Host Volume

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.e.22

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

Dionysius Cisterciensis

Publication

Paris: Poncet le Preux, [1511]

Binding Information
Binding style
Gilt
Binding detail

Gold-tooled fillet intersecting at edges; Whitgift arms as centrepiece; remains of ties of green waxed cord on both stations, back board.

Date range for binding

1583 x 1604

Hosting Information
Number of manuscripts represented

2

Further Information
Provenance
  • John Foxe (1516–1587), martyrologist.
  • John Whitgift (1530–1604), archbishop of Canterbury, 1583–1604.
  • Richard Bancroft (1544–1610), archbishop of Canterbury, 1604-10: ownership inferred from the descent of Whitgift's books to him and the presence of the tab, part of Babel MS 18.
  • Samuel Harsnett (1561–1631), archbishop of York, 1629–31.
Author: James Willoughby
Colchester Harsnett H.e.22 upper board
List of Fragments
Colchester Harsnett H.e.22 tab
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.e.22 iii
Colchester Harsnett H.e.22 back strip
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.e.22 ii
Colchester Harsnett H.e.22 front strip
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.e.22 i