. Historic bindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford : with reproductions of twenty-four of the finest bindings. Arms of Archbishop Laud. HISTORIC BINDINGS IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY. PLATE EVANGELIARIUM, S1VE LECTIONES EVAN-GELIQE PRO FESTIS PER TOTUM ANNUM. Folio MS. on vellum. ioth century. Red morocco with IVORY CARVING OF THE CARLOVINGIAN SCHOOL INSERTED INFRONT COVER. [MS. DOUCE 176.] Measurements of the ivory panel: 8 in. x 5 anels of carved ivory were used by the Romansto protect a surface of wax or a few sheets ofparchment, upon which important memorandacould be written. Consular dip
. Historic bindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford : with reproductions of twenty-four of the finest bindings. Arms of Archbishop Laud. HISTORIC BINDINGS IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY. PLATE EVANGELIARIUM, S1VE LECTIONES EVAN-GELIQE PRO FESTIS PER TOTUM ANNUM. Folio MS. on vellum. ioth century. Red morocco with IVORY CARVING OF THE CARLOVINGIAN SCHOOL INSERTED INFRONT COVER. [MS. DOUCE 176.] Measurements of the ivory panel: 8 in. x 5 anels of carved ivory were used by the Romansto protect a surface of wax or a few sheets ofparchment, upon which important memorandacould be written. Consular diptychs of largersize than those made for everyday use formedpart of the presents sent to eminent personsby new consuls, on their appointment to consular diptychs were in later timeadapted to Christian purposes, for preserving in churches the namesof the faithful, of bishops, or of benefactors. In the Carlovingianperiod the panels of diptychs were used to adorn the bindings ofprecious manuscripts, and it is only with ivories devoted to thispurpose that we have now to deal. The Bodleian possesses threefamous ivories on book-covers, the earliest being that represented onthe opposite page. The history of the MS. in brief is as follows. Itcan be traced to the Abbey of St. Faron, near Meaux, in the Depart-ment of Seine and Marne. In 1833 it was bought at the sale ofM. Abel-Remusats library by Payne (a bookseller), who s
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