Host Volume

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett K.a.13

Publication Details

Author of volume: 
Barptholomaeus Westhemerus
Title of volume: 

Collectanea troporum

Publication: 

Strasbourg: Johann Albrecht: 'apud Io. Alb.', 1535

Binding Information

Binding style: 
blind-stamped, panel
Binding detail: 

Brown leather over wooden boards, blind-stamped with panels (upper board: Oldham, Panels, HM25; lower board: Oldham, Panels, HM26). Sewn on four thongs, rebacked. Two sets of two nails to hold straps on upper board; thin clasps (length: 25mm) on lower board. Title written horizontally on fore-edge with number ’41’.

Place of binding: 
Oxford
Date range for binding: 
1535-45

Hosting Information

Number of manuscripts represented: 
1
Number of fragments: 
2 fragments

Further information

Provenance: 
  • Presumably before Harsnett, the price ’12 d’ was written at top right of title-page.
  • Samuel Harsnett
Bibliography: 

Pearson, Oxford, no. 830.9.

List of Fragments

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett K.a.13 i
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett K.a.13 ii