Host Volume

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.5

Publication Details
Type of host
printed book retaining early binding
Author of volume

Justus Calvin

Title of volume

Praescriptionum Adversus Haereticos ...

Publication

Mainz: Johann Albin ('ex officina typographia Ioannis Albini), 1602

Binding Information
Binding style
gilt, centrepiece
Binding detail

Leather over pasteboards, sewn on four thongs. Centrepiece, the gold tooling now worn, depicting the arms of Richard Bancroft as archbishop of Canterbury. Single gilded fillet at edge of boards.

Place of binding

Canterbury or London

Date range for binding

1604 x 1610

Hosting Information
Number of fragments

1

Number of manuscripts represented

1

Further Information
Provenance
  • Richard Bancroft (1544-1610), archbishop of Canterbury, 1604-10.
  • Samuel Harsnett (1561-1631), archbishop of York, 1629-1631.
Author: David Rundle_
List of Fragments
Colchester Harsnett H.d.5 i
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.5 i