Keywords: DIURNAL of the use of the Canons Regular of the Windesheim Congregation;. from the Priory of Our Lady and the Holy Apostle's at Utrecht. -Manuscript on parchment- - Upper cover (Add Ms 40153).jpg Style Unspecified; Caption Upper cover; Colour Unspecified; Edge Unspecified exhibition history Decorative Technique Unspecified; Cover Material Unspecified Probably written at Utrecht Initials in red and blue some with penwork Binding of oak boards covered with brown leather Each cover is divided by diagonal three-line fillets into twenty-four compartments twelve of lozenge shape the remainder forming segments of lozenges The lozenges contain four impressions of each of the following stamps pelican in her piety rectangular swan with star circular quatrefoil Iozenge-sahaped These stamps are reproduced by A Hulshof and M J Schretlen De Kunst der oude Boekbinders 1921 pl iii nos 3 10 11 and appear on books bound by the Brothers of the Common Life or of St Jerome at Utrecht The segments of lozenges bear impressions of two stamps a heart transfixed by two arrows in saltire surmounted by a star circular and a fleur-de-lys lozenge- shaped According to the South Kensington Catalogue of Book- bindings 1894 pp 168 169 the two stamps occur commonly on books belonging to the Augustinian Priory at Utrecht; they are reproduced by Hulshof and Schretlen op cit pl i nos 4 8 The evidence afforded by the occurrence of the various stamps on books at Utrecht suggests that the binding dates from the last quarter of the 15th century Remains of two brass clasps catching on to the Upper cover Belonged to the Priory of Our Lady and the Holy Apostles at Utrecht; see the inscription 16th cent Ad Regulares Ultraiectinos on f 372 b object history Text 15c; Utrecht; Unspecified object type Cc-zero place of creation Binding Netherlands place of discovery Unspecified British Library image http //www bl uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage aspx RecordId 020-000016340 ImageId ImageId 55711 Copyright BL DIURNAL of the use of the Canons Regular of the Windesheim Congregation; from the Priory of Our Lady and the Holy Apostle's at Utrecht Manuscript on parchment Uploaded with GWToolset DIURNAL of the use of the Canons Regular of the Windesheim Congregation; from the Priory of Our Lady and the Holy Apostle's at Utrecht Manuscript on parchment - Upper cover Add Ms 40153 http //www webarchive org uk/bldatasets/bindings/Add40153_FC jpg Bookbinding 15th-century bookbinding British Library Bookbindings Taken with Phase One P45+ |