COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
BINDINGS~1~1
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
Collection
true
Image Caption:
Center panel (detail), PN981 F3 1564 cage.
view_description
Center panel (detail), PN981 F3 1564 cage.
Image Caption
false
General Description:
Mid 16th century French armorial binding for Catherine De Medici with the crest and the six balls (Palle) of the Medici family.
general_description
Mid 16th century French armorial binding for Catherine De Medici with the crest and the six balls (Palle) of the Medici family.
General Description
false
Country / Style:
France
country_style
France
Country / Style
false
Period:
16th century (mid)
style_period
16th century (mid)
Period
false
Call Number:
PN981 F3 1564 cage
classification
PN981 F3 1564 cage
Call Number
false
Provenance:
Catherine de Medici.
provenance
Catherine de Medici.
Provenance
false
Author:
FAERNE, Gabriel (c. 1500-1561)
author
FAERNE, Gabriel (c. 1500-1561)
Author
false
Title:
Fabulae centum, ex antiquis auctoribus delectae et a Gabriele Faerno,... carminibus explicatae.
title
Fabulae centum, ex antiquis auctoribus delectae et a Gabriele Faerno,... carminibus explicatae.
Title
false
Created / Published:
Romae : Vincentius Luchinus excudebat, 1564.
created_published
Romae : Vincentius Luchinus excudebat, 1564.
Created / Published
false
Dimensions:
226 x 163 x 21 mm
display_dimensions
226 x 163 x 21 mm
Dimensions
false
Covering Material:
Reddish brown calfskin with black and red goatskin onlays.
materials
Reddish brown calfskin with black and red goatskin onlays.
Covering Material
false
Sewing:
Sewn on five single raised supports, four alum tawed and one tanned leather laced straight through the pulp boards.
technique
Sewn on five single raised supports, four alum tawed and one tanned leather laced straight through the pulp boards.
Sewing
false
Headbands:
Blue and white linen thread with a front bead sewn over a hemp cord core.
headbands
Blue and white linen thread with a front bead sewn over a hemp cord core.
Headbands
false
Edge Treatment:
Faint red and brown sprinkles.
edge_treatment
Faint red and brown sprinkles.
Edge Treatment
false
End Papers:
Three blank flyleaves and a single paste-down with a recycled manuscript reinforcing guard.
end_papers
Three blank flyleaves and a single paste-down with a recycled manuscript reinforcing guard.
End Papers
false
Decorative Description:
The covers are gilt with an ornate strapwork design tooled with double line gouges. The spaces are inlaid with black leather gilt with the interlocking Cs and fleur-de-lys at the corners and scroll and acanthus volutes and ivy leaves in others. In the center is a rhombus stamp on a hatched ground with the six balls of the Medici crest in the center and flanked on either side with the same surrounded by a leafy vine. The spine is divided into six panels with a gilt fleur-de-lys in the center of each.
decorative_description
The covers are gilt with an ornate strapwork design tooled with double line gouges. The spaces are inlaid with black leather gilt with the interlocking Cs and fleur-de-lys at the corners and scroll and acanthus volutes and ivy leaves in others. In the center is a rhombus stamp on a hatched ground with the six balls of the Medici crest in the center and flanked on either side with the same surrounded by a leafy vine. The spine is divided into six panels with a gilt fleur-de-lys in the center of each.
Decorative Description
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Armorial bindings -- France -- 16th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Armorial bindings -- France -- 16th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Calf bindings -- France -- 16th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Calf bindings -- France -- 16th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Goatskin bindings -- France -- 16th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Goatskin bindings -- France -- 16th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Gold blocked bindings -- France -- 16th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Gold blocked bindings -- France -- 16th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Gold tooled bindings -- France -- 16th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Gold tooled bindings -- France -- 16th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Inlays -- France -- 16th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Inlays -- France -- 16th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Interlace bindings -- France -- 16th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Interlace bindings -- France -- 16th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Leather bindings -- France -- 16th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Leather bindings -- France -- 16th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Onlays -- France -- 16th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Onlays -- France -- 16th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false