Detail View: Medieval Collection: Upper cover binding
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Image Number:
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JRL0903448dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 113
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Upper cover binding
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Parent Work Title:
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Canterbury Tales and other works
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Canterbury Tales
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Creator:
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Brode, John
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Creator Role:
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Scribe
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Creator:
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Display Creator:
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
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Date Created:
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15th century [late]
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Page:
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Upper cover
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Image Sequence Number:
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001a
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Description:
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Upper cover binding: Original oak boards full bound in brown sheepskin. The remains of five bosses and also clasps are visible on the cover.
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Subject:
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Bookbinding
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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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Support:
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Oak
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Support:
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Sheepskin
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Time Period Covered:
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1200 - 1500 CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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Item Height:
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300 mm
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Item Width:
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210 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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Woolcombe, Mr., of Pitton
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Provenance:
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Hull, John, d. 1549. A customs officer of Exeter and Dartmouth.
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Provenance:
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Hodson, Lawrence W., of Compton Hall near Wolverhampton.
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Provenance:
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Pearce, Samuel Winter, Reverend, of Shaugh and Sampford Spinney in Devon.
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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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References:
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Manley, John M., and Rickert, Edith, 'The text of the Canterbury Tales studied on the basis of all known manuscripts. Volume 1, Descriptions of the manuscripts' (Chicago: University of Chicago, 1940), pp. 349-55.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2008-11-06
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Multi Page Number:
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5
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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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2009-03
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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