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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
    Publisher
    Lyon : A. Roux, mdccclxxxvi [1886]
    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, three full-page illustrations, in addition to various...
    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.pdfSpecial 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.