Sancti Basilii Magni Opera omnia.
Saint Basil (c.329-379) Bishop of Caesarea
Category
Books
Date
1638
Materials
Measurements
360 x 238 x 67 mm
Place of origin
France
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3031763.1
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paperInk/Pigment: red nd black printing ink and black engraving inkType: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supportsDate of Binding: contemporaryBinder's Name: French End Leaves: sewn parchment document guard and sewn single fold of plain, white, handmade, laid paper, the guard and the outer full leaf pasted to the board Structure: English Edges: plain cut, coloured pink, polished Spine Lining: moderate round, quadrant joints, no visible liningsEnd Bands: worked 2x2 in white and brown thread over a rolled paper core, cut at the joints, stab start trough joint.Bookmark: noneBoards: 5mm paper boards, all slips laced 2-hole angled up in the left board, down in the right.Covering: full dark brown calf, polished. Tied up under the caps. Tooling Spine: panels framed with gold-tooled 2-fillets, titled direct in panels 2 and 3 and other panels with single flower in centreTooling Sides: gold-tooled 2-fillet border frame Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes:
Bibliographic description
v.1. : Provenance: manuscript inscription at foot of front pastedown: "361". Manuscript price[?] on front fly-leaf: "2.10". Manuscript inscriptions on rear pastedown: "21 - 3 voll.", and "R. Schroder hett. 15 marks". Binding: seventeenth-century calf; double gilt fillet border; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title and vol. no.
Makers and roles
Saint Basil (c.329-379) Bishop of Caesarea