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PLATES. 3. The Felbrigge Psalter. 13th-century MS., 29 4. The Miroir or Glasse of the Synneful Soul. MS. by the Princess Elizabeth. 1544, 32 5. Prayers of Queen Katherine Parr. MS. by the Princess Elizabeth. 1545, 33 6. Christian Prayers. _London_, 1581, 37 7. Psalms and Commo...
Perhaps the earliest existing English book bound in satin is a collection of sixteenth-century tracts that belonged to Henry VIII., and is now part of the Old Royal Library in t...
7. Chapter 7It seems probable that velvet was a favourite covering for royal books in England from an early period. Such volumes as remain 'covered in vellat' that belonged to Henry VII. ar...
5. Chapter 5The application of needlework to the embellishment of the bindings of books has hitherto almost escaped special notice. In most of the works on the subject of English Bookbindin...
6. Chapter 6English books bound in embroidered canvas range over a period of about two hundred and fifty years, the earliest known specimen dating from the fourteenth century, and instances...
4. Chapter 4PLATES. 34. Collection of Sixteenth-Century Tracts, 80 35. New Testament in Greek. _Leyden_, 1576, 81 36. Bible. _London_, 1619, 84 37. Emblemes Chrestiens. MS. 1624, 85 38. New...
3. Chapter 3PLATES. 15. Très ample description de toute la terre Saincte, etc. MS. 1540, 52 16. Biblia. _Tiguri_, 1543, 54 17. Il Petrarcha. _Venetia_, 1544, 55 18. Queen Mary's Psalter. 14...
2. Chapter 2PLATES. 3. The Felbrigge Psalter. 13th-century MS., 29 4. The Miroir or Glasse of the Synneful Soul. MS. by the Princess Elizabeth. 1544, 32 5. Prayers of Queen Katherine Parr....
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