Sancti Bernardi Claræuallensis . abbatis primi religiosissimi ecclesiæ doctoris, suauissimique, et quod pro eximia illius pietate non iniuria dixeris, plane Theodidacti, Opera omnia.
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
Category
Books
Date
1620
Materials
Measurements
381 x 258 x 106 mm
Place of origin
Belgium
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3089889
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: hand made laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supports Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: English End Leaves: sewn 2-sheet outside hook of plain white handmade laid paper, the stubs and outer leaf pasted to the board Structure: English Edges: plain cut, sprinkled with red pigment and polished Spine Lining: moderate round, quadrant joints, no evidence of linings End Bands: worked 2x2 L-R in blue and white thread over split cane cores Bookmark: None Boards: 5mm pulp board, slips 1, 3, 4, and 6 laced in only; the tips of the top inner corners cut off. Covering: brown tanned calf sprinkled with a black pigment Tooling Spine: blind-tooled 2-fillets at head and tail of each panel; somewhat later lettering piece in panel 2 Tooling Sides: blind-tooled coarse 2-fillet border, 1-fillet on board edges Furniture: None Enclosure: None Binding Notes: t/p: Wm Carrington dono Gi Carrington Sid. coll. prt. 2 s. Ao. 1628 London. Early 20c letter pinned to t/p: “This book should be carefully preserved the William Carrington Rector of Scotter was one of Mr Winn’s ancestors E P”
Bibliographic description
[36]p.,2402columns,[158]p. . ill.., port.. . fol.. Imperfect: wanting sigs. a1 and a2, initial two leaves, one of which is the port.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on title page: Wm. Carrington donu Gi Carrington Sid Coll. prt 20s. Ao. 1628 Lond. manuscript leaf loosely inserted: This books should be carefully preserved the William Carrington Rector of Scotter was one of Mr. Winn's anscestors EP [i.e.: Edward Peacock (1831-1915)].. Binding: Seventeenth-century full calf; double blind fillet to form a border; sewn onto six alum tawed supports; red spine label: Sancti Brenard Opera Omnia.
Makers and roles
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)