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  • Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminiures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle.

    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
    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, thre...
    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 s...