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Detail View: Rylands Collection: German “peasant” binding

Image Number: 
JRL17102297
Reference Number: 
R227144.2
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
German “peasant” binding
Parent Work Title: 
Der ganze Psalter Königs und Propheten Davids
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Bible. Psalms
Creator: 
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Barnbeck, Sebastian Heinrich
Date Created: 
1754
Page/Sheet: 
Upper cover
Description: 
Eighteenth-century German “peasant” binding: full parchment over boards; gilt fillet and roll to form a border; geometric interlaced bands forming a central star; painted all over in multiple colours and with many small gilt-tooled fan motifs; marbled paste-downs; spine painted and gilded; all edges gilt; edges gauffered at ends.
Language Code: 
ger
Language: 
German
Subject: 
Bookbinding
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Bindings
Technique Used: 
Painting (image-making)
Technique Used: 
Gold tooling
Support: 
Parchment
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Hobson, Anthony, 1921-2014, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2017-10-30
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2017-11
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Rylands