Magdeburg centuries.
Andreas Corvinus
Category
Books
Date
1560 - 1574
Materials
Measurements
338 x 229 x 72 mm
Place of origin
Basel
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3174902.5
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: Black printing ink with ms ink annotationsType: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supportsDate of Binding: contemporaryBinder's Name: English End Leaves: sewn me ms pieced parchment guard from the original endleaves (Originally around a single-fold of white paper?) and inserted tipped single fold of white laid paper. the inserted free flyleaf at right detached and tipped to guard Structure: EnglishEdges: palin cut, coloured salmon pink, polished Spine Lining: moderate round, quadrant joints, no visible linings End Bands: worked L-R 2x2 in blue and natural thread over rolled tanned core, cut at joints., 5 tiedownsBookmark: NoneBoards: beech wood with gentle external cushion along the spine, otherwise square. All slips laced through 2holes perpendicularly.Covering: full dark brown tanned calf Tooling Spine: single blind-tooled fillet frame to each panel, tied up at head and tail continuously on either side of kettlebands, 18th century tanned brown lettering piece in panel 2Tooling Sides: blind-tooled 2-fillet border frame, and two concentric blind-tooled roll frames, the innerwith external corner fleur-de-lys and the outer with diagonal corner links to border frame, with arabesque tool double in centre panel.Furniture: Catchplates on right board with bars, surface-mounted straps on the left board. Enclosure: fore-edge wrapper and tapesBinding Notes:
Bibliographic description
Vol. 5
Makers and roles
Andreas Corvinus Matthias Flacius Illyricus (1520-1575) Thomas Holzhuter (d.1585) Matthaeus Richter (1528-1564) Basilius Faber (1520-1575) Johann Wigand (1523 - 1587)