COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0930255dc
Reference Number:
English MS 91
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Upper cover binding
Parent Work Title:
Holy Bible
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Wycliffe Later Version Bible
Creator Attribution:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Display Creator:
Wycliffe, John, d. 1384
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
Upper cover
Image Sequence Number:
001a
Description:
Bound in red velvet and ornamented with metal bosses on all corners. Metal clasps at the foredge; the fasteners are missing. Front board decorated with a leather centre piece framing a small obscured illumination. The leather is decorated with gold tooling.
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Gold tooling
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Support:
Leather
Support:
Wood
Support:
Velvet
Item Height:
385 mm
Item Width:
262 mm
Current Repository:
John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
Provenance:
Breedon, John Symonds, Bere Court, Berkshire
Provenance:
Lilburn, Charles
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-08-12
Multi Page Number:
5
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Upper cover binding
