COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
Petworth_001
Reference Number:
Petworth 486026
Image Title:
Upper cover binding
Parent Work Title:
Canterbury Tales
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Leconfield Chaucer
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Petworth Chaucer
Creator:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Creator Role:
Author
Display Creator:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Date Created:
15th century [c.1420-1440]
Page:
Upper cover
Image Sequence Number:
001a
Description:
Binding: wooden boards with silver gilt furniture: L-shaped corner pieces, 4 bosses + 1 central boss on both upper and lower boards. Two velvet covered straps with metal clasps (half of upper one missing) from the upper board join pins on the lower board. Board covering: cerise silk velvet, not contemporary with textblock (late C18th/19th?).
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Support:
Velvet
Support:
Wood
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE [early]
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE [late]
Item Height:
349 mm
Item Width:
256 mm
Item Depth:
84 (spine) - 92 (foredge ) mm
Current Repository:
National Trust, Petworth House & Park, West Sussex
Provenance:
Percy, Elizabeth, Lady
Provenance:
Seymour, Catherine, Lady
Provenance:
Northumberland, Henry Percy, Earl of, 1446-1489
Provenance:
Wyndham, Charles Henry, 3rd Baron Leconfield
Rights Holder - Image:
National Trust
Rights holder - Work:
National Trust
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2010-03-23
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
Upper cover binding
