COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
BINDINGS~1~1
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
Collection
true
Image Caption:
Fore-edge, STC 10908.2.
view_description
Fore-edge, STC 10908.2.
Image Caption
false
General Description:
Mid 16th century English binding with gilt initials E K.
general_description
Mid 16th century English binding with gilt initials E K.
General Description
false
Country / Style:
England
country_style
England
Country / Style
false
Period:
16th century (mid)
style_period
16th century (mid)
Period
false
Call Number:
STC 10908.2
classification
STC 10908.2
Call Number
false
Provenance:
Harmsworth copy.
provenance
Harmsworth copy.
Provenance
false
Title:
Imitatio Christi. English. The folovving of Christe, translated out of Latin into Englishe, newely corrected and amended vvherevnto also is added the golden epistle of saint Bernard.
title
Imitatio Christi. English. The folovving of Christe, translated out of Latin into Englishe, newely corrected and amended vvherevnto also is added the golden epistle of saint Bernard.
Title
false
Created / Published:
[Imprinted at London : in Paules Churche-yarde at the signe of the holye Ghost, by John Cawood printer to the Queenes Maiestie], The second of December, Anno. 1566.
created_published
[Imprinted at London : in Paules Churche-yarde at the signe of the holye Ghost, by John Cawood printer to the Queenes Maiestie], The second of December, Anno. 1566.
Created / Published
false
Hamnet URL:
repository_number
http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=170407
Hamnet URL
false
Dimensions:
149 x 95 x 51 mm
display_dimensions
149 x 95 x 51 mm
Dimensions
false
Covering Material:
Black calfskin.
materials
Black calfskin.
Covering Material
false
Sewing:
Sewn on four single raised alum tawed supports laced straight through the paste-boards.
technique
Sewn on four single raised alum tawed supports laced straight through the paste-boards.
Sewing
false
Headbands:
Linen thread with a front bead sewn over an alum tawed core.
headbands
Linen thread with a front bead sewn over an alum tawed core.
Headbands
false
Edge Treatment:
Three line inked fore-edge inscription: "vij [7] sermons for the the vij [7] salmes of David with the following of Cryste & the Golden Epistle of St. Bernard".
edge_treatment
Three line inked fore-edge inscription: "vij [7] sermons for the the vij [7] salmes of David with the following of Cryste & the Golden Epistle of St. Bernard".
Edge Treatment
false
End Papers:
Single folio flyleaf with loose hooked recycled vellum guard, separate paste-down, front flyleaves missing.
end_papers
Single folio flyleaf with loose hooked recycled vellum guard, separate paste-down, front flyleaves missing.
End Papers
false
Closures:
Evidence of two fore-edge ties.
closures
Evidence of two fore-edge ties.
Closures
false
Decorative Description:
The covers were tooled with a two panel design. The frames were blind-tooled with a variable width triple line fillet. At angles in the outer panel are worn indistinct gilt fleurons. In the center panel are large gilt initials E K on either side of a gilt fleuron (very worn). The spine is divided into five panels with traces of blind tooling at the head and tail panels, and with small gilt florets in the center of the panels (also very worn).
decorative_description
The covers were tooled with a two panel design. The frames were blind-tooled with a variable width triple line fillet. At angles in the outer panel are worn indistinct gilt fleurons. In the center panel are large gilt initials E K on either side of a gilt fleuron (very worn). The spine is divided into five panels with traces of blind tooling at the head and tail panels, and with small gilt florets in the center of the panels (also very worn).
Decorative Description
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Calf bindings -- England -- 16th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Calf bindings -- England -- 16th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Leather bindings -- England -- 16th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Leather bindings -- England -- 16th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false