COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
BINDINGS~1~1
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
Collection
true
Image Caption:
Front cover, INC R191
view_description
Front cover, INC R191
Image Caption
false
General Description:
A German binding with tail-edge title, ca. 1493. Quarter bound alum-tawed pigskin over beech boards. Ink title on the tail-edge. Brass clasps.
general_description
A German binding with tail-edge title, ca. 1493. Quarter bound alum-tawed pigskin over beech boards. Ink title on the tail-edge. Brass clasps.
General Description
false
Country / Style:
Germany
country_style
Germany
Country / Style
false
Period:
ca. 1493
style_period
ca. 1493
Period
false
Call Number:
INC R191
classification
INC R191
Call Number
false
Provenance:
Meiningen (Germany). Herzogliche Öffentliche Bibliothek, oval stamp on verso of title page; received in 1988 as the gift of Mrs. Harris Dunscombe Colt.
provenance
Meiningen (Germany). Herzogliche Öffentliche Bibliothek, oval stamp on verso of title page; received in 1988 as the gift of Mrs. Harris Dunscombe Colt.
Provenance
false
Author:
Riederer, Friedrich
author
Riederer, Friedrich
Author
false
Title:
[Spiegel der wahren Rhetorik] Spiegel der waren Rhetoric vss M. Tulio C. vnd andern getütscht : mit irn Glidern clüger Reden Sandbriefen, und Formen menicher Contract, seltzam regulierts tütschs vnd nutzbar exempliert, mit Fügen vff göttlich und keiserlich Schrifft und Rechte gegründt, nuwlich (und vormaln in Gemein nyë gesehen) yëtz loblich ussgangen.
title
[Spiegel der wahren Rhetorik] Spiegel der waren Rhetoric vss M. Tulio C. vnd andern getütscht : mit irn Glidern clüger Reden Sandbriefen, und Formen menicher Contract, seltzam regulierts tütschs vnd nutzbar exempliert, mit Fügen vff göttlich und keiserlich Schrifft und Rechte gegründt, nuwlich (und vormaln in Gemein nyë gesehen) yëtz loblich ussgangen.
Title
false
Created / Published:
[Freiburg im Breisgau] : Durch Fridrichen Riedrer versamelt, gedruckt, und volendet, [11 Dec. 1493]
created_published
[Freiburg im Breisgau] : Durch Fridrichen Riedrer versamelt, gedruckt, und volendet, [11 Dec. 1493]
Created / Published
false
Hamnet URL:
repository_number
http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=76885
Hamnet URL
false
Technical Description:
Sewn on three double cords. Single endpaper with stub hinged onto the upper board; hack pastedown a contemporary calendar printed in red and black. Natural rounding and backing. Stuck-on head- and tailbands brought over onto the outside of each board and worked in white, pink, and brown thread. Slotted spine lining of vellum manuscript put down onto the inside of the boards which are beveled on all inside edges and at the joint, with recesses for clasps. Head- and tailcaps slit to accommodate the stuck-on head- and tailbands. Spine tied up. Remnants of a vellum label on the upper cover. Catch plates on upper cover shaped as birds' heads (hasps missing).
technical_description
Sewn on three double cords. Single endpaper with stub hinged onto the upper board; hack pastedown a contemporary calendar printed in red and black. Natural rounding and backing. Stuck-on head- and tailbands brought over onto the outside of each board and worked in white, pink, and brown thread. Slotted spine lining of vellum manuscript put down onto the inside of the boards which are beveled on all inside edges and at the joint, with recesses for clasps. Head- and tailcaps slit to accommodate the stuck-on head- and tailbands. Spine tied up. Remnants of a vellum label on the upper cover. Catch plates on upper cover shaped as birds' heads (hasps missing).
Technical Description
false
Dimensions:
310 x 220 x 50 mm.
display_dimensions
310 x 220 x 50 mm.
Dimensions
false
Decorative Description:
All three edges of text block colored yellow with title, "SPECULU RETHORICE D," 20 mm tall, written on tail-edge in iron gall ink. Alum-tawed covering blind tooled with a three-line fillet panel filled with a "Rautenranke" and floral motifs. Spine undecorated, bearing four paper shelf mark labels and an ink inscription.
decorative_description
All three edges of text block colored yellow with title, "SPECULU RETHORICE D," 20 mm tall, written on tail-edge in iron gall ink. Alum-tawed covering blind tooled with a three-line fillet panel filled with a "Rautenranke" and floral motifs. Spine undecorated, bearing four paper shelf mark labels and an ink inscription.
Decorative Description
false
Other Details:
A book with the title written on the tail-edge gives us a clue to its original place of storage. In this case, the book was stored either flat on a shelf or perhaps upright in a chest with the tail-edge showing.
other_details
A book with the title written on the tail-edge gives us a clue to its original place of storage. In this case, the book was stored either flat on a shelf or perhaps upright in a chest with the tail-edge showing.
Other Details
false
Literature:
Folger 9:1 (Folger Shakespeare Library, Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library, New York, 1992).
references
Folger 9:1 (Folger Shakespeare Library, Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library, New York, 1992).
Literature
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Alum tawed bindings -- Germany -- 15th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Alum tawed bindings -- Germany -- 15th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Blind tooled bindings -- Germany -- 15th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Blind tooled bindings -- Germany -- 15th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Clasps -- Germany -- 15th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Clasps -- Germany -- 15th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Fillet tools -- Germany -- 15th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Fillet tools -- Germany -- 15th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Half bindings -- Germany -- 15th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Half bindings -- Germany -- 15th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Leather bindings -- Germany -- 15th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Leather bindings -- Germany -- 15th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Pigskin bindings -- Germany -- 15th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Pigskin bindings -- Germany -- 15th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Wooden bindings -- Germany -- 15th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Wooden bindings -- Germany -- 15th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Wooden boards -- Germany -- 15th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Wooden boards -- Germany -- 15th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false