COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL20082040
Reference Number:
Latin MS 165
Image Title:
Binding of manuscript
Parent Work Title:
Abbot Islip. Devotions
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Prayer Book
Date Created:
15th century [late]
Description:
Abbot Islip. Devotions, fifteenth century handwritten prayer book written in vellum, 13 lines to a page, in upright Gothic hand: with curious ornamentation. The binding is of dark brown leather over wooden boards: with remains of two metal
clasps. On each cover is a panel of gold tooling consisting of a frame of roll-ornament, angle-ornaments in the form of elaborated fleurs-de-lys, central panel with the arms of England and France quarterly (for Henry VII ?). The shield is put together in part at least out of stamps originally separate : for instance, its outline is composed of four curved
pieces of branch-ornament and two plain curved pieces back to back: and the pale or vertical dividing line is a rod with a fleur-de-lys at each end.
clasps. On each cover is a panel of gold tooling consisting of a frame of roll-ornament, angle-ornaments in the form of elaborated fleurs-de-lys, central panel with the arms of England and France quarterly (for Henry VII ?). The shield is put together in part at least out of stamps originally separate : for instance, its outline is composed of four curved
pieces of branch-ornament and two plain curved pieces back to back: and the pale or vertical dividing line is a rod with a fleur-de-lys at each end.
Page:
Spine
Language Code:
lat-GB
Language:
Latin
Subject:
Catholic Church
Subject:
Christianity
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Support:
Leather
Creation Site:
England
Item Height:
120 mm
Item Width:
94 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands University Library.1, MSS 1-183 with Plates, Comprising a Reprint of M.R. James's 1921 Catalogue with Introduction and Additional Notes by F. Taylor. 1980
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2020-08-24
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2020-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
Binding of manuscript
