Detail View: Medieval Collection: Cover binding

Image Number: 
JRL17092469
Reference Number: 
English MS 63
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Cover binding
Parent Work Title: 
Canterbury Tales
Creator: 
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Fazakerley, Liverpool
Creator Role: 
Binder
Display Creator: 
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Date Created: 
15th century [early]
Page: 
Upper cover
Image Sequence Number: 
001a
Description: 
Quarter bound with a dark brown leather spine and marbled paper board. The initials 'JR' for John Rylands are stamped in gold in the centre of the board. There is scuffing and damage to the corners of the board.,Quarter bound with a dark brown leather spine and marbled paper boards. The board is scuffed and there is some damage to the corners. There is a John Rylands stamp in gold in the centre of the board.
Subject: 
Bookbinding
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Bindings
Technique Used: 
Gold tooling
Support: 
Paper
Support: 
Leather
Item Height: 
272 mm
Item Width: 
195 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
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), p. 403. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
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