Detail View: LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection: Bottom edge, INC M219.

Image Caption: 
Bottom edge, INC M219.
General Description: 
Contemporary limp vellum binding.
Country / Style: 
Italy
Period: 
15th century
Call Number: 
INC M219
Provenance: 
Purchased in 1905.
Author: 
Marchesinus, Johannes.
Title: 
[Mammotrectus super Bibliam] Mamotrectus.
Created / Published: 
Imp[re]ssu[m] Venetijs : P[er] Symone[m] Papien[sem] alias Beuilaqua, anno D[omi]ni 1492. die 12 Iulij.
Hamnet URL: 
http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=90285
Dimensions: 
151 x 112 x 37 mm
Covering Material: 
Calfskin vellum.
Sewing: 
Sewn on three slit alum-tawed thongs, sewn from back to front.
Headbands: 
Beige and green linen front bead over tawed thongs laced through the covers.
Edge Treatment: 
Title inscription on upper edge and name "bonus Laurentius [...?]llis" on lower edge,
End Papers: 
Recycled vellum manuscript leaves hooked around the first and last sections and used as paste-downs.
Closures: 
Two tawed thong ties.
Other Details: 
Rebacked with a piece of vellum glued across the spine and onto the covers.
Binding Terms (RBMS): 
Headbands -- Italy -- 15th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS): 
Rebacking.
Binding Terms (RBMS): 
Ties -- Italy -- 15th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS): 
Vellum bindings -- Italy -- 15th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS): 
Worked headbands -- Italy -- 15th century.