COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
BINDINGS~1~1
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
Collection
true
Image Caption:
Sewing supports covering, STC 4503 copy 1.
view_description
Sewing supports covering, STC 4503 copy 1.
Image Caption
false
General Description:
Late 16th century English armorial vellum binding with the arms of Queen Elizabeth I.
general_description
Late 16th century English armorial vellum binding with the arms of Queen Elizabeth I.
General Description
false
Country / Style:
England
country_style
England
Country / Style
false
Period:
16th century (late)
style_period
16th century (late)
Period
false
Call Number:
STC 4503 copy 1
classification
STC 4503 copy 1
Call Number
false
Provenance:
Inscription of Leonard Bawtree; booklabel of Charles Whibley; Harmsworth copy.
provenance
Inscription of Leonard Bawtree; booklabel of Charles Whibley; Harmsworth copy.
Provenance
false
Author:
Camden, William, 1551-1623.
author
Camden, William, 1551-1623.
Author
false
Title:
Britannia siue Florentissimorum regnorum, Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descriptio, authore Guilielmo Camdeno.
title
Britannia siue Florentissimorum regnorum, Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descriptio, authore Guilielmo Camdeno.
Title
false
Created / Published:
Londini : per Radulphum Newbery. Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis, 1586.
created_published
Londini : per Radulphum Newbery. Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis, 1586.
Created / Published
false
Hamnet URL:
repository_number
http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=162146
Hamnet URL
false
Dimensions:
184 x 103 x 49 mm
display_dimensions
184 x 103 x 49 mm
Dimensions
false
Covering Material:
Calfskin vellum.
materials
Calfskin vellum.
Covering Material
false
Sewing:
Sewn on four alum tawed supports cut off at the shoulders, then covered with an 8 mm wide strip of vellum that was sewn over the alum tawed supports to the text-block and were used to lace the text-block to the vellum covers through the joints.
technique
Sewn on four alum tawed supports cut off at the shoulders, then covered with an 8 mm wide strip of vellum that was sewn over the alum tawed supports to the text-block and were used to lace the text-block to the vellum covers through the joints.
Sewing
false
Edge Treatment:
Colored a light (lime) green.
edge_treatment
Colored a light (lime) green.
Edge Treatment
false
End Papers:
A four leaf section was sewn and one sheet was used as the paste-down.
end_papers
A four leaf section was sewn and one sheet was used as the paste-down.
End Papers
false
Decorative Description:
The cover was tooled to a two panel design with the frames gilt with a single line fillet. At angles in the outer panel are gilt fleurons. In the centre of the inner panel is a small gilt coat of arms of Queen Elizabeth I. The spine was divided into five panels with single gilt lines tooled above and below the bands. In the center of the panels is a small gilt acorn on a stem stamp. In the top panel is a later inked author and title.
decorative_description
The cover was tooled to a two panel design with the frames gilt with a single line fillet. At angles in the outer panel are gilt fleurons. In the centre of the inner panel is a small gilt coat of arms of Queen Elizabeth I. The spine was divided into five panels with single gilt lines tooled above and below the bands. In the center of the panels is a small gilt acorn on a stem stamp. In the top panel is a later inked author and title.
Decorative Description
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Armorial bindings -- England -- 16th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Armorial bindings -- England -- 16th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Fillet tools -- England -- 16th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Fillet tools -- England -- 16th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Gold tooled bindings -- England -- 16th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Gold tooled bindings -- England -- 16th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Thongs -- England -- 16th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Thongs -- England -- 16th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Vellum bindings -- England -- 16th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Vellum bindings -- England -- 16th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false