Book
John Major (1469-1550)
Category
Books
Date
1530
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 3044015
Summary
Single bound volume of 3 works by John Major.
Bibliographic description
[6],cxx fol . fol.. With Major's 'In tertium sententiarum', 1528 and 'In primum sententiarum', 1530 bound in the same volume. Cropped by binder, affecting title page woodcut.. Provenance: No marks of provenance.. Binding: Sewn on 4 double supports. Blind tooled calf, (front badly scratched by clasps etc. of neighbouring volume). With endpapers ruled in red (as for account book?), uniform with Major 'Quartus sententiarum', 1509 at C.10.17. With more endpapers and pastedowns newer than binding (one watermarked with crown above 'GR').
Makers and roles
John Major (1469-1550) Peter Lombard, (1100-1160) Bishop of Paris