Keywords: Speculum poenitentiae - Upper cover (Davis455).jpg Style Interlacing ribbon/strapwork; Caption Upper cover; Colour Red; Edge Unspecified exhibition history Decorative Technique Tooled in gold; Cover Material Goatskin includes morocco turkey etc Written on vellum by Pierre Bierri Octagonal binding Macchi states; XVII th century Paris postfanfare decoration Unusual binding Unknown to L Gruel Reliures de forme bizarre et irrégulière in Manuel Deuxième partie 1905 p 5-13 Different shapes are recorded fleur de lis for the Kings of France triangle as masonery symbol heart for love gift See H Petersen Bucheinbände p 206-257 too object history Text 1634; Paris; Unspecified object type Cc-zero place of creation Binding France place of discovery For other French 17c bindings see Isabelle de Conihout Pascal Ract-Madoux Relieures Francaises du 17c Paris 2002 British Library image http //www bl uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage aspx RecordId 020-000004110 ImageId ImageId 41660 Copyright BL Speculum poenitentiae Uploaded with GWToolset Speculum poenitentiae - Upper cover Davis455 http //www webarchive org uk/bldatasets/bindings/6175_4 jpg Bookbinding 17th-century bookbinding British Library Bookbindings |