Binding leather with transfer of ink from the Old English leaf containing a fragment of Ælfric's “Sermo in natale unius confessoris."

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Title

Binding leather with transfer of ink from the Old English leaf containing a fragment of Ælfric's “Sermo in natale unius confessoris."

Description

This leather is from the original binding of the Kenneth Spencer Research Library's copy of Barclay His Argenis (1636). Visible is the transfer of ink from the Old English manuscript leaf once pressed up against the leather.  The Old English leaf had been used as manuscript waste to shore up the binding.

Date

after 1636 (binding leather date)

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Original Format

binding leather

Citation

“Binding leather with transfer of ink from the Old English leaf containing a fragment of Ælfric's “Sermo in natale unius confessoris.",” KU Libraries Exhibits, accessed March 29, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/items/show/7261.