Host Volume

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett K.a.54

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

Johannes Schroeder

Title of volume

De Nestorianismo et de Eutycheismo...

Publication

Wittenberg: Zacharias Lehmann, 1594

Binding Information
Binding style
gilt, centrepiece
Binding detail

Brown leather over boards, sewn on four thongs, rebacked by Richard Amer (c. 1971). 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. Stubs of ties at lower board; holes from them at upper board. 

Place of binding

Canterbury or London

Date range for binding

1594 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_