Seventeenth-century binding with bronze chain from the Leiden University Library
year: 17e eeuw
type: boek
book
detail: ja
dimensions: 29 x 21,5 cm.
related terms: universiteitsbibliotheken boekbanden kettingen
period: 17e eeuw
classification:
J: Bibliotheken en instellingen
F: Bindkunst
contents: Between 1595 an 1653 the larger formats of books in the Leiden University Library were chained to the bookcases to prevent theft. The binding shown here contains a 16th-century manuscript with the commentary of Johannes Chrysostomos on two letters by St Paul. It is the only binding in the Leiden University Library which still has the bronze library chain. The parchment bindings, with in the centre the arms of the university representing the goddess Athena in a cartouche, were characteristic of the Leiden University Library. Many of these have been preserved.
origineel:
©description: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
©reproduction: Leiden Universiteitsbibliotheek
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