COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0927639dc
Reference Number:
English MS 3
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Upper cover binding
Parent Work Title:
Wycliffe Gospels
Creator Attribution:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Display Creator:
Wycliffe, John, d. 1384
Date Created:
15th century [early]
Page:
Upper cover
Image Sequence Number:
001a
Description:
Full bound in black leather, decorated with fleur-de-lis blind tooling and gold lettering. The lettering reads 'þe Gospels - Wycliffe' and at the bottom 'Codex Elizabaethae Regina'. There are four ornamental silver book corners, bosses and a centrepiece. The centrepiece has the Royal coat of arms of Elizabeth I and is dated 1560. Also visible are two clasps. The volume is gilded with gauffered edges.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Nobility
Subject:
Heraldry
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Blind-tooling
Support:
Leather
Support:
Silver
People Covered:
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
People Covered:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Item Height:
173 mm
Item Width:
120 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Dix, James, of Bristol
Provenance:
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Notes:
According to the title page the manuscript was a present to Queen Elizabeth from Francis Newport.
Cost:
Purchased from James Dix by the Earl of Crawford through the offices of Bernard Quaritch, London bookseller.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-08-18
Multi Page Number:
5
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Upper cover binding
