Historic bindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford : with reproductions of twenty-four of the finest bindings (1891)
Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939, Bodleian Library · London : Sampson Low, Marston and Co. · leaf 84
Spanish Book of Hours;unfortunately it is undated, but it undoubtedly belongs to the earlyportion of the 16th century, and the binding is contemporarywith the book. In the Bibliotheque Nationale, some bindings of the time ofFrancis I., display the same arabesque ornament in conjunction withthe… … ■ rm ,. LAS HORAS DE NUESTRA SENORA. SPANISH. In brown leather, painted and gilt. Plate VI PLATE VI. 13 depressed surfaces, which are thickly gilded, graceful Saracenic raisedpatterns, coloured black, appear; the broad borders surrounding thedepressions are also coloured black; the remainder of the…
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