Description: Contemporary binding by the Augsburg "Head-over-heels binder" (EBDB w000959, Kyriss 78; active 1473-1501). Blind-tooled calf over square wooden boards including a scroll lettered "Maria Hilff". Single clasp (missing). Traces of manuscript title at head of upper cover. Rebacked, retaining most of original spine. Binding slightly rubbed with a few small wormholes.
Source:
Nider, Johannes, Praeceptorium divinae legis, sive Expositio decalogi
, Ulm Johann Zainer [not after 1479]
Exact Date: 1501
Type: Binding
ICONCLASS
49M51 book-cover, binding
Last Edited: 2024/10/31 11:00:15
Uploaded by:Tom MacKinnon