James Ley, Earl of, 1550-1629
Item Height:
322 mm
Item Width:
237 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colepeper, Thomas
Provenance:
Ley, James, Sir, of Westbury, afterwards Earl of Marlborough.
Provenance:
Hales, John
Provenance:
Wodward, Lionelius
Provenance:
Kyng, Johannes
Provenance:
Wasey, George Lea
Provenance:
Young, Willelmus
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Parts of this catalogue have been reproduced from Ker, N.R., 'Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, vol. III, Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), pp. 416-17. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.22.
Cost:
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £22.10s on 18 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-02-18
Multi Page Number:
5
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Upper cover binding
