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…
England, 1400s.
Directions for distilling a mixture of spices, herbs, and wine to make a water good for a variety of diseases and for wounds.
Top 3 lines partly torn away.
Phillipps 40717