Host Volume
Colchester: University of Essex Library, Harsnett K.e.9
Publication Details
Type of host:
printed book retaining early binding
Title of volume:
Commentarii in Ecclesiasten
Publication:
Mainz: Balthasar Lippius ('apud Balthasarum Lippium, Sumptibus Ioannis Crithij'), 1607
Binding Information
Binding style:
centrepiece, gilt
Binding detail:
On both boards, centrepiece with ‘R’ to its left and ‘B’ to its right (letters slight worn), and a gold-tooled fillet at edge, as seen also on Canterbury: Cathedral Library, W/K-3-60. On that volume, and the identification of the initials as those of Richard Bancroft, see James Carley’s discussion. Holes near fore-edge where there would once have been ties.
Place of binding:
Canterbury or London
Date range for binding:
1607 x 1610
Hosting Information
Number of manuscripts represented:
1
Number of fragments:
1
Further information
Provenance:
- Richard Bancroft (1544-1610), archbishop of Canterbury, 1604-10.
- Samuel Harsnett (1561-1631), archbishop of York, 1629-1631.
