COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0927640dc
Reference Number:
English MS 3
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Cover binding
Parent Work Title:
Wycliffe Gospels
Creator Attribution:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Display Creator:
Wycliffe, John, -1384
Date Created:
15th century [early]
Page:
Inner upper cover
Image Sequence Number:
001b
Description:
Bound in black leather. Paper pastedown with the back of the ornamental corners and hinges visible, there is the bookplate of James Dix of Bristol. Ink annotations are 'English MSS No.3' and 'Crawford'.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Sub-Category:
Bookplates
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Support:
Silver (metal)
Support:
Leather
Item Height:
173 mm
Item Width:
120 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance:
Dix, James, of Bristol
Provenance:
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Parts of this catalogue have been reproduced from Ker, N.R., 'Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, vol. III, Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), pp. 400 -1. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
Notes:
According to the title page the manuscript was a present to Queen Elizabeth from Francis Newport.
Cost:
Purchased from James Dix by the Earl of Crawford through the offices of Bernard Quaritch, London bookseller.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-08-18
Multi Page Number:
10
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
Cover binding
