Detail View: Medieval Collection: Cover binding
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Image Number:
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JRL0927640dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 3
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Cover binding
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Parent Work Title:
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Wycliffe Gospels
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Creator Attribution:
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Wycliffe, John, -1384
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Display Creator:
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Wycliffe, John, -1384
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Date Created:
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15th century [early]
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Page:
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Inner upper cover
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Image Sequence Number:
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001b
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Description:
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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'.
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Language Code:
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eng-GB
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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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Sub-Category:
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Bookplates
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Sub-Category:
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Bindings
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Technique Used:
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Printing (process)
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Support:
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Silver (metal)
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Support:
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Leather
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Item Height:
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173 mm
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Item Width:
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120 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Provenance:
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Dix, James, of Bristol
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Provenance:
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Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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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.
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Notes:
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According to the title page the manuscript was a present to Queen Elizabeth from Francis Newport.
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Cost:
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Purchased from James Dix by the Earl of Crawford through the offices of Bernard Quaritch, London bookseller.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-08-18
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Multi Page Number:
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10
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2009-10
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Medieval
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