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- Alternative Title:
- Livre de Prières Tissé and Translated title: Book of Prayers woven after illuminations in manuscripts of the fourteenth and sixteenth century
- Subject:
- Leather bindings (Bookbinding), Bookbinding, Manuscripts, Medieval, Prayers and devotions, Prayer books, History, and Silk weaving
- Creator:
- Hervier, R. P. J., active 1886-1887, Henry, J. A., active 1878-1887, and Roux, A. (Printer), active 1885
- Contributor:
- Publisher:
- Lyon : A. Roux, mdccclxxxvi [1886]
- Location:
- Language:
- fre and lat
- Date Created:
- 1886 to 1887
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (fee for reproductions). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- Text
- Identifier:
- Shelf Mark: MS.Fr.2 and Call Number: BV246 L58 1886
- Extent:
- 58 pages ; 17 x 14 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- France--Lyon and France
- Coordinates:
- 45.74846, 4.84671 and 46, 2
- Chronological Coverage:
- 13xx/15xx
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Illustrated book on silk; [4] 6 + 44 + [4] = 58 pp, small in 4o, 43 numbered pages, plus 6 printed preliminary pages, plus 4 pages front and back of mounted silk, unprinted, text block 168 x 138 mm., one half-page, three full-page illustrations, in addition to various styles of decorative borders and initials throughout on every page, woven entirely in silver-gray and black silk. and Fine binding of dark brown levant morocco by Kaufmann Petit, art nouveau Parisian binders, brown silk doublures, in pristine condition, with a marbled slipcase and chemise, brown morocco spine, elaborately gilt.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Book Arts Collection
- Provenance:
- Purchased from Les Enluminures, Ltd. on the MSSF Fund, 2018.
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- books, specimens, and prayer books
- Is Referenced By:
- From Les Enluminures website: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/MsFr2_full.pdf and Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-08-06/2019-08-07
- Technical Note:
- 600 dpi TIFF. Scanned on Betterlight TTI (camera height 600; 1/15; 283; Bent5) by PD. Cover and slipcover scanned atop buff coloured paper for contrast. Slipcover images at end of sequence. Ribbon bookmark placed at end of book throughout scanning. Metadata by KD.