Detail View: Medieval Collection: Upper cover binding

Image Number: 
Chethams_A.2.166_001
Reference Number: 
Chetham's MS Mun.A.2.166
Previous Accession Number: 
27911
Image Title: 
Upper cover binding
Parent Work Title: 
Life of Christ
Creator: 
Woods, W.H.
Creator Role: 
Binder
Date Created: 
15th century [early]
Page: 
Upper cover
Image Sequence Number: 
001a
Description: 
Full bound black leather binding, with some blind tooling. Bound by W. H. Woods, Manchester 1879.
Subject: 
Bookbinding
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Blind-tooling
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Leather
Time Period Covered: 
19th Century CE
Item Height: 
139 mm
Item Width: 
103 mm
Current Repository: 
Chetham's Library, Manchester, UK.
Rights Holder - Image: 
Chetham's Library, Manchester, UK.
Rights holder - Work: 
Chetham's Library, Manchester, UK.
References: 
Lester, 'Index of Middle English Prose, handlist II' (Cambridge: Brewer, 1985), pp. 91-2.
Bibliographic Citation: 
Ker, N. R., 'Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries', vol. 3 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), pp. 377-8.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2009-12-02
Multi Page Number: 
5
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2010-04
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB