Host Volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.44
Publication Details
Type of host:
printed book retaining early binding
Publication:
Jena: Tobias Steinman, 1591
Binding Information
Binding detail:
Gold-tooled fillet intersecting at edges; Whitgift arms as centrepiece; remains of ties of waxed cord on lower board and at lower station on upper board.
Date range for binding:
1591 x 1604 (presumably bound soon after purchase by Whitgift)
Hosting Information
Number of manuscripts represented:
1
Number of fragments:
1
Further information
Provenance:
- John Whitgift (1530 – 1604), archbishop of Canterbury, 1583 – 1604: evidence of binding.
- Richard Bancroft (1544-1610), archbishop of Canterybury, 1604-1610: inferred from the descent of Whitgift’s books, and the presence of a tab from Babel MS 18.
- Samuel Harsnett (1561 – 1631), archbishop of York, 1629 – 31, presumably passed to him on the death of Bancroft, whose executor he was.
