Host Volume

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett I.f.25

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

Aonio Paleario

Title of volume

Actio in pontifices Romanos

Bibliographical reference for printing

USTC 612265

Publication

Leipzig: Gotthard Vögelin & Philipp Vögelin ('Editione Voegeliniana'), [1600]

Binding Information
Binding style
gilt, centrepiece
Binding detail

Light brown leather with ornate gold-tooled centrepiece, with, at edge of boards, three fillets, the middle one gilded. Residual stubs from cloth ties.

Place of binding

continental?

Date range for binding

1600 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: based on the presence of a tab from Babel MS 18.
  • Samuel Harsnett (1561-1631), archbishop of York, 1629-1631.
Author: David Rundle_