Host Volume

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.53

Publication Details

Type of host: 
printed book retaining early binding
Author of volume: 
Demosthenes
Publication: 

Venice: Paulus Manutius, 1554

Binding Information

Binding style: 
blind-stamped, centrepiece
Binding detail: 

brown calf over pasteboard; blind intersecting triple fillets at edges, large centrepiece; no ties. Same design of binding as H.d.52.

Place of binding: 
?Cambridge

Hosting Information

Number of manuscripts represented: 
1
Number of fragments: 
2

Further information

Provenance: 
  • John Field, elected a fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, in 1593 (A. Hegarty, Biographical Register of St John€™s College, Oxford, 1555 – 1660, OHS n.s. 43 (2011), 273): €˜I. Feildus€™ €˜Cant. Aule Pemb.€™ (across top of title-page, smaller than usual, and several times on front flyleaf).
  • Perhaps another owner’s motto on title-page: ‘Tam Marte quam Mercurio’.
  • Samuel Harsnett (1561 – 1631), archbishop of York, 1629 – 31.
Colchester Harsnett H.d.53 upper board

List of Fragments

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.53 i
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.d.53 ii