. Treasure binding. German, late 12th or early 13th century. Faded red velvet over wooden boards. Upper cover fashioned from gilt metal plate, sunk into wood, decorated with jewels, rock crystal, and antique cameos; with central figure of a seated king and four evangelists worked in metal relief. Jewelled or 'treasure' bindings such as were designed to be carried in procession and displayed during major church services. Although both the manuscript (from the Cistercian abbey of Himmerod, in the diocese of Trier) and the cover date from the same period, scholars now doubt whether they were orig
. Treasure binding. German, late 12th or early 13th century. Faded red velvet over wooden boards. Upper cover fashioned from gilt metal plate, sunk into wood, decorated with jewels, rock crystal, and antique cameos; with central figure of a seated king and four evangelists worked in metal relief. Jewelled or 'treasure' bindings such as were designed to be carried in procession and displayed during major church services. Although both the manuscript (from the Cistercian abbey of Himmerod, in the diocese of Trier) and the cover date from the same period, scholars now doubt whether they were originally made to be together. Homiliae variae Bodleian Libraries, Homiliae variae
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