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Keywords: -A Manuscript Catalogue of the books of the royal library of the kings of England, now in the British Museum.- - - Lower cover (partial image) (Tab.1281.b.1. ).jpg Style Panel design Centre and cornerpiece; Caption Lower cover partial image ; Colour Red; Edge Unspecified exhibition history Decorative Technique Painted Tooled in gold Tooled in blind; Cover Material Leather unspecified This is a ledger binding with flap tackets and other characteristic attributes H M Nixon suggested that it was prepared for royal use in England before 1547 but remained unused until 1698 when Dr Richard Bentley Librarian to William III used it for recording the royal library at St James's Thanks to bindings historians Federico Macchi and to A R A Hobson who has attributed this binding to Florence pre 1547 object history Text 16c; Unspecified; Unspecified object type Cc-zero place of creation Binding Italy place of discovery H M Nixon Studi de bibliografia in onore de Tammaro De Marinis vol III Verona 1964 pp305-6 Tammaro De Marinis La legatura artistica in Italia Florence 1960 especially vols 1 and II British Library image http //www bl uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage aspx RecordId 020-000015398 ImageId ImageId 54842 Copyright BL A Manuscript Catalogue of the books of the royal library of the kings of England now in the British Museum Uploaded with GWToolset A Manuscript Catalogue of the books of the royal library of the kings of England now in the British Museum - Lower cover partial image Tab 1281 b 1 http //www webarchive org uk/bldatasets/bindings/IMG_0043 jpg Bookbinding 16th-century bookbinding British Library Bookbindings
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