Detail View: Medieval Collection: Upper cover binding

Image Number: 
JRL0924345dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 98
Previous Accession Number: 
R12144
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Upper cover binding
Parent Work Title: 
Speculum Vite Christi
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Meditatione Vitae Christi
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Meditations on the Life of Christ
Translated Parent Work Title: 
Mirror of the life of Christ
Creator: 
Love, Nicholas, fl. 1410
Creator Role: 
Translator
Display Creator: 
Love, Nicholas, fl. 1410
Date Created: 
15th century [early]
Page: 
Upper cover
Image Sequence Number: 
001a
Description: 
Full bound in brown leather and decorated with blind tooling. It has been re-backed at some point. The spine has seven raised bands and contains gold lettering.
Subject: 
Bookbinding
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used: 
Blind-tooling
Support: 
Leather
Item Height: 
304 mm
Item Width: 
204 mm
Current Repository: 
John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
Provenance: 
Evans, Thomas William
Provenance: 
Knyvett, Robert
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2009-07-01
Multi Page Number: 
5
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2010-11
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB