File:Speculum poenitentiae - Upper cover (Davis455).jpg
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[edit]Speculum poenitentiae | ||||
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Speculum poenitentiae |
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Style: Interlacing ribbon/strapwork; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Red; Edge: Unspecified |
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Date | Binding: 17c | |||
Medium | Decorative Technique: Tooled in gold; Cover Material: Goatskin (includes morocco, turkey etc) | |||
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Shelfmark: Davis455 |
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Place of creation | Binding: France | |||
Object history | Text: 1634; Paris; Unspecified | |||
Notes | Written on vellum by Pierre Bierri. Octagonal binding. Macchi states; XVII th century, Paris (?), postfanfare decoration. Unusual binding. Unknown to L. Gruel, Reliures de forme bizarre et irrégulière in Manuel, Deuxième partie, 1905, p. 5-13). Different shapes are recorded: fleur de lis for the Kings of France, triangle as masonery symbol, heart for love gift. See H. Petersen, Bucheinbände, p. 206-257 too. | |||
References | For other French 17c bindings see Isabelle de Conihout & Pascal Ract-Madoux, Relieures Francaises du 17c, Paris 2002. | |||
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