Detail View: Medieval Collection: Upper cover binding
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Image Number:
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Petworth_001
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Reference Number:
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Petworth 486026
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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
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Leconfield Chaucer
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Petworth Chaucer
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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 [c.1420-1440]
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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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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?).
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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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Velvet
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Support:
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Wood
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Time Period Covered:
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19th Century CE [early]
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Time Period Covered:
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18th Century CE [late]
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Item Height:
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349 mm
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Item Width:
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256 mm
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Item Depth:
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84 (spine) - 92 (foredge ) mm
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Current Repository:
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National Trust, Petworth House & Park, West Sussex
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Provenance:
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Percy, Elizabeth, Lady
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Provenance:
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Seymour, Catherine, Lady
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Provenance:
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Northumberland, Henry Percy, Earl of, 1446-1489
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Provenance:
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Wyndham, Charles Henry, 3rd Baron Leconfield
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Rights Holder - Image:
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National Trust
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Rights holder - Work:
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National Trust
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2010-03-23
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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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2010-04
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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