Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . SATCHEL OF THE BREAC MOEDOIG. BOOK-SATCHEL IN CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, OXFORD SOME EARLY ORNAMENTED LEATHERWORK 303 Bookbinding in Stonyhurst College(plate xxxi) There is in the celebrated College of Stonyhurst, Lancashire, aninteresting binding on a manuscript copy of the Gospel of St is composed of two thin boards of lime-wood 5J inches high and3J inches wide, covered with dark crimson-stained leather. On thefront is a panel divided into three compartments surrounded by anarrow border. The central compartment is occupied by a fo
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . SATCHEL OF THE BREAC MOEDOIG. BOOK-SATCHEL IN CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, OXFORD SOME EARLY ORNAMENTED LEATHERWORK 303 Bookbinding in Stonyhurst College(plate xxxi) There is in the celebrated College of Stonyhurst, Lancashire, aninteresting binding on a manuscript copy of the Gospel of St is composed of two thin boards of lime-wood 5J inches high and3J inches wide, covered with dark crimson-stained leather. On thefront is a panel divided into three compartments surrounded by anarrow border. The central compartment is occupied by a foliatedornament in good relief, bearing traces of colour. The upper andlower compartments have interlaced ornaments—the fine incisedlines forming these being coloured blue or yellow. The border isformed of two fine lines arranged en guilloche. The other side has aplain wide border of two fillets enclosing a trellis pattern, all donein fine incised lines. According to an inscription on the first leaf of the manuscript,it was found with the body of St Cuthbert (d. 687), when his tom
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