A history of the art of bookbinding : with some account of the books of the ancients (1894)
Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939, editor, Hannett, John, 1803-1893 · London : E. Stock · leaf 155
of a fine Evangelistarium. The bindingis of the time of Frederick III. (the middle of the fourteenth century). The ornamentsconsist of a lions head in the centre of the board surrounded by golden rays, and havinga lions head in each corner of the square. An arabesque border surrounds the… … WROUGHT SILVER BINDING. {From the original, South Kensington Museum, Professor J. H. Middleton, Illumination.Dibdins Bib, Dec, ii. 495. Ibid., 492. Dibdens Bib. Tour, iii. 274. SILVER BOOKBINDING. 9 A manuscript office of the Virgin, in the public library at Munich, bears witness tothe custom of…
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