Detail View: Medieval Collection: Inside lower cover binding

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