Detail View: Medieval Collection: Cover binding
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Image Number:
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JRL0930255dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 91
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Previous Accession Number:
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R55397
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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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Holy Bible
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Wycliffe Later Version Bible
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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
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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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Bound in red velvet and ornamented with metal bosses on all corners. Metal clasps at the foredge; the fasteners are missing. Front board decorated with a leather centre piece framing a small obscured illumination. The leather is decorated with gold tooling.
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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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Technique Used:
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Gold tooling
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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Support:
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Leather
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Support:
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Wood
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Support:
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Velvet
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Item Height:
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385 mm
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Item Width:
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262 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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Breedon, John Symonds, Bere Court, Berkshire
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Provenance:
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Lilburn, Charles
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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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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-08-12
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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 The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2010-06
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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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