COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0927639dc
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JRL0927639dc
Image Number
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Reference Number:
English MS 3
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English MS 3
Reference Number
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Previous Accession Number:
Crawford MS 3
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Cover binding
image_title
Cover binding
Image Title
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Parent Work Title:
Wycliffe Gospels
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Wycliffe Gospels
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Creator Attribution:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
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Wycliffe, John, -1384
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Display Creator:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
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Wycliffe, John, -1384
Display Creator
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Date Created:
15th century [early]
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15th century [early]
Date Created
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Page:
Upper cover
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Upper cover
Page
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Image Sequence Number:
001a
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001a
Image Sequence Number
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Description:
Full bound in black leather, decorated with fleur-de-lis blind tooling and gold lettering. The lettering reads 'þe Gospels - Wycliffe' and at the bottom 'Codex Elizabaethae Regina'. There are four ornamental silver book corners, bosses and a centrepiece. The centrepiece has the Royal coat of arms of Elizabeth I and is dated 1560. Also visible are two clasps. The volume is gilded with gauffered edges.
description
Full bound in black leather, decorated with fleur-de-lis blind tooling and gold lettering. The lettering reads 'þe Gospels - Wycliffe' and at the bottom 'Codex Elizabaethae Regina'. There are four ornamental silver book corners, bosses and a centrepiece. The centrepiece has the Royal coat of arms of Elizabeth I and is dated 1560. Also visible are two clasps. The volume is gilded with gauffered edges.
Description
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Language Code:
enm-GB
language
enm-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Nobility
subject
Nobility
Subject
false
Subject:
Heraldry
subject
Heraldry
Subject
false
Subject:
Bookbinding
subject
Bookbinding
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
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false
Sub-Category:
Codex
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Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Technique Used:
Blind tooling
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Blind tooling
Technique Used
false
Support:
Leather
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Leather
Support
false
Support:
Silver (metal)
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Silver (metal)
Support
false
People Covered:
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
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Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
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false
People Covered:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
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Wycliffe, John, -1384
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false
Item Height:
173 mm
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173 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
120 mm
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120 mm
Item Width
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
false
Provenance:
Dix, James, of Bristol
provenance
Dix, James, of Bristol
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
provenance
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
provenance
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Image
false
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
Access Rights:
access_rights
<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a>
Access Rights
false
Notes:
According to the title page the manuscript was a present to Queen Elizabeth from Francis Newport.
notes
According to the title page the manuscript was a present to Queen Elizabeth from Francis Newport.
Notes
false
Cost:
Purchased from James Dix by the Earl of Crawford through the offices of Bernard Quaritch, London bookseller.
cost
Purchased from James Dix by the Earl of Crawford through the offices of Bernard Quaritch, London bookseller.
Cost
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-08-18
Multi Page Number:
5
multi_page_number
5
Multi Page Number
false
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
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Medieval
Collection Code
false