D. Caecilii Cypriani Carthaginiensis Episcopi, et gloriosissimi martyris Opera.
Saint Cyprian (c.200-258) Bishop of Carthage
Category
Books
Date
1593
Materials
Measurements
355 x 238 x 63 mm
Place of origin
Geneva
Collection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 3182470
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paperInk/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supportsDate of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: British (Oxford)End Leaves: Left: inserted tipped single-fold of cream, machine-made wove paper, outer leaf pasted to the board. Right: the same, with the original pastedown, now lifted and inserted as a flyleaf. Structure: BritishEdges: plain-cut, coloured yellow (which has penetrated 2-3mm into the absorbent text leaves), polished Spine Lining: moderate round, quadrant joints, no linings End Bands: worked L-R, 2x2 in plain thread over rolled paper cores Bookmark: loosely inserted length of brown and plain plaited thread, knotted at the outer end, with no indication of any original attachment Boards:6mm paper pulp, select, perpendicular lace, 1, 3, 5 of 5 Covering: full dark brown tanned calfTooling Spine: blind-tooled 2-line fillet at head and tail of each panel, later direct titling in gold in panel 2 and at tail of panel 6Tooling Sides: blind-tooled 3-line (thin/thick/thin) fillet border frame, with blind-blocked centrepiece. A later blind-tooled 2 fillet added across the outer corner of both boards during 19th-century Furniture: 2 pairs of ties on the fore-edge. Enclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Titlepage and right pastedown recto signed by Hannibal Gamon.
Bibliographic description
[20], 628, [36] p. ;. fol. Provenance: inscribed "Hannibal Gamon Tandem D.O.M." [i.e. Hannibal Gamon, Rector of St. Mawgan, (1582?-1651)]. Manuscript at top of title giving Cyprian's dates. Underlining. Binding: plain calf, sewn onto five raised bands; arabesque centrepiece; holes for clasps.
Makers and roles
Saint Cyprian (c.200-258) Bishop of Carthage Paolo Manuzio (1512-1574) Morel, Guillaume Simon Goulart (1543-1628) Jacques de Joigny de Pamèle (1536-1587) Jean Le Preux (d.1609)