Host Volume

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.f.12

Publication Details

Type of host: 
printed book retaining early binding
Author of volume: 
Epiphanius
Title of volume: 

Contra octoaginta haereses opus

Publication: 

Basel: Iohannes Heruagius & Iohannes Oporinus, 1560

Binding Information

Binding style: 
blind-stamped, centrepiece
Binding detail: 

A blind panel with fleuron cornerpieces; a stamped centrepiece is a lozenge formed by the same fleuron small-tool repeated four times.

Hosting Information

Number of manuscripts represented: 
1
Number of fragments: 
2

Further information

Provenance: 
  • Samuel Harsnett (1561 – 1631), archbishop of York, 1629 – 31.

List of Fragments

Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.f.12 i
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett H.f.12 ii