Detail View: Rylands Collection: C. Philip Smith and Zaehnsdorf: Icons of Cyprus

Image Number: 
JRL022348tr
Reference Number: 
Dowd 81
Image Title: 
C. Philip Smith and Zaehnsdorf: Icons of Cyprus
Series Title: 
Anthony Dowd Collection of Modern Bookbindings
Creator: 
Smith, C. Philip
Creator Role: 
Binding designer
Creator: 
Papageorgiou, Athanasius
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Hogarth, James
Creator Role: 
Translator
Date Created: 
1988-06-10
Page/Sheet: 
Upper cover
Description: 
Designer binding. Bound by Zaehnsdorf to a design by Philip Smith in scarlet goatskin, with an elaborate design representing the Archangel Michael blocked in gold over an irregular onlay of black goatskin.
Subject: 
Bookbinding
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Bindings
Technique Used: 
Gold tooling
Medium: 
Gold leaf
Support: 
Goatskin
Item Height: 
331 mm
Item Width: 
252 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K. (on temporary deposit)
Provenance: 
Dowd, Anthony, owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
Copyright and IPR restrictions apply
References: 
'The Anthony Dowd Collection of Modern Bindings', compiled by Anthony Dowd (John Rylands University Library of Manchester, 2002)
Bibliographic Citation: 
Papageorgiou, Athanasius, 'Icons of Cyprus', translated by James Hogarth (London: Arcadia Press, 1971)
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB