Host Volume

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett K.e.9

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

Ioannes Lorinus

Title of volume

Commentarii in Ecclesiasten

Publication

Mainz: Balthasar Lippius ('apud Balthasarum Lippium, Sumptibus Ioannis Crithij'), 1607

Binding Information
Binding style
gilt, centrepiece
Binding detail

On both boards, centrepiece with 'R' to its left and 'B' to its right (letters slight worn), 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. Holes near fore-edge where there would once have been ties.

Place of binding

Canterbury or London

Date range for binding

1607 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_
Colchester Harsnett K.e.9 upper board
List of Fragments
Colchester Harsnett K.e.9 i
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett K.e.9 i