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| Keywords: 35,322, 35,323. ROTHSCHILD BEQUEST. Vols. XIII., XIV. The Decameron of Boccaccio, in French. Translated by Laurens de Premier fait from a Latin version made for him (as he says in his prefac - Upper cover (Add Ms 35323).jpg Style Medallion or plaquette Lozenge or diamond Lettered cover eg intitals titles; Caption Upper cover; Colour Brown; Edge Unspecified exhibition history Decorative Technique Tooled in gold; Cover Material Unspecified Late xvth With ten nearly full-page miniatures of rather coarse execution enclosed in floriate borders at the beginnings of the several days in French style Binding dark-brown leather tooled cf Royal MS 13 B xx executed for Henry VIII Among other orna ments are medallion heads of Plato and Dido and the motto Foy pour debvoir of Edward Seymour ob 1552 Duke of Somerset Protector cf his seal Cat of Seals iii p 504 in a lozenge-shaped compartment in the centre of each cover 19 X 14 in object history Text 15c; France; Seymour Edward Duke of Somerset object type Cc-zero place of creation Binding England place of discovery H M Nixon Five Centuries of English Bookbinding London 1978 no 12 British Library image http //www bl uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage aspx RecordId 020-000016331 ImageId ImageId 55706 Copyright BL 35 322 35 323 ROTHSCHILD BEQUEST Vols XIII XIV The Decameron of Boccaccio in French Translated by Laurens de Premier fait from a Latin version made for him as he says in his preface addressed to the Duc de Berry by vng frere de Pordre des Cordeliers nommé maistre Antoine de Aresche see P Paris Les MSS François i p 242 Two volumes Manuscript on parchment Uploaded with GWToolset 35 322 35 323 ROTHSCHILD BEQUEST Vols XIII XIV The Decameron of Boccaccio in French Translated by Laurens de Premier fait from a Latin version made for him as he says in his prefac - Upper cover Add Ms 35323 http //www webarchive org uk/bldatasets/bindings/Add35323 jpg Bookbinding 16th-century bookbinding British Library Bookbindings | ||||
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