Detail View: Medieval Collection: Lower cover binding
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Image Number:
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JRL0928070dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 3
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Lower cover binding
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Parent Work Title:
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Wycliffe Gospels
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Creator Attribution:
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Wycliffe, John, -1384
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Display Creator:
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Wycliffe, John, d. 1384
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Date Created:
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15th century [early]
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Page:
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Lower cover
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Image Sequence Number:
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210v
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Description:
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Full bound in black leather, decorated with fleur-de-lis blind tooling. 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.
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Subject:
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Nobility
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Subject:
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Heraldry
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Blind-tooling
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Support:
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Silver
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Support:
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Leather
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People Covered:
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Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
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Item Height:
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173 mm
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Item Width:
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120 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Provenance:
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Dix, James, of Bristol
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Provenance:
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Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-08-18
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Multi Page Number:
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2160
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2009-10
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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