. The book, its history and development. (r^ ^>^^^Y^,y,Y,^^^^ been made, here or in any other country. Fine examplesmay be seen in the Hbrary at Westminster Abbey, at thePiBcord Office, and in tlie British Museum, and in every casetheir beauty and interest well repay the trouble of obtaining access to them. These volumesall are in the samestyle, but they varyin detail. All I haveseen are in redvelvet, and havemetal bosses in thecentre and smallerones in the of the hand-somest, which maybe taken as a type,is a copy of theindentures madebetween Abbot Islipand Henry VII. forthe foun
. The book, its history and development. (r^ ^>^^^Y^,y,Y,^^^^ been made, here or in any other country. Fine examplesmay be seen in the Hbrary at Westminster Abbey, at thePiBcord Office, and in tlie British Museum, and in every casetheir beauty and interest well repay the trouble of obtaining access to them. These volumesall are in the samestyle, but they varyin detail. All I haveseen are in redvelvet, and havemetal bosses in thecentre and smallerones in the of the hand-somest, which maybe taken as a type,is a copy of theindentures madebetween Abbot Islipand Henry VII. forthe foundation ofthe chantry at West-minster. It is alarge manuscript on vellum, and is covered in rich redvelvet projecting liberally over the edges, and boundwith gold fringe. In the centre is a circular silvM^cup-likeboss, containing the royal coat of arms, France an^lnglandquarterly, with supjporters of red dragon of Cadwalladerand white greyhound of De Beaufort, cut out of silver andenamelled in proper colours. At each corner is a circular. 1 EiG. 77. -English embroidered book, for Henry XWl. MISCELLANEA. 151 silver boss containing the De Beaufort device of a portcullisgilt and cut in low relief, and set on an enamelled back-ground of the Tudor livery colours, green and white, perpale. There are clasps of cloth of gold braid, fastening witha chased silver-gilt button bearing an enamelled rose, anddependent from the lower edge of the board are five silverboxes bearing Tudor emblems in relief, each containing animpression of the great seal. It is also recorded by Paul Hentzner that in 1598 he sawQueen Elizabeths library, and that many of them werebound in velvet and embroidered, a note that is fully cor-roborated by such of her books as now remain. But there were also books embroidered upon canvas in thefifteenth century, one of which is now in the British is a psalter of the fourteenth century, and is covered infine canvas on which are delicate embroideries in
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