Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · London : Constable · leaf 61
Fig. 48.—French bindingof the thirteenth cen-tury with enamels. 48 THE BOOK: ITS HISTOEY AND DEVELOPMENT. kept in the cathedral treasury at Milan, and is without itsoriginal inside; it is attributed to the fifth century. Early Irish manuscripts were usually bound in quitesimple limp leather covers,… … ;pIG, 49.—The upper cover of the Cumdach of the StoweMissal. boxes or Cumdachs, all of which still existing are of thegreatest interest. One of the finest is that of the Stowe Missal, dating fromabout the eleventh century. It belonged originally to themonastery of Lorrha in Tipperary, whence it was…
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