COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
Petworth_621
Reference Number:
Petworth 486026
Image Title:
Inside lower cover binding
Parent Work Title:
Canterbury Tales
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Petworth Chaucer
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Leconfield Chaucer
Creator:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Creator Role:
Author
Display Creator:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Date Created:
15th century [c.1420-1440]
Page:
Inside lower cover
Image Sequence Number:
309r
Description:
Binding: vellum pastedown on wooden boards. Board covering: cerise silk velvet, not contemporary with textblock (late C18th/19th?).
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Support:
Wood
Support:
Velvet
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE [late]
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE [early]
Item Height:
349 mm
Item Width:
256 mm
Item Depth:
84 (spine) - 92 (foredge ) mm
Current Repository:
National Trust, Petworth House & Park, West Sussex
Provenance:
Northumberland, Henry Percy, Earl of, 1446-1489
Provenance:
Wyndham, Charles Henry, 3rd Baron Leconfield
Provenance:
Seymour, Catherine, Lady
Provenance:
Percy, Elizabeth, Lady
Rights Holder - Image:
National Trust
Rights holder - Work:
National Trust
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2010-03-23
Multi Page Number:
3105
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-04
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Inside lower cover binding
