Host Volume

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett I.f.10

Publication Details
Author of volume

Valerio Polidoro

Title of volume

Practica exorcistarum

Publication

Venice: Robertus Meiettus, 1606

Binding Information
Binding style
gilt, centrepiece
Binding detail

On both boards, centrepiece with 'R' to its left and 'B' to its right, and a gold-tooled fillet at edge, as seen also on Canterbury: Cathedral Library, W/K-3-60. On that volume, and the identification of the initials as those of Richard Bancroft, see James Carley's discussion. As on that printed book, there are the stubs of cloth ties close to fore-edge on both boards. That volume (also printed in 1606) and ours were part of a single binding campaign, and share tabs from the same manuscript.

Place of binding

Canterbury or London

Date range for binding

1606 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_