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Liber Ezechialis [manuscript on vellum]
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Liber Ezechialis [manuscript on vellum]
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Style: Plain; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: White / cream; Edge: Unspecified
Date Binding: 12c
Medium Decorative Technique: Unspecified; Cover Material: Leather (unspecified)
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Shelfmark: Davis80
Place of creation Binding: England
Object history Text: Late 12c; Yorkshire; Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire
Notes Whittawed skin over wooden boards. 1 brass clasp catching on to pin nearly in centre of the lower cover. Smooth spine with tabs at head and tail. Julian Harrison writes "ms written by a French scribe in France or England second half of 12c. Gloss written contemporaneously, perhaps by same scribe. Bound very soon after ms was made by first half of 13c at the latest."
References See M M Foot, The Henry Davis Gift, vol II, London, 1983; Pollard, 'The construction of English twelfth century bindings' in The Library, 5th ser, 1962, p. 1-22.
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