Detail View: LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection: Spine cord infill, INC R152.
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Image Caption:
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Spine cord infill, INC R152.
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General Description:
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15th century alum tawed pigskin binding.
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Country / Style:
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Switzerland?
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Period:
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15th century
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Call Number:
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INC R152
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Provenance:
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Universitätsbibliothek Basel; Appleton, John L..
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Author:
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Reuchlin, Johann, 1455-1522.
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Title:
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[Vocabularium breviloquus] Finit Vocabularius breuiloquus, triplici alphabeto diuersis ex autoribus necnon corpore vtriusq[ue] iuris collectus ad Latinu[m] sermone[m] capessendum vtilissimus.
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Created / Published:
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Impressus Basile[a]e : [Johann Amerbach], anno D[omi]ni 1480.
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Hamnet URL:
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http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=90562
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Dimensions:
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320 x 222 x 91 mm
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Covering Material:
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Alum tawed pigskin.
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Sewing:
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Sewn on four double rolled alum tawed supports.
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Headbands:
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Endband, sewn with blue and natural linen thread with front bead.
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End Papers:
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No flyleaves, manuscript inner joint adhered under paste-down.
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Closures:
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Two fore-edge clasps catching on the front covers, catches extant on the front cover, straps (reinforced tanned leather) missing were held with three iron nails.
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Decorative Description:
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The binding is blind tooled in a panel design with a double line fillet, in the central panel on both covers a saltire has been tooled. Basileensis? is written at the top of the front cover partially obscured by an ink splotch.
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Other Details:
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The leather covering was too small and has a sewn on corner. The spine was uneven so the binder pasted up off cuts of cord and adhered into a dip all along the edge of the spine prior to covering with alum tawed pigskin.
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Binding Terms (RBMS):
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Cords -- Switzerland -- 15th century.
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Binding Terms (RBMS):
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Manuscript waste -- Switzerland -- 15th century.
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Binding Terms (RBMS):
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Waste -- Switzerland -- 15th century.
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