Description: Sixteenth-century, probably German, binding of blind-tooled alum-tawed pigskin over wooden boards. Covers decorated in concentric rectangular frames with ornamental and portrait rolls surrounding a central figural panel stamp. Spine with raised bands and a later leather title label; remains of two metal fastenings.
Source:
Dominicus de Flandria, Quaestiones in commentaria Thomae de Aquino super Metaphysicis Aristotelis, Venice [Petrus de Quarengiis, Bergomensis], for Alexander Calcedonius 20 Aug. 1499
Century:
16th
Type: Binding
ICONCLASS
49M51 book-cover, binding
Last Edited: 2026/09/07 09:11:57
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