COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0931298dc
Reference Number:
English MS 82
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Lower cover binding
Parent Work Title:
Old Testament
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Later Version Wycliffe Old Testament
Creator Attribution:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Display Creator:
Wycliffe, John, d. 1384
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
Lower cover
Image Sequence Number:
245v
Description:
Lower cover binding bound in tan goat skin with bevelled edges. Five double raised bands are visible on the spine. The binding structure is tight back style binding, sewn on five double cords. Head and tail bands are present. The binding, sewing and head and tail bands are in good condition.
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Support:
Goatskin
People Covered:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Item Height:
257 mm
Item Width:
175 mm
Current Repository:
John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p. 19.
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), p. 407. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-08-04
Multi Section Number:
2480
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-11
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Lower cover binding
