Early Oxford Bindings by S Gibson 1903

EARLY
OXFORD BINDINGS
By STRICKLAND GIBSON
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EARLY
OXFORD BINDINGS
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STRICKLAND GIBSON
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PREFACE
This essay is a contribution to the history of bookbinding at Oxford
down to the period of the Civil War ; it treats solely of bindings
decorated with stamps and rolls to the exclusion of all gilt-tooled
work. I have to offer my sincere thanks to many helpers, and especi-

ally to Oxford and Cambridge Librarians for the numerous facilities
they have afforded me ; to Mr. Noel Barwell, Mr. E. Gordon Duff,

and Mr. G. W. Wheeler for generous help and advice ; to the Rev. H. A.
Wilson, who, in addition to other assistance, gave me the references
to binders contained in Magdalen College charters ; and to Mr. A. W.

Pollard, who kindly suggested that this monograph should be issued
by the Bibliographical Society. To Mr. F. Madan I have to express

my gratitude for constant help and encouragement.
Most of the drawings of stamps and rolls are by Mr. S. R. E.
Phillips ; the remainder, with the exception of a few executed by
Mr. F. C. Wellstood, are by Mr. C. J. Bayzand. To them my thanks

are due for the pains they bestowed upon the work.
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CONTENTS
PAGE
Preface . . - v
Chief Authorities consulted viii
Early Oxford Bindings:

Introduction i
I. List of Bindings:
Stamped Bindings, grouped Chronologically 15
Stamps a7
List of Rolls, arranged Chronologically 28
Centre-pieces 39
Notes on Bindings 40
IL Chronological List of Oxford Binders, c. i 180-1640 . .

43
in. Extracts from the Bodleian Day Books (1613-24) and

Account Book (1613-76) 51
IV. Examples OF Bindings executed BY Oxford Binders, 1613-30 59
Index of Persons and Places mentioned 61
List of Illustrations and Plates 67
Plates at end
CHIEF AUTHORITIES CONSULTED
Reliquiae Bodleianae ;
or, some genuine remains of Sir Thomas Bodley, 1703.
An Index to Wills proved in the Court of the Chancellor of the University of

Oxford, by the rev. J. Griffiths. 1862. {Oxf. Wills)
Munimenta Academica, or documents illustrative of academical life and studies

at Oxford. By the rev. H. Anstey. (Rolls Series.) 1868.
Notes from the Muniments of St. Mary Magdalen College, Oxford. By

William Dunn Macray. 1882.
Register of the University of Oxford, vol. ii, ot. i. Edited by Andrew Clark.
(Oxford Historical Society.) 1887. [Univ. Reg.)
Survey of the Antiquities of the City of Oxford, by Anthony Wood. Edited by

Andrew Clark. 3 vols. (Oxford Historical Society.) 1889-99.
The Life and Times of Anthony Wood, described by Himself. Collected from
his diaries and other papers by Andrew Clark. 5 vols. (Oxford Historical
Society.) 1 891-1900.
Oxford City Documents, 1268-1665. Edited by J. E, Thorold Rogers. (Oxford

Historical Society.) 1891.
Oriel College, Oxford. Catalogue of Muniments, compiled by C. L. Shadwell.

1 893-1 902. [Oriel Muniments)
Registrum CoUegii Exoniensis. Bythe rev. C. W. Boase. New ed. (Oxford

Historical Society.) 1894. [Reg. Exon)
A Register of the Members of St. Mary Magdalen College, Oxford. New series.
Vols. 1-3. By William Dunn Macray. 1894-1901. [Magd. Reg)
The Cartulary of the Monastery of St. Frideswide at Oxford. Edited by the
rev. R. Wigram.
S. 2 vols. (Oxford Historical Society.) 1895-96.
[Cart, of S. Frideswide' s)
The Early Oxford Press. A bibliography of printing and publishing at Oxford,

'1468-1640. By Falconer Madan. 1895. [Oxf. Press)
EARLY OXFORD BINDINGS
INTRODUCTION
The earliest document which affords circumstantial evidence of the
existence of a Studium Generale at Oxford contains, strangely enough,
the first mention of an Oxford binder. In this deed, which cannot
well be later than 1 1 80, Laurencius, *
mentioned as the
ligator,' is
tenant of property in Cat Street. The history of bookbinding at

Oxford therefore opens auspiciously, for it was during the second half
of the 1 2th century that the finest English bindings were produced;
and the continuity of University history, the frequent mention of
scribes, illuminators, parchment-sellers, and binders from about 11 80,
and the existence of wealthy monastic foundations in or near Oxford,
seem to promise much. It must be admitted, however, that the
results are somewhat disappointing. The earliest stamped binding

which can at present be identified as Oxford work is of the 1 5th century,
and until then there is little to record save the names of binders and
the localities where they exercised their craft.
The two localities most frequented by those engaged in the
production of books were Schidyerd Lane and Cat Street, both near
the Church of S. Mary the Virgin, which from the earliest times has
been the centre of academic life. In Schidyerd Lane, now Oriel Street,
a tenement called Bokbynder's is mentioned in a charter of 1 365 {Oriel
Muniments, iii, p. 6) and although bookbinding may not have been
;
carried on there at that date, the fact of the name having been
attached to the place seems sufficient to justify the assumption that
a binder or guild of binders had formerly been established there.
In Cat Street a Tenementum Bokbyndere, owned by Osney Abbey,
was rented in 1402 by Henry the lymner {Bodl. Osney roll 6f}, at
a somewhat later date by Richard the parchment-seller [Bodl. Osney
roll 84), and in 1453 by All Souls College {Bodl. MS. Wood ij). F
Its site is that of the present College Chapel.
I B
The book stating that it was bound at Oxford
earliest entry in a
is, I believe, in Brit. Mus. Royal MS. XI C III, a 1 3th century MS.
of the Pandects of Justinian, once the property of Reading Abbey.

The inscription, written about 1340, states Istum librum Oxonie *
fecit Ricardus de Redyng ligari.' It would be useless to conjecture
how the binding came to be executed at Oxford, and unwise to assume

that MSS. of Reading Abbey were usually bound there, but that books
were so sent from smaller towns in the vicinity is evident from entries
in the ^Computorum of the Church of S. Mary the Virgin at
Liber
Thame [Bodl. MS. Top. Oxon d 28). In 1449 a payment of five
shillings was made to Johannes Pradte [Pratt] bokebynder of Oxford
'
dwellyng yn Katstrete for mendyng of the bokys as for howrpart.'

At a later date the Church books were bound at the Priory of Notley,
and not until 1521 in Thame itself. Another MS. in the British
Museum, Royal MS. 6 D II, had in 1734 the following interesting
note :
—
liber ligatus erat Oxonii, in Catstrete, ad instantiam
' Iste
Reverendi Domini Thome Wybarun in sacra Theologia Bacalarii
Monachi Roffensis, Anno Domini 1467 (see Casley's Catalogue of '
the manuscripts of The MS. has unfortunately

the Kings Library).
been rebound, and the note has disappeared with the ancient binding.
Of the MSS. written at Oxford and still preserved there, most
have been rebound. A
few of the first half of the 15th century
still retain their original and are of
coverings of white sheepskin,
little interest. The stamped work which can be attributed to
earliest
an Oxford binder is on a collection of sermons written at Oxford in
1460 (plate I). The dies are disposed in the traditional English
manner, and two are of very early design, one of them occurring on
a 1 2th century binding in the British Museum. The back of the
volume is tooled with intersecting fillets and small roundels arranged in
sets of three. These roundels, either singly or in sets of three, are so

distinctive of Oxford 15th century work that some notice of their
employment is necessary. They first appear, singly and often with
a dot in the centre, on English 12th century work, and are generally
somewhat larger than those employed at Oxford in the 15th century.
Examples almost identical with those in use at Oxford are found on
' Portions of this Computus have been published in the Berks, Bucks, and Oxon Arch.
Journal by Mr. W. P. Ellis, who kindly called my attention to the above entries.
2
the covers of a German MS. written about 1400 {Cassel MS. poet. rom.
8: Bickell, Bookbindings from the Hessian hist, exhibition, plate IIP),
and, to take a very late example, on the binding of a book printed at
Mainz in 1555 {BodL Marshall 77), formerly in the Library of a
Carthusian monastery near Utrecht. Their use in sets of three is of
much rarer occurrence. An early instance is on Bodl. MS. Hamilton
a German MS. of about 1450, formerly in the possession of the
Carthusian monastery at Erfurt. The upper cover is decorated with
a large design of the Virgin and Child surrounded by borders com-
posed of roses and roundels arranged singly, in twos and in threes.
The disposal of the roundels in the compartments formed by the
intersectionof the fillets bears a striking resemblance to that on
Oxford bindings of somewhat later date. A similar arrangement of
roundels alternating with stamps occurs on the binding of a book
printed at Utrecht in 1474 {Private Library). These instances show
their employment to be not altogether peculiar to Oxford work, but
on foreign bindings they are disposed with considerably less decorative
effect. About 1470 stamps with the three roundels cut on them came
into use, a peculiarity I have not remarked on foreign stamps. It is,
moreover, a curious fact that bindings on which these stamps are found
never have the roundels in sets of three stamped on other parts of the
cover.
The next earliest Oxford binding that can be approximately dated
is on MS. Univ. Coll. no, written by a certain J. Goolde about 1462
(plate III): MS. Magd. Coll. ^g, written by John Goold in 1471 and
presented by him to the College, and MS. Magd. Coll. i8g, once owned
by Nicholas Good (Fellow c. 1470), are contained in bindings of the
same class. These were undoubtedly produced in the same bindery,
the disposal of the dies and the ruling of the fillets being almost
identical on all three. The decoration consists of dies arranged to
form two parallelograms, with horizontal rows and a massing of stamps
in the central panel, which is rather typical of Oxford work. Of the
three bindings the lastis the most interesting on account of some early
stamps employed, and the appearance of the foliage stamp with the
roundels. This foliage stamp, with others of foreign design, is found
on the binding of the Osney Cartulary preserved in the Record Office,
which is of rather special importance as it may have been executed
3 B 2
in a bindery attached to the Abbey, within or near the precincts of
which existed a Bookbinders' Bridge as early as 1377. In the Osney
Cartulary preserved at Christ Church, Oxford, its location is thus
defined that the Brige that extende ouer the Ressell ronnyng
:
'
. . .
more nere to the stamike water of the mylles of the Castell of Oxen-
forde in the west parte of the seyd stamike ys the seyd Bryge called
Bookbynders bryge \' In all probability the bridge took its name
from tenements occupied by those engaged in binding for the
Abbey. The Osney rentals of 1453 show that Cotagium primum '
secundum tercium quartum & quintum iuxta bokebynders bryg'

were let to Richard Webbe at an annual rent of 1 3^. 4^. {iBodl. MS.
F
Wood if). To-day the bridge is nameless, but the passage leading
to the tenements adjoining is still known as Bookbinders' Yard. An
additional fact connecting this neighbourhood with our subject is the
mention by Wood of a bookbinders' tannery on the river Eld ; its site
is now known.
not
The question of the date of the earliest Oxford printed book has
given rise to much controversy, but there is good reason to suppose
that the sancti leronimi in simbolum apostolorum was
Exposicio
printed in 1478, and was the first production of the Oxford Press.
The Jerome is small and is generally found bound with other
pamphlets it is indeed doubtful if any copy exists in a contemporary
;
stamped binding without the addition of other matter. Two bindings

that once contained such collections are illustrated in this essay. One
is a '
Rood and Hunt binding probably executed a few years after 1478,
'
the other is tooled in a typically English manner with stamps of un-

common In 1479 two more books appeared from the Oxford
design.
Yx&ss, Aegidius de originali peccato, dindi Textus ethicorum Aristotelis
per Leonardum Areiinum translatus, both without the printer's name.
The fourth (or perhaps the fifth) production, the commentary by
Alexander de Ales on the De Atttma of Aristotle, is important on
account of its colophon which states that it was Impressum per '
me Theodericum rood de Colonia in alma vniuersitate Oxon. Anno

incarnacionis dominice M. cccc. Ixxxi. xi. die mensis Octobris.' Of
' According to Wood this is the bridge mentioned in the P. R. O. Godstow Cartulary (f. 115 ^)
in a charter temp. Richard I as 'pons perquem itur apud Oseneiam.' The Ressell
Henry II or
or Russell is the stream flowing between Quaking Bridge and S. Thomas's Church.
this Theodoric Rood little is known. In an elaborate colophon pre-
fixed to the Phalaris of 1485 he appears in partnership with a
Thomas Hunt, and it is probable that the partnership had existed
for some time. The latest production of the 1 5th century Oxford
Press is the Festial of i486, but it is doubtful if Rood assisted
in its printing. Thomas Hunt, his partner, is doubtless identical
with a stationer of that name who< first appears in 1473 {Oxf.
Press, p. 272), and who from 1477 to 1479 rented from Osney Abbey
extensive premises in Haberdasher's Hall in Cat Street. After his
death the business seems to have been carried on by his widow,
Emmota Hunt, who is mentioned as the tenant of the same premises
in 1498 {BodL MS. Wood 10). F
Besides those already mentioned, the chief books printed by Rood,
or by Rood and Hunt, are the Lathbitry of 1482, the Vulgaria Terencii,
and the Lyndeivoode. The last two are without date, but are presumably
of 1483. The Lathbiiry is the least rare of 15th century Oxford
printed books, and a fine copy on parchment contained in its original
binding is preserved in the Library of All Souls College. The
decoration of this binding consists of a central panel composed of
two (on the lower cover three) vertical rows of stamps in juxtaposition
enclosed by two parallelograms formed by two sets of stamps, and
an outer framework decorated with roses alternating with roundels
arranged in sets of three. This class of binding, which in point of
date exactly fits in with the arrival of Rood at Oxford, is fairly
common and is generally attributed to Rood and Hunt. The most
typical kind of decoration consists of a central panel composed of
horizontal rows of stamps surrounded by a border formed by the
repetition of an oblong stamp with foliage twined round a pole,
the various rows separated by fillets, and the whole enclosed by
a frame formed by two-line fillets intersecting at right angles, and
decorated with roses and roundels in sets of three in the square :
compartments formed by the intersecting fillets single stamps and

roundels are placed. Curiously enough, however, the All Souls
binding is one of the least typical of its class, as it lacks the foliage
stamp and has the stamps in the central panel in juxtaposition and
not separated by fillets. To judge from the date of the books
on which these bindings are found, most of them were executed
5
about 1482 ; I have not yet met with an example on a book printed
at a later date.
On these bindings foreign influence can most distinctly be traced.
The designs of all the stamps, except perhaps that of the two birds
with men's heads, are foreign and resemble very closely those employed
by Brabant binders. The stamps with the dragon, the eagles, the cocks,
and the birds and chalice are among the most frequently used in the
last quarter of the 15th century, but however common the design may
be it is difficult to find stamps on distinct classes of bindings agreeing

in measurement. The first three mentioned above occur on a binding
by Jean Veldener, a Brabant printer (Holtrop, Monuments typo-
graphiqucs, plate [33] 131), and the stamp with the cocks is identical
both in measurement and design with the Oxford one except that it
contains an extra framework. Some bindings, almost certainly pro-
duced at Oxford, are not only decorated with foreign stamps but are
absolutely foreign in design as well. An excellent example is on
a copy of the Aretinus {Bodl. S. Seld. e 2). Here the stamps and
their disposal on the covers are typically Netherlandish, and the only
points which the binding has in common with Oxford work are the
lining of the boards with manuscript fragments, and the red and blue
headband, which is very like those found on 'Rood and Hunt'
bindings. Other examples are on the Bodleian Ales {Bodl. Auct. R
supra 16), and the New College Logic {N E
cupb. ^f).
About 1482 two stamps of very unusual shape appear. These
stamps (nos. 52, 53), which are semicircular and resemble three arches,
always seem to accompany each other. In the list of bindings three
examples decorated with them are mentioned, the first {MS. Line. Coll.
102) connects this class with that to which MS. Magd. Coll. i8p
belongs, but the most interesting of the three is on the Lathbury
in Cambridge University Library. This binding is remarkable for
its circular ornamentation, and still more for the curious wedge-shaped
stamps employed in its composition. Two similar bindings are known,

one at St. John's College, Cambridge, and one from an undescribed
rubbing in the National Art Library. The disposal of the dies on the
Cambridge Lathbury Is so faithful to the 12th century English manner
as to lead one to believe that the early style must have lingered at
Oxford until the close of the 15th century. The typical decoration
6
of English 12th century bindings consists of stamps arranged either in
circles or half circles radiating towards a circular one, or as parallelo-
grams one within the other. The two arrangements are often found
on the same binding, as on the Winchester Doomsday Book, and on
a London binding in the Bodleian {MS. Rawl. C 16fj. The circles
on the Winchester binding are formed by wedge-shaped stamps, but
the more common plan was to arrange lobe-shaped stamps within
a circular fillet. Either form is extremely rare in the 15th century,
and a comparison of the Cambridge binding with that of the
Winchester Doomsday Book will show how slightly the early style
was modified.
Although Oxford 15th century bindings are not uncommon, and
the names of many binders are known, it is not possible, owing to
the lack of documentary evidence, to attribute particular classes to
individual binders. We have, however, in the Registers of Magdalen
College, edited by Dr. Macray, valuable entries relating to the Library
accounts from 1481, but even here the results are disappointing.
Many books mentioned as having been bound are either no longer
in the Library, or are now contained in more recent coverings.
Apparently but one 1 5th century book, a copy of the Antonius Andreae,
still retains its original covers. This was bound in 1485-6 at a cost
of twelve pence, and may reasonably be assumed to be the work of
either Thomas Uffyngton or John Bray, who were the College binders
at about that date. These extracts are also valuable as shedding some
light on a little known subject and one of importance in the study of
bookbindings, namely, the conditions of book-purchase in early times.
For instance, were books bought ready bound, and were
in quires or
the Oxford printers the binders of their own books In this essay
the stamped bindings of ten 15th century Oxford printed books are
described, and if two that contained the Jerome with other works
be omitted, of the remaining eight only two are decorated with the
same stamps, and the three copies of the Lathbury are in as many
styles of binding. This dissimilarity seems to indicate that the
in quires, and the fact that
printers usually sold their productions
Magdalen College had a Lathbury (which is almost certain to have
been that of 1482) bound in parchment in 1483-4 seems to support
this view.
In the last decade of the 15th century an entirely new style is
found (plate XVIII), bearing no resemblance to the earlier manner,

but forming a connecting link between stamped bindings and those
decorated with roll-produced borders. Apparently the transitional
stage, which is marked in London work by the use of panel-stamps,
has no place in the history of Oxford bindings, although Henry Jacobi,
who lived there from 15 12-14,may have used his panel-stamp if, in
addition to being a stationer, he was also a binder.
With the greater demand for books during the early years of the
1 6th century a labour-saving tool called a roll came into use. It
consisted of a wheel engraved with a design, which could therefore

be repeated indefinitely. Many bindings decorated in this manner
are not inferior to stamped work, and for a few years the old style
was but slightly modified, but when smaller rolls came into use this
class of binding quickly deteriorated and soon lost its distinction. The
early rolls, especially those in use at London and Cambridge, are often
inscribed with the binder's initials or mark, and when the binder was
also a stationer or printer they can generally be identified. But it is not
always safe to assume that a book was bound by the binder whose roll
occurs on it, as these tools doubtless passed from father to son, from
master to apprentice, and from binder to binder. A very large number
of rolls have no initials, are of small size with inferior designs, and
were doubtless imported from the Continent. It is such that we meet
with on Oxford bindings. Of the twenty-eight mentioned in the List of
Rolls, eight have initials. Those on no. Ill cannot interpret, the 'G. F.'
and G. K.' on rolls VIII and XII have not yet been identified, the
'
mark of a London stationer occurs on no. XXII, and the initials of

Oxford binders are found on only four, nos. XXIV-XXVII, The
Bodleian Day Book and other documents afford direct evidence that
nos. XII, XVII-XXVIII were used by Oxford binders. One of
the earliest bindings decorated with no. XII is on the Key Keepers
Accounts (i 555-1644) preserved in the City Archives, and the following
entries in the Audit Book (i 556-1557) seem to refer to it :
Payments neceffary.
Item to Harry Milwarde for a pap^-r boke iii^ vlij'^.
accomptes
8
.....
Item to Cavy for bynding of a boke for the
xiiij^.
No. XI is common on bindings executed about 1600, when
almost it
invariably accompanies no. XIX,

which belonged to Francis Peerse
in 161 3. Nos. II and VII occur on College Registers in all probability
bound at Oxford ; no. VII is moreover one of the rolls most frequently
found in College Libraries decorating the bindings of books printed
1540-50, Nos. VIII-X, XIII, and XIV are found in conjunction
with one or other of those previously mentioned, and no. I occurs on
bindings which often contain early Oxford printed fragments. The
really doubtful Oxford rolls are nos. III-VI, XV, and XVI. Nos.
Ill and IV are not uncommon within certain dates, and the bindings
on which they are found have a close resemblance to those decorated
with no. I. Nos, V and VI are particularly common at Magdalen on
books printed in 1539 and shortly before (see pp, 29, 30); nos, XV and
XVI are common at Corpus Christi College, and are usually found
on books presented by Thomas Greneway, President (156^-68). One
point must also be taken into consideration. There is no reason to
suppose that only a single roll with a particular design was made many ;
were doubtless sold by the engraver, and some may be distinguished

by small faults in the tool, as in roll XX. It does not therefore
follow, because a binding was produced at Oxford and tooled with
a particular roll in 1647, as in the case of Univ. Archives G L
///(roll XXVIII), that earlier bindings decorated with the same roll
were also produced there. This especially applies to bindings decorated

with nos. XIV, XVII, and XXII, and in a less degree to most of those
decorated with the remaining rolls, except nos. XXIV-XXVII.
To judge from the lack of printers, literary activity at Oxford was
not great during the early years of the i6th century. In 1506 Pynson
printed a tract, which was published at Oxford by one Georgius
Castellanus, doubtless identical with the George Castell mentioned
in the Magdalen Registers as binding for the College during 1507-10.
It was not until 151 7, and then only for three years, that John Scolar
and Charles Kyrfoth revived the craft of printing after an interval of
forty years. Apparently no copies of their productions exist in con-
temporary stamped binding, but the style found at that date may be
seen on the Fortalicium Fidei at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
(plate XIX), and on a copy of G. Holleris Preceptorium at St. John's
College, Cambridge. These two were identified by Henry Bradshawas
9 C
the work of the same bindery from the fact that in addition to
containing leaves from early Oxford printed books, they contained
fragments of the same MS.
A most important document bearing on the literary history of this
period is the Day Book of John Dome {Oxf. Hist. Soc, Collectanea, I).
Dorne, or Thorne, was one of the many foreigners exercising the trade
of stationer at Oxford, and his Day Book is a record of his sales
and purchases of books during 1520. This valuable record unfortu-
nately throws little light on the history of bookbinding. Out of 1851
entries, many being mere chap-books and pamphlets, about 400 are
described as ligati,' 100 as 'in quaternis,' 70 'in assico' or in corio,'
* *
and 120 in pergameno.' The 470 bound books were probably in bind-
'
ing likely to enhance their value, and for that reason ligatus or in '
'
'
corio is added.
' Many of Dome's purchases were made at the
Fair of S. Frideswide's, which was held by the Priory during October,
and which seems to have been an important book-mart. In 1502-3
Magdalen College made a payment of xlvi^ m]^ pro septem voluminibus
'
operum Hugonis de Vienna emptis in nundinis Sanctae Fridiswydae

{Magd. Reg. i, p. 32). The one volume still retaining its original
binding has the well-known device of the Burgundian flint and steel
it is probably not Oxford work.
In the Magdalen Register no detailed accounts for binding are

given the following interesting extract is from the Computus of the
;
Church of S. Mary at Thame, 1521 :
It' paied for p^zrchement thred and glew to the bynding of the
church hoVes — vj*^
It' paied for hordes to the fame hoVes iij'*
It' payed for hordes to the grete lygger before Mr. Vicar iiij^
It' paied to Wilh'<zm Shadlok for clafpe lether to the same \idkes iiij'*
It' paide for iiij bofys of bras to fet on the fame boke — viij^
It' paied for iij buck f kynnys to the kourryng of the fame hoV.es vj°
It' paide for a dofyn of red f kynnys to the fame hoVes iiij'
It' paide for a dofyn of white f kynnys to the fame bok^j- iij'
It' paide to the boke bynder for bynding of the fame hoVes xvj' viij"^
The years which followed the suppression of the monasteries until

the accession of Queen Elizabeth mark a decline in academic life, yet
it is during this period that documentary evidence becomes more readily
10
available. The University Registers giving the names of persons
admitted stationers and binders from 1554 are a valuable source of
information. The two trades were conjoined, and the person admitted
was '
admissus numerum bibliopolarum Universitatis necnon licen-
in
tiatus ad vendendum et ligandum libros quoscunque infra Universitatem

pro suo libero arbitrio.' {Univ. Reg. p. 320.) Towards the close of
the reign of Elizabeth literary studies revived at Oxford, and the
revival is shown by the appointment of a University printer in the
person of Joseph Barnes. He had already been admitted bookseller
and tavernkeeper, and in addition to those trades seems to have
exercised that of binder. In 16 14 Sir Henry Savile, Warden of
Merton, presented his edition of Chrysostome to the Bodleian, and
19J. was paid to Joseph Barnes as 'ye price of binding and stringing
them.' Again in 1 620-1 the sum of £\ ly. 2d. was paid by the
Bodleian '
to the Bursars of Merton College for the discharging the
binding of 20 volumes of the archetype Copies of Chrysostome given
to the Library by Sir Henry Savile.' It is almost certain that the
was received through the College, and therefore Barnes possibly
first gift
had something to do with the binding of the archetype Copies.' '
Whether he actually had a bindery, or merely employed local binders,

is uncertain, but the first entry definitely connects his name with the
craft, and there are certain bindings in Merton College b j-12
e jS a-d), and a few in the Bodleian on books given by the College
:
in 1 601 {A 6. I lur. B j. 1-6 lur. C 2. 1-8 lur. C 10. 1-2, 4-J

: : :
lur. : M
J. 8-1 1 lur. : M
i. i Tk.), stamped with the initials I. B.
(which take to be Joseph Barnes), and decorated with five rolls of

I
foreign design and one with the London portcullis and pomegranate.
All the books on which this class of binding occurs are in and
folio,
apparently only found in Merton Library and the Bodleian. These

bindings certainly have some Oxford characteristics, but in general
appearance they resemble London work, and as Barnes had a London
shop the books may have been bought and bound there.
The year 1598 will always be memorable in the history of learning
as the year in which Sir Thomas Bodley became
the Founder of the
Four years from that date the Library,
Library which bears his name.
which then contained about 2,500 volumes, was formally opened.
Many of the books bought by the agents of Bodley were bound in
II c 2
London, but a considerable number were bound by two Oxford binders,
Dominick and Mills {Reliquiae Bodleianae, p. 159). There can be
no doubt as to their identity Dominick is Dominique Pinart, a
;
Frenchman, who had been admitted bookseller some years previously,

and Mills is Edward Miles, stationer and Clerk of the University. The
trade of the latter seems to have interfered with some of his University
duties. In an inquiry as to the right of the Clerk of the University
to demand toll at the Market it is stated that 'about 35 years since
one Edward Miles had the keeping of the Markett Bushell by the
appointment of the Chancellor, and for his attendance with the said
Bushell and for the cleane and sweet keeping of the Markett place
was allowed to take such Toll as was usuallie taken and in like
order as they have in other Marketts. But by reason of the great
. .
charge of keeping cleane the Markett, and having another good trade
to followe, he neglected the gathering the Toll. .
.*
{Univ. Archives,
GL III).
From 1601 the history of bookbinding at Oxford can be best illus-
trated by Bodleian documents and by the bindings executed by Bodleian
binders. There are two classes of bindings especially common between
1600 and 1605, OJ^^ with rolls XII and XVIII, the other with rolls
XI and XIX, and perhaps these may be attributed to Miles and
Pinart. Now both these binders were still employed in 161 3, and
certain books entered to them for binding still remain in the Library.
Those executed by Miles have roll XII, and those by Pinart roll XX.
In a letter to Thomas James in 1601, Sir Thomas Bodley requested him
to entreat 'Mr Principal to gette my 2 vol. of ye Heb. Bible afsoone
as he can, from Dominicke,' The Hebrew Bible is now numbered B i.
J, 6 Th. and is decorated with rolls XII and XVIII. If, therefore.
Sir Thomas Bodley was not mistaken as to the binder it would seem
that Pinart produced the G. K.' bindings (plate XXV), and Miles
'
those with rolls XI and XIX (plate XXVI). The small roll (no.
XX) used by Pinart in 161 3 is quite uncommon before 16 10. It is
not possible to speak with much certainty about the matter, but when
one notes the general confusion of tools it is not improbable that the
roll used by Pinart in 1601 was in the hands of Edward Miles in 161 3.
For instance Henry Bluett was using in 161 7 a roll that had previously
belonged to a binder of the name of Singleton John Allam used one
;
12
with '
R. W.', which seems to have belonged to Robert Way ; Pinart
in addition to roll XX used that of John Adams; and Richard
Billingsley had a roll with N. S', apparently once the property of his
'
stepfather, Nicholas Smith.

From 613
1 to 1624 the work of Oxford binders can easily be identi-
fied by means of the binding lists in the Bodleian Day Books. Of
the eighteen binders employed by the Library during that period,
Roger Barnes deserves special mention on account of his superior
forwarding, his skilful tooling, and the excellence of the leather he
employed. He and Ralph Beckford, the apprentice of John Barnes,
seem to have been the last binders to use the old-fashioned roll. In
1647 Beckford bound a book for the University Archives {G L III)
and still retained the early Oxford style. A note on a fly-leaf, written
by Gerard Langbaine, is worth giving in full :
Deliver'd to Ralph Beckford to be bound October 29. 1647 sheets 533

according to a note of particulars wch I referve by myself to examine &
compare with this book after it fliall be returned.
'
1647 Jan. I.
Refeved for the binding of this booke the fome of - 0-10-0.
By me Ralph Beckford.
This fume of los was payed by Mr Tho: Smith fellow of Queens Coll: to
Ralph Beckford by the direction of me Gerard Langbaine, Cuftos
Archivorum.
I have fince at my return home repayed that ten shilh'ngs to Mr. Smith.
Ita est GL.
13
I. LIST OF BINDINGS
STAMPED BINDINGS, GROUPED

CHRONOLOGICALLY
1. Oxford binding, 1460 or shortly after . . . Bodl. MS. Lat. ih. e 7
(olim Phillipps MS. gjgg).
Title. Sermones Dominicales per annum cum tabula per lohannem ffelton
vicarium sancte Marie Magdalene Oxon. collectus. Et scriptum fuit
finaliter Oxonie 5 die lulij Anno Christi Millesimo cccc"" lx°'
Measurement. 305 x 130 mm.
Stamps employed, i, 3, 6.
Descripiiofi. An outer and inner border composed of nos. 6 and % respectively,

the enclosed panel decorated with a vertical row of no. i ; the various
rows of stamps being separated by fillets. The back has four bands,
and is decorated with fillets and roundels in sets of three (cf. plate
XXIX, no. i). The headband is covered with red and blue thread. The
original boards are lost.
Remarks. This MS. was certainly at Oxford from 20 May, 1468 to 34 Nov.
1473 (see Mr. Madan's Summary catalogue of MSS., vi, p. 106). Stamp
I is found on a lath century binding in the British Museum (MS. 34659),
and both stamps i, 3 occur on a 15th century binding in private hands
(Weale, Bookbmdings, pp. 100, 103). Plate I.
2. Oxford binding, c. 1460 Bodl. MS. 141.

Title. Alberti Magni opera philosophica.
Stamps employed. 6-9.
Description. Two borders enclosing a central panel divided by three-line
fillets into lozenge-shaped compartments, each of which contains no. 7 ;
the inner border is composed of no. 8, the outer of nos. 6 and 9. In the
central panel, at the points where the fillets intersect, single roundels are
placed. The back has six bands, and is decorated with fillets and roundels
in sets of three (plate XXIX, no. i). The headband is of plaited yellow
and pink silk. The fastenings, of which portions remain, are secured by
three star-headed nails.
Remarks. This MS. was presented to the Bodleian by the Dean and Chapter
of Windsor in 1 61 3. Plate II.
15
3- Oxford binding, probably shortly before 1462 . MS. Univ. College no.
Title. lohannis Duns Scoti Quaestiones quodlibetales.
Measurement. 21a x 136 mm.
Stamps employed. 6, 10-15.
Description. A
panel formed by two-line fillets intersecting at right angles,
the central portion decorated with repetitions of no. 10 (with no. 11 above
and below), and enclosed within a border formed on the left hand side by
a row of no. 13, on the right by no. 14, and at the head and foot by
no. 12 above and below this border, separated by fillets, is a horizontal
;
row of no. 15. The whole is enclosed by a border composed of no. 6,

contained within fillets. In the square compartments formed by the
intersection of the fillets, roundels in sets of three are placed. The back
has five bands, and is tooled with parallel horizontal lines and roundels
in sets of three. The headband is covered with red and blue thread.
Remarks. This MS. was written by J. Goolde, who is doubtless identical
with the writer of MS. Magd. College 4<). A
note on a fly-leaf suggests
a date shortly before 1462. Plate III.
4. Oxford binding, c. 1470 MS. Magd. College i8g.

Title. A Latin translation of the Ethics, Oeconomics, and Politics of
Aristotle.
Measurement. 330 x217 mm.
Stamps employed. 3-6, 11, 13-16.
Description. A
small central panel composed of repetitions of no. 6 with
horizontal rows of nos. 11, 15, and 3 above and below, and enclosed by
a border formed on the left hand by a row of no. 13, on the right
by no. 14, and at the head and foot by no. 4 the rows of stamps ;
being separated or enclosed by fillets. A

border composed of no. 16
encloses the whole. The lower cover is identical except that the outer
border at head and foot is composed of no. 5. The back has six bands,
and is tooled with two-line fillets parallel to the bands (plate XXIX,
no. 2). The edges are coloured yellow.
Remarks. This MS. was formerly in the possession of Nicholas Good, Fellow
of Magdalen College, c. 1470. On his death it was bought by William
Atwater, and presented to the College, 1502-3 {Magd. Reg. i, p. 97).
A stamp almost identical in design with no. 16, but without the roundels,
occurs on the binding of MS. Fidda Aa 99 (c. 147 1). A facsimile is
given in Bickell's Bookbindings from the Hessian historical exhibition.
Plate IV.
5. Oxford binding, 1 47 1 or shortly after MS. Magd. College

. . . 4().
Title. Bruno's translation of the Ethics and Politics of Aristotle.

Stamps employed. 3, 6, 11, 13-15.
Description. Similar to 3 and 4.
Remarks. At the end of the Ethics is a colophon by the scribe, ' Deo gracias
Q[i. e. Quod] Goold. Anno Domini MCCCCLXXI die Febr. primo,' and
on the end cover is Ex dono magistri Johannis Goolde,' with the words
'
ijS
'
quondam hujus loci in another hand {Magd. Reg. i, p. 90). The
socii '
fact that MS.

Univ. College 110, which is in similar binding, was written
by a J. Goolde, makes it highly probable that J. Goolde the scribe and
John Goold the donor are identical. John Goold seems to have died
in 1474.
6. Oxford binding, c. 1470 Bodl. MS. Wood ij.

Title. Sermones magistri Alexandri Nequam [late 13th cent.].
Measureme7tt. 316 x150 mm.
Stamps employed. 6, 14.
Description. A
border composed of no. 6 enclosing a panel formed by fillets
intersecting at right angles, and divided by two-line fillets into lozenge-
shaped compartments, each containing no. 14. The lower cover has
no. 14 as border, and no. 6 placed base to base in each of the compart-
ments in the panel. Single roundels are stamped at the intersection of the
diagonal two-line fillets. The back has four bands, and is tooled with
two-line fillets as MS. Magd. i8g (plate XXIX, no. 3).
Remarks. This MS. belonged in the 13th century to S. Augustine's,
Canterbury. In the second half of the 15th century an index, written
by Clement Canterbury, was added, and I assume that the binding is of
the same date as the index. The MS. may have been brought to Oxford
by one of the scholars sent from S. Augustine's to Canterbury Hall.
7. Oxford binding, c. 1470 Private library.

Title. A MS. of the Greek grammar of Theodore Gaza.
Stamps employed. 5, 17, 18.
Description. A
border composed of no. 18 enclosing a panel divided by single
fillets into compartments, each of the two lozenge-shaped divisions con-
taining no. 17 with three roundels on either side, and each of the triangular
divisions containing no. 5 with a roundel at the apex. Between the
border and the panel is a frame decorated with roundels in sets of three
and five. Plate V.
8. Oxford binding, 1478 or shortly after . . . Bodl. Auct. J Q J- 24.

Title. Consolatorium timorate conscientie lohannis Nyder. Paris (U. Gering)
1478.
Commentaria magistri Petri de Osoma in simbolum Quicunque vult
saluus esse. Paris (U. Gering) n.d.
Exposicio sancti leronimi in simbolum apostolorum. Oxford, ' 1468.'
[Removed.]
Description. Two rows of no. 19 separated by fillets from a border
vertical
composed of no. 30, the whole enclosed within a frame formed by two-
line fillets, and decorated with roundels in sets of three. In the square
compartments formed by the intersection of fillets, roundels occur singly
17 D
and in sets of five. The lower cover has no. 21 in place of no. 19. The
back has three bands, and is tooled with horizontal two-line fillets. The
fastenings, of which portions remain, are secured by three narrow headless
nails. The fly-leaves of the volume are fragments of a MS.
Remarks. Magister Dersham, a monk of S. Edmund's, was an early owner
of this volume. Plate VI.
9. Oxford binding, 1479 or shortly after

Title.
....
Bodl. S. Seld. e 2.
Textus ethicorum Aristotelis per Leonardum Aretinum translatus.
Oxford, 1479.
Description. A border composed of no. 22, the panel decorated with one
verticaland two diagonal rows of no, 23 the compartments thus formed
;
being stamped with no, 22. At the four corners, and at the head and
foot of the panel, are portions of circles formed by no. 24. The whole is
enclosed within a frame formed by two-line fillets, and decorated with
nos. 24 and 25. The lower cover has the border composed of no. 26,
and the panel divided into compartments by two diagonal rows of no. 23
and a lozenge-shaped figure composed of the same stamp in the com- ;
partments thus formed no, 26 is repeated. The back has three bands,
and is decorated with fillets. The headband is covered with red and blue
thread. The fly-leaves are fragments of a MS.
Remarks. On the first leaf, in a contemporary hand, are entries of payments
received from the Prior of Osney. The stamps used on this binding were
probably brought from the Low Countries. Plate VII.
10. Oxford binding, c. 1480 . .Record Office Misc. books Exch. Q.R. 26.
Title. Cartulary of Osney Abbey, Oxford.
16,
Description. Acentral panel formed by repetitions of no. 27 enclosed by three
borders separated by fillets the innermost border composed of no, 29,
:
the second of no, 16, and the third of no, 28. The whole is enclosed within
a frame formed by two-line fillets intersecting at right angles. Single
roundels are placed in the square compartments formed by the inter-
secting fillets, and within portions of the two-line fillets forming the frame.
The back has four bands, and is decorated with reticular lines. The
boards are lined with parchment the fastenings, now lost, were secured
:
by three narrow headless nails.

Remarks. This binding was probably executed at a bindery attached to the
Abbey (see p. 4, and Weale, Bookbindings, pp. xxviii, 104).
Plate XXXI.
n. Oxford binding, c. 1480.
Title. loannes de Imola in Clementinas.
.... Venice, 1475.
New College Auct. T ig. j.

Stamps employed. 16, 27,
i8
Description. A
panel formed by five fillets, and divided by three-line fillets
into twelve compartments, eight of which are decorated with single
roundels, while the remainder contain no. 27 and single roundels.
The panel is enclosed by a border composed of no. 16 within fillets.
The back has five bands, the boards are lined with parchment, and the
edges are coloured yellow. Plate VIII.
12. ? Oxford binding York Chapter Library.

Titk. Burlei libellus de vita et moribus philosophorum et poetarum.
Stamps employed. 27, 30, 31.
Description. Aframe formed by three-line fillets intersecting at right angles,
the two vertical portions decorated with nos. 27 and 30, the two horizontal
portions with no. 30 each of the four compartments formed by the
:
intersection of the fillets contains no. 31. The panel enclosed is divided
by two diagonal three-line fillets into compartments, each of which con-
tains no. 27.
Remarks. Stamps 27 and 32 occur on a MS. at Durham {P v. 2g). See
Weale, Bookbindings, p. 104.
13. ? Oxford binding Hereford Cathedral E iv. j.

Title. Lyndewode. Constitutiones Provinciales.
Description. A stamp similar to no. 29 repeated within a frame formed
by fillets intersecting at right angles. The panel enclosed is divided by
four-line into compartments, each containing either no. 33 or no. 34.
fillets
Remarks. This book was bequeathed by Bp. Boothe (died 1535).
14. ? Oxford binding, 148 1 or shortly after . .St. Johns College b

.
4.
Title. Alexandri de Ales expositio librorum de anima. Oxford, 148 1.
Description. A
border composed of no. 38 within three-line fillets. In
the space enclosed is a panel formed by two horizontal three-line fillets,
and divided by diagonal fillets into compartments stamped with no. 37.
The lower cover has the panel within the border formed by two vertical
three-line fillets, and by two horizontal rows of no. 37, which project either
way about \ in. beyond the panel. The back has four bands, and is
decorated with two vertical rows of three-line fillets. The headband
is sewn to the back.
Remarks. MS. Jesus College 102 is contained in similar binding, but the
lower cover has stamp 39 within the lozenge-shaped compartments.
15. ? Oxford binding, 148 1 or shortly after Bodl. Auct. R supra

. . 10.
Title. Alexandri de Ales expositio librorum de anima. Oxford, 1481.
Measurement. 298 x 2co mm.
tamp employed. 40.
19 D 2
Description. The upper cover is plain, the lower is divided by diagonal two-line
fillets into compartments, each containing no. 40. The back has four
bands : the fastenings, of which portions remain, are secured by headless
nails. The boards are lined with fragments of a MS.
Remarks. This book was once owned by Roger Balkwell.
16. Oxford binding, c. 1480.

Stamps employed. and a stamp (12 mm. sq.) simil'ar to no. 68.
35, 36,
Description. A
frame formed by two-line fillets intersecting at right angles,
and decorated with no. 35 and roundels, singly and in sets of three. The
enclosed panel is divided by vertical and horizontal two-line fillets into
rectangular compartments, the inner filled with a stamp similar to no. 68,
and the outer with no. 36. In the spaces between the stamps single
roundels are placed.
Remarks. This fragment of a book-cover was dug up thirteen years ago in
Broad St., near the site of the city ditch. It was found about 1 2 ft. below
the surface with a heap of leather chips, boot-soles, a few tools, and
rough stones for rounding and smoothing boot-laces. It disappeared
soon after it was found, but fortunately not before it had been
photographed. I am indebted to Mr. Herbert Hurst for all information
respecting it, and to Mr. R. A. R. Bennett for the photograph from
which the plan was made. Both the rectangular stamps together with
nos. 41-43, occur on a binding enclosing Caxton's Description of Britain,
Bodl. S. Seld. d 4. The upper cover of this binding has a frame formed
by three-line fillets intersecting at right angles, the panel enclosed being
divided by two-line fillets into compartments, each containing one of
nos. 36, 41-43, or the stag stamp. The lower cover has a border
composed and 42 separated by
of no. 36, enclosing vertical rows of nos. 41
fillets. The headband
covered with red and blue thread, and the
is
fly-leaves of the volume are fragments of a MS. It is possible that

this binding was executed at Oxford. Plate XXXII.
17. Oxford binding, 1482 All Souls College QQ 8. 11.
Title. Latteburius super threnos Hieremiae. Oxford, 1482.

Stamps employed. 45, 49-51.
Description. A
panel formed by two vertical rows of no. 51 within two borders
separated by fillets, the inner border being composed of no. 49, the outer
of no. 50 a frame formed by two-line fillets intersecting at right angles
;
encloses the whole. The frame is adorned with no. 45 and roundels in
sets of three, and single roundels are placed in the small square compart-
ments formed by the intersection of the fillets. The under cover has
three rows of no. 51, but is identical in other respects. The back has
four bands (plate XXIX no. 3), and the headband is covered with red and
:
blue thread. The edges are coloured yellow. Plate IX.
18. Oxford binding, 1480 or shortly after . . St. John's College c }. 4.

Title. Alexandri Angli Destructorium vitiorum. Koln (Quentell), 1480.
20
Description. A
border composed of no. 44 enclosing a panel decorated with
horizontal rows of nos. 46-51, separated by fillets the whole enclosed ;
within a frame formed by two-line fillets intersecting at right angles, and

decorated with no. 45 alternating with roundels in sets of three. In each
of the larger compartments formed by the intersecting fillets is a single
stamp with four roundels, and in each of the smaller is a single roundel.
The back has five bands, and the headband is covered with red and blue
The boards are lined with parchment.
thread.
Remarks. This is a fine typical example of a Rood and Hunt '
' binding, and
isdecorated with all the stamps found on that class. A similar example,
enclosing a copy of the same book, is at Durham. Plate X.
19. Oxford binding, c. 1480. A book-cover in the possession of F. Madan, Esq.

Title. This binding once contained the Oxford Aegidius (1479) Mich, de :
Hungaria's Tredecim Sermones Oxoniensis cuiusdam exercitationes

:
' '
Adelard of Bath's Quaestt. naturales and the Oxford Jerome (' 1468 ').
:

Stamps employed. 44-46, 49, 51.
Description. A
border composed of no. 44 enclosing horizontal rows of nos.
46, 49, 51, separated by fillets, each row consisting of two stamps. A
frame, decorated with no. 45 and roundels in sets of three, encloses the
whole. Plate XI.
20. Oxford binding, 1480 or shortly after . . St. John's College A 2. 14.
Title. Casus summarii decretalium Sexti et Clementinarum. Louvain (J. de

Westphalia), 1480.
Vocabularius iuris utriusque. n. pi. or d.
Measurement. 305 x 310.
Description. Similar to bindingbut the central portion of the panel is divided
1 8,
by two diagonal three-line into four compartments, each containing

fillets
a different stamp (nos. 46, 47, 49, 51) and roundels. The back has four
bands, each decorated with a line of roundels. The headband is covered
with red and blue thread.
Retnarks. A similar binding is on an Egidius Romanus (Padua, 1478) in the
Library of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
Note. —The following books are contained within ' Rood and Hunt
bindings :
Bodl. Douce 104. Mensa philosophica (Louvain) Facetiae Pogii (Louvain). :
Bodl. MS. Rawl. lit. g 2.

Brit. Mus. C 4J g J. Nider. Consolatorium (Paris, 1478): &c.
A copy of Alexandri de Ales expositio librorum de anima (Oxford, 1481)
in the Cathedral Library, Durham (Weale, Bookbindings, p. 105).
21
A copy of Boetii Hbri quinque de consolatione philosophie (Koln, 148 1)
Cathedral Library, Durham {ibid., p. 106).
in the
A copy of Augustinus Dathus (Louvain) at Clare College, Cambridge.
A copy of Petri Lombardi Sententiae at Stonyhurst College.
21. Oxford binding, 148a or shortly after . . . MS. Lincoln College 102.
Title. lohannis Canonici Quaestiones super Aristotelis Physicorum libros
octo Anonymi cuiusdam liber de voluntate et de intellectu.
:
Measurement. 1%% x 155 mm.

Stamps employed. 11, 52-54-
Description. Two vertical rows of nos. 5a and 53 (cf. plate XII), within a
border composed of no. 1 1 the whole enclosed by a border composed of
;
no. 54 within two-line fillets. The back has three bands, and the
headband is covered with red and blue thread. The fastenings, of
which portions remain, are secured by three star-headed nails. The edges
are coloured red.
Remarks. At the end of the first item in the volume is Expliciunt quae- '
stiones Canonici C Q/R. a. v. 1. y. n. s. Anno salutis 1483. Hoc ego

finivi Rawlyns.' His name appears on f. 158 as R. Rawlyns, and he may
be identical with Richard Rawlyns, Fellow of Merton, 1480. Stamp
1 1 occurs on bindings 3-5. Stamps similar in shape to nos. 5a and 53
are on a copy of Nicolai de Lyra postilla super Bibliam at Stonyhurst
College.
22. Oxford binding,

Title.
148a
c.
Lactantii Opera. Venice, 1478.

.... Magd. College Arch. B j. j.
Measurement. 3 1 o x ao5.
Description. An outer (no. 54) and inner (no. 55) border enclosed within
fillets, the outer intersecting and the inner meeting at right angles.
Within the central panel are two vertical rows of nos. 5a and 53, enclosed
by three-line fillets. The back has four bands (plate XXIX no. 4), and :
the headband is of plaited leather. The edges are coloured yellow.

Remarks. The lower cover has an inscription, protected by horn, stating that
the volume was presented by William Rydyall, who apparently be-
queathed his books to the College, 1494-5. Plate XII.
23. Oxford binding, 148a or shortly after . . Camb. Univ. Library E* 4. i.
Title. Latteburius super threnos Hieremiae. Oxford, 148a.

Measurement, aga x aoo mm.
Stamps employed. 5a, 53, 56-59.
Description. In the centre of the upper cover no. 56 is repeated so as to form
a circle, within which eight stamps (no. 57) radiate towards a single
stamp (no. 58) ; above and below the circle are horizontal rows of
nos. 5a and 53 within two-line fillets. A
border composed of no. 59
within two-line fillets encloses the whole. The lower cover has above
22
and below the circle two half-circles composed of no. 56, with four of
no. 57 radiating towards a single stamp (no. 58). The back has four
bands, and the headband is covered with plaited red and blue thread.
The boards are lined with fragments of a MS. The fastenings, of
which portions remain, are secured by headless nails.
Plates XIII, XIV.
24. ? Oxford binding . . .

*
. . Camb. St. John's College MS. C ij.
Title. A MS. of the 15th century, containing Littleton's Tenures and
Fitzherbert's De natura Brevium.
Description. The upper cover has a border composed of no. 63 enclosed
within fillets. Within the panel is a circle formed by repetitions of
no. 60, within which twelve of no. 61 radiate towards a rose (no. 61)
at each of the four corners is a quarter-circle formed by no. 60, and
within the space enclosed is no. 6a the circle and portions of circles being
;
bordered by two-line fillets. In three of the spaces between the border

and the edge of the board a leaf-like ornament (no, 64) is placed. The
under cover has a border of no. 63, enclosing a lozenge composed of
no. 65, within which is an ornament formed by no. 61 and single
roundels, with no. 66 above and below each of the four compart-
;
ments formed by the lozenge and the border is divided by a three-line

fillet, the two sections at head and tail being decorated with a rose
(no. 62), the remaining sections with a fleur-de-lys (no. 67). The back
has four bands, and is decorated with three vertical single fillets.
Remarks. A
rubbing of a somewhat similar binding is in the collection
formed by Mr. Weale and preserved at South Kensington. Unfortu-
nately there is no indication of its provenance. The outer border of this
binding is formed by stamp 68, while stamps 60, 61, 65, 67, and 69
also occur, together with a star and a small rosette. Plates XV, XVI.
25. ? Oxford binding . . . • . • • • Brit. Mus. C )j h 10.

Title. Latteburius super threnos Hieremiae. Oxford, 1483.
Stamps employed. 66, 6y, 70, 71,
Description. A frame formed by three-line fillets intersecting at right angles,
and decorated with nos. 66, 71, and small rosettes. The panel is divided
by three-line fillets into compartments, within which nos. 67 and 70 form
alternate rows. At the four corners, and in the centre of the panel a star
(painted white) is placed. The back has four bands, and is decorated with
three vertical lines. The boards are lined with parchment.
Remarks. Stamp 66 occurs on Camb. St. John's MS. dT/j, and no. 70 is
almost identical with no. 69 of the South Kensington rubbing.
26. Oxford binding Bodl. Auct. i Q 4. S.

Title. Homiliarius doctorum. Koln, n. d.
23
Description. Each cover has a panel, the central portion composed of nos. 72
and 73 within a border formed by no. 72, with a horizontal row of no. 74
above and below. This is enclosed by a frame decorated with no. 75,
and by a border formed by no. 74. The various rows of stamps are
separated by fillets. The back has three bands.
Remarks. The central portion of no. 74 is identical with no. 58.
27. Oxford binding New College Auct. T ig. 6.
Title. loannes de Imola super Clementinas. Venice, 1480.

Stamps employed. 55' 7^> 7^*
Description. A
border composed of no. 76 within two frames formed by fillets
intersecting at right angles. The central panel is filled with three vertical
rows of no. 55 separated by three-line fillets from a border composed
of no. 72. On the lower cover, in each of the four corners of the squares
formed by the intersection of the fillets, a roundel is placed. The back
has five bands, and the edges are coloured yellow.
Remarks. This book was once owned by John Medilton (B.C.L., 2 Dec. 1510).
The following note occurs on the first leaf: 'Liber domini gulielmi can-
tuariensis Archidiaconi [William Wareham, 1513-34] relictus in custodia
reverendi domini gulielmi cantuariensis Archiepiscopi [William Wareham, '
1504-32].
28. Oxford binding, before 1482 Bodl. Auct. D inf. 2. 4.
Title. Biblia [early 14th cent.].

Measurement. 266 x 1 80 mm.
Stamps employed. 18, 55, 73, 77-79.
Description. A
vertical row of no. 77 enclosed within borders composed of
nos. 18, 73, 78, and 79 respectively, the various rows separated by fillets.
The lower cover has a border of no. 55 in place of no. 18. The back has
six bands, and is decorated with parallel horizontal lines. The headband
is covered with red and blue thread. Each cover has five small bosses.
Remarks. In 1482 a monk named Bennet deposited this MS. in the Chichele
Chest as a pledge for 40^.
The stamps used on this binding connect it with nos. 7, 22, and 26.
Stamp 79 occurs on the binding of a book printed at Cologne, c. 1480
{Private library).
29. ?
Title.
Oxford binding,
The Oxford
c.
'
1483
Logic,' c.
....
1483.
New College N E cupb. 4.
Description. Both covers are divided by single fillets into compartments, each
containing a stamp 23 mm. in diameter. The stamps have been disposed
in a very rough manner, and it is impossible to identify the design.
24
30. Oxford binding, 1485-6 Magdalen College.
Title. Antonii Andreae super duodecim libros Metaphysicae Quaestiones.
London, 1480.
Description. Three vertical rows of no. 81 separated by three-line fillets from
a border composed of no. 80; the whole enclosed within a frame formed by
three-line fillets intersecting at right angles. The back has four bands,
the edges are coloured yellow, and the boards are lined with parchment.
The volume has been rebacked within recent years.
Remarks. This book was given to the College by Rushall, and twelve—
pence was paid for its binding, 14H5-6 {Alagd. Reg. i, p. 16, and informa-
tion from Dr. Macray). Plate XVII.
31. Oxford binding Merton College ig dd 4.

Title. Burleus in Aristotelis Physica. Venice, 1482.
Description. A
border composed of no. 80 within two frames formed by fillets
intersecting at right angles, the panel filled with three vertical rows of
no. 4. The back has four bands, and the headband is of plaited leather.
The edges are yellow, and the boards are lined with parchment.
Remarks. The stamps used on this binding connect it with the preceding
binding, and with MS. Magd. College i8g.
32. Oxford binding, c. 1500 MS. Merton College lyj.

Title. Venerabilis Bedae opera varia.
Description. A
double frame formed by parallel three-line fillets intersecting
at right angles, the outer decorated with no. 83, the inner with no. 82, and
the enclosed panel divided by intersecting three-line fillets into com-
partments, each containing a foliated ornament. The spaces between the
outer frame and the edge of the board are decorated with nos. 84 and 85.
Each of the square compartments at the four corners of the cover is
divided by a diagonal three-line fillet. The back has five bands, and
the edges are coloured yellow.
Remarks. This MS. was given to the College by Henry Sever, who was
Warden, 1455-71. MSS. Merton College ijj, Ij6, and 7/9 are in similar
binding the first was given by John Staveley (Fellow, c. 1326), the second
;
by John Burbach (Fellow, 1410), and it is reasonable to suppose that

these two MSS. have not left Oxford since the time they were presented
to the College. Plate XVIII.
The ornament on the Merton bindings shows that the stamp was
foliated
damaged Brasenose C 6. 10 (1496) has the ornament in perfect condition,
:
and has moreover a stamp (no. 86) in the spaces between the frame and
25 E
edge of the cover not found on Merton MS. jjj. There are several
mostly with a single frame decorated with
varieties of this class of binding,
no. 82. Merton g 8 (1493) has two additional stamps, one no, 87, the
other with the design of a dragon (16 mm. sq.). Bal/iol jjo c j-8 (1493)
has the panel divided by intersecting three-line fillets into compartments,
those adjoining the frame stamped with no. 90, the inner compartments
stamped with a foliated ornament, different from that on the Merton
bindings. Another example with a different fleuron and without stamp
90 is on Bodl. M2. I Med. (1508). These bindings generally have four
bands, the headband sewn to the back (plate XXIX, no. 5), and the edges
coloured yellow.
33. Oxford binding, 1516 or shortly after. . . Magd. College Arch. B 2. 2.
Title. A. Cornelii Celsi Medicina, 1493 ! Rosa Anglica, 1516 ; and two other
works dated 1508,
Description. A
frame formed by parallel three-line fillets intersecting at right
angles, and decorated with no. 88. The panel is divided by intersecting
three-line fillets into compartments, those nearest the frame stamped with
no. 90, the central divisions with no. 89. No. 90 is repeated between the
frame and the edge of the board, and each of the compartments at the four
corners of the cover is divided by a diagonal three-line fillet. The back
has four bands, the headband is sewn to the back, and the edges are
coloured red.
Remarks. A
similar binding is on Merton 19 c j (1507). Stamp 90 occurs
on some of the bindings in the preceding class.
The following bindings, which were probably executed at Oxford, are decorated
with a diaper formed by two-line, or three-line fillets :
Corpus A 7^. Latteburius super threnos Hieremiae (Oxford, 1482). A

similar binding, enclosing a copy of the same book, is in the library of
Lord Crawford.
Bodl. Auct. R
supra 2. Vulgaria Terentii (Oxford, 1483?): P. P. Vergerii de in-
genuis moribus liber, etc.(Louvain, J.de Westphalia) Adelardi Quaestiones
:
(Louvain, J. de Westphalia). On the first fly-leaf is 1483 Frater Johannes

'
grene emit hunc librum Oxoniae de elemosinis amicorum suorum.'

Bodl. Auct. I Q ^. 16. Tractatus Egidiide peccato originali (Oxford, I4|^?)
De viginti preceptis elegantiarum ('s
Hertogenbosch, 1487) Perotti gram- :
matica Bonaventurae Soliloquium (Gouda, c. 1483).

: The Aegidius has
been removed and separately bound.
26
STAMPS
Stamp. Measnrement. 2Vb. ofbindmg. stamp. Measurement. No. of binding.
1 17 mm. (sq.) I 49 14-5 mm. (sq.) 17-20

2 i6'i; X 18 mm. I 50 18x17 mm. 17, 18,20
3 20 mm. (sq.) 4. 5 51 13 mm. (sq.) 17-20
4 16 X 23 mm. 52 12X21 mm. 31-33
5 15 X 27 mm. 4, 7 53 12x21 mm. 31-33
6 7-5 X 12 mm. .
1-6 54 10 X 33 mm. 31, 22
7 13 X 12-5 mm. 3 55 14 mm. (sq.) 22, 27, 28
8 14 mm. (sq.) 3
56 ^ X 1^^
i2-'5 /u°P\lmm. 23^
9 11 mm. (sq.) 3 1 10 (base))
10 7
/ mm. (sq.)
*******
y^^'f 3 57 15 X 19 (base) mm. 23
11 6 X 20< mm. 3-5. 21 58 16 mm. (diam.) 23, 26 (note)
12 12 mm. (sq.) 3 59 14 mm. (sq.) 23
13 lo-K mm. (sq.)
14 10 mm. (sq.) 3-6
60 i2xi;°(*°P}lmm. 24
1 7 (base))
15 14 mm. (sq.) 61 12x13 (base) mm. 24
16 12 X 23 mm. 4, 10, II 62 19 mm. (diam.) 24
ir 30 X 22 mm. 7 63 13 X 14 mm. 24
18 14 mm. (sq.) 7, 38 64 10 X 19 mm. 24
19 1 1 '5 mm. (sq.) 8 65 10 mm. (sq.) 34
20 15 X 14 mm. 8 66 X 14 mm. 24) 25
21 II mm. (sq.) 8 67 13x9 mm. 24) 25
22 iq mm. (sq.) 9 68 14 mm. (sq.) 24 (note)
23 19 X 8 mm. Q 69 1 1 mm. (diam.) 24 (note)
24 4 mm. (diam.) Q 70 II mm. (diam.) 25
25 5x4 mm. 9 71 mm ( (\\CKXX\ 1
XtJ 111111. ILilclill*^
26 13 mm. (diam.) g 72 II mm. (diam.) 26, 27

27 36 X 22 mm. 10-13 73 13-5 mm. (diam.) 26, 28
28 13 X 24 mm. 10 74 20 mm. (sq.) 25
29^ I2'5 X 23 mm. 10 75 14 X 13 mm. 26
30 13 X 30 mm. 12 76 15 mm. (sq.) 37
31 18x17 mm. 12 77 II X 14 mm. 38
32 4x14 mm. 13 (note) 78 9 X 24 mm. 38
33 31 X 23 mm. 79 14 mm. (sq.) 38
34 22 mm. (diam.) 80 17 X 19 mm. 30. 3^
35 c. 16 mm. (diam.) 16 81 16 mm. (diam.) 30
36 10 X 14 mm. 16 82 39 X 13 mm. 32
37 14 mm. (sq.) 14. 83 21 mm. (diam.) 32
38 8 X 25 mm. 14. 84 24 X 18 mm. 32
39 23 X 21 mm. 14 (note) 85 14 mm. (sq.) 32
40 15x12 mm. 15 86 16 mm. (sq.) 32 (note)
41 II X 14 mm. 16 (note) 87 10 mm. (diam.) 32 (note)
42 ii'5 mm. (sq.) 16 (note) 88 9 X 46 mm. 33
43 13 mm. (sq.) 16 (note) 89 24 mm. (sq.) 33
44 49 X 13 mm. 18-30 90 18 X 33 (base) mm. 33. 32 (note)
45 13 mm. (diam.) 17-30 91 21 X 20 mm. Roll no. II
46 10 x14 mm. 18-20 92 23 X 19 mm. Roll no. II
47 12 X 15 mm. 18, 20 93 19 X 13 mm. Roll no. XII
48 18 X 17 mm. 18, 20 94 13 X 11 mm. Roll no. XII
27 E 2
LIST OF ROLLS, ARRANGED
CHRONOLOGICALLY
[ The date of printing of the books referred to is given ivithin brackets after the
shelfmark. When the volume is composed of more than one book, the latest
date is given. ']
•
I
Measurement. 127x14 mm.
Approximate date. 1510-1520.
Disposition of roll. Within a frame formed by three-line fillets intersecting at
right angles, the enclosed panel divided by diagonal three- line fillets into
compartments, each containing a foliated ornament, Brasenose T. 6. 12
(1512). The treatment of the panel on small books is as C.C.C. Camb
Fortaliciiim fidei (151 1. See plate XIX).
Remarks. Fragments of 15th cent. Oxford printed books are sometimes found
in bindings decorated with this roll. Bodl. Ê
i Med. contained ten leaves
of the Jerome (' 1468'), Fortalicium Fidei, 1511 {C. C. C. Camb.) contained
two leaves of Anwykyll's Grammar (1483?), and a copy of G. HoUen's
Preceptorium, 1505 [St. John's, Camb) two leaves of the Doctrinale (1485}.
Brasenose T 6. 12 was once owned by Thomas Sebroke, prior of Bromfield,
B. D. Oxf 14 Feb. 152^.
,
The foliated ornament on this binding is the
same as that on Balliol }}o c j-8 (see p. 26).
II
Approximate date. 151 8-1524.
Disposition of roll. a. Within a frame formed by three-line fillets intersecting at
right angles in the centre of the panel are three horizontal rows of stamp
:
91 enclosed by two bands of the roll within three-line fillets, the panels
above and below being divided by three-line fillets into lozenge-shaped
compartments, each containing a stamp (nos. 91, 92). The lower cover
has only two rows of stamp 91 in the central panel, Liber computorum et
ifiventarium iocalium, ijig-, Brasetiosc College (see plate XX).
3. Frame as above with the addition of an inner border, the enclosed
panel decorated with three vertical bands in conjunction, and bordered by
three-line fillets, Bodl. H
8. ii Art. (1523).
Remarks. This roll seems to be very uncommon, but as it occurs on a College

register, which would in all probability be bound at Oxford, I have admitted
it. The Brasenose Computus measures 562x195 mm. The volume was
rebacked within recent years, and new end-papers inserted.
28
III (? Oxford)
Approximate date. 1530- 1535.
Disposition of roll. As no. I, but with a different foliated ornament. Exeter jj2
d 12 (1534). Magd. E 4.6 (1533).
Remarks. The former volume was given to the College by John Dotyn, Rector,
'537-9-
A roll of similar design, but measunng 120 x 10 mm., occurs on Bodl. A
}. ) Art. (1530), where it forms an inner border with roll IV, from which it
is separated by a three-line fillet. A

good example is Magd. 21. j D
(1524. Given to the College by William Wytherton, 1537, who was B.A.
1525, Proctor 1536). The foliated ornament on these bindings is different
from that occurring on the first-mentioned.
IV (? Oxford)
Disposition of roll. As no. I. The foliated ornament on this class of binding is
identical with that found on bindings decorated with roll III. Balliol }']0 f 8
(1521). Magd. e ij- 1 {i53^)-
Remarks. This often found in conjunction with a roll similar to no. III.
roll is
Balliol )yo f 8 was formerly
in the library of the Cistercian monastery
of Hales, and was given to Balliol College between 1541 and 1544 by John
Griffet, who had been educated at the Cistercian College of S. Bernard
in the north suburb of Oxford.
V (? Oxford)
Measurement. 130X 12 mm.
Approximate date. 1530 -1540.
Disposition of roll. a. Forming border within three-line fillets, the enclosed panel
divided into compartments by two diagonal three-line fillets, Bodl. 4 6j A

Art. Seld. (1527) with the panel divided by diagonal three-line fillets into
;
lozenge-shaped compartments, each containing a fleur-de-lys, Magd. g 4. 11

{1531) with a lozenge formed by four bands within the border, iâ^^j?. I ).8
;
(1535), a similar example with fleurs-de-lys at the inner corners of the

border and within the lozenge, J/aî/. C 18. 1 (1515). p. Two bands, separated
by a three-line fillet, forming border, the panel divided by diagonal three-
line fillets into compartments, / 5(1530). Y- Fornîng outer and
inner borders, Magd. b j. 8 (1539) with the panel filled with vertical bands,
;
and each of the corners of the borders joined by a band, Magd. ig. i E
(1535). 8. Forming outer border with no. VI, from which it is separated
by a three-line fillet, Magd. e ij. 6 (1536) with a roll having a fleur-de-lys

;
repeated, Magd. i 16. 14 (153^) with a roll measuring 85 x 8 mm. and

;
having an ^-shaped ornament repeated, Merton ig hh / (1534).

Remarks. Bindings decorated with rolls V and VI are common at Magdalen on
books printed before 1540. In 1538 £6 9^. was paid to Hermann
Evans, an Oxford stationer, pro diversis libris,* and in the next year
'
29
a further sum of £;^() iis. id. was paid partly to Evans and partly to a
London bookseller for books for the Library. It is possible that the
above class of binding contains some of the books bought in those two
years.
VI (? Oxford)
Measuremen t. 127x8mm.
Approximate date, t 530- 1 540.
Disposition of roll. o. Forming inner border within three-line fillets, the outer border
formed by no. V, Magd. b 7. 9 (1539). 3. Forming outer border with no.
V, and inner border, Magd. e ij. 6 (1536) with the central panel filled
;
with vertical bands, Magd. e ly. 2 (1535). Y- Forming outer border with
no. XI, Merton ig f
8 (c. 1540). 8. Forming border with a roll measuring
85 X 8 mm. and having an ^-shaped ornament repeated, Bodl. ^2 Art. ^ M
Seld (1527}.
Remarks. A very similar roll occurs on Bodl. S' D i} Th. (1537).
VII
Approximate date. 1 540-1 550.
Disposition of roll. a. Forming outer and inner borders within three-line fillets
meeting at right angles, the central panel filled with two vertical bands,
Brasenose Registrum ^(1540-1594, see plate XXI). p. Forming border within
three-line fillets, of whicla the outer intersect and the inner meet at right
angles, Bodl. 4° C 36 Th. Seld. (1540) ; with the panel divided into
compartments by two diagonal double bands of no. X, Bodl. lur. AA
(1543). v Forming border with roll VIII, from which it is separated by
a three-line ^\\e\.;Bodl. C9. Art. (1544) with no. IX, Merton ig
; 14 f
(1550) ;with no X, Brasetiose B
16. lO (1542) with nos. VIII, X,;
Bodl. L 1. 1 Med. (1542). The treatment of the panels of the last three
bindings is as Bodl. AA 4J lur. 8. Forming outer border, with no. IX
as inner border, Bodl. Savile X
ij (1532).
Remarks. The arrangement of the fillets on the Brasenose Register is somewhat
unusual, the outer fillets on bindings of this date generally intersecting at
right angles, and meeting the edge of the cover. With the exception of two
leaves at the beginning and two at the end, the paper composing the volume
is the same throughout, and has a tankard as watermark. The volume once
possessed strings at the head and tail as well as on the fore-edges.
Bodl. L 1. 1 Med. was once owned by Simon Thornton, B.A. 1538-9,
M.A. 1545.
VIII
Measurement. 125 x11mm.
Disposition of roll. o. Forming border within three-line fillets, Bodl. 8' F
Th. (1540). p. Forming border with no. VII, from which it is separated by
a three-line fillet, Bodl. C 9. 7/ Art. (1544) with no. X, Brasenose; C
II. (1503) with nos. VII, X, Bodl. L i.i Med. (1542).
;
30
Remarks. This roll is generally found forming a border either with no. VII, in
which case it forms the inner portion, or with nos. VII and X, when it forms
the central portion.
Brasenose C il. }j contains a book given by Bishop Longland.
IX
Approximate date. 1540-1560: 159C-1620.
Disposition of roll. a. Two bands, separated by a three-line fillet, forming border,
the panel divided into compartments by diagonal fillets, Magd. e ly. 12

(1548) with the panel divided by two diagonal double bands, Morton
;
^6 g IJ (1536). p. Forming outer border, with no. XIV as inner border,

Morton JO i 2y (1551) no. XVIII inner border, Brasenose
; U
J. 7,8 (1555).
y. Forming inner border, with no. VII as outer border, Bodl. Savile 17 X
(153a). 8. Forming border with no. VII, from which it is separated by
a three-line fillet, Morton ig (1550); with no. XIV, Brasenose
f
B 16. (?(i55i); with nos. XIV and XVIII, Univ. H
40.) (1544); with
no. X, the panel divided by diagonal double bands of the same roll, Morton
j8 i 27(1532).
€. Forming outer and inner borders, Oxf. Univ. Archives F 4 (bound
c. 1 590). %. Forming outer border in conjunction with no. XXIII, Bodl. Auct.
D 2.1 (bound c. 1605). tj. Two bands in conjunction forming outer and inner
borders, Bodl. P i. ij Med. (probably bound shortly before 1 605). 6. Two
bands separated by a three-line fillet forming outer border, and a single

band forming inner border, Bodl. B 7. 10 Th. (16 16),
Remarks. This roll seems to be rare on the bindings of books printed from
about 1560 to 1590.
Magd. e ly. 12 has the following note, The Colledge booke, wytnes R.
'
Teyntor, W. Smallwood, 1554.' Univ. H

40. } was given to the College,
1575-
X
Disposition of roll. a. Forming border within three-line fillets, Bodl. 8° i)6 N
Th. (1545). p. Forming border with no. VII, from which it is separated by
a three-line fillet, Brasenose B
16. 10 (1542) with no. VIII, Brasenose C
;
II. }j (1503) with no. IX, Brasenose

; B
16. i (1546) with nos. VII,
;
Ylll, Bodl. L I. I Med. (1542): these bindings have the enclosed panel
divided into compartments by two diagonal double bands, y- Dividing
a panel, formed by no. VII, into compartments by two diagonal double bands,
Bodl. AA
4j lur. (1543).
Remarks. When used in conjunction with another roll as a border, this invariably
forms the inner band.
Brasenose B 16. i once belonged to Sampson Haukshurste, B.A. i593'
31
XI
Approximate date. 1 540- 1 605.
Disposition of roll. Forming outer and inner borders within three-line fillets,
o.
Balliol ^00 c //(1539). P- Forming border, the panel being divided into
compartments by diagonal three-line fillets, Bodl. A ^. // Line. (1540. See
plate XXII). Y- Two bands, separated by a three-line fillet, forming outer
border, a single Ijand forming inner border, and two vertical bands filling the
central panel. Corpus F g. i (1544), 8. Forming border, the panel being
decorated with four vertical bands, enclosed and separated by three-line

^Wets, Exeter I J2 c 9(1542). e. Forming outer border with no. VI, from
which it is separated by a three-line fillet, and inner border, Merton 79

/ 8 (c. 1540). %. Forming inner border within two bands of no. XIX in
conjunction, Bodl. Hi.} Med. (bound before 1605. See plate XXVI).
Remarks. A peculiarity common to nearly all the bindings tooled with this roll
is the addition of a single fillet extending from each of the half bands
along the space between the border and the edge of the board (see plates
XX, XXVI). This also occurs on many bindings tooled with no. XIX,
and on Merton j"2 i 8 (roll V), Magd. g ^. 11 (roll V), Corpus a. j E
(roll XIII).
Exeter ij2 c 9 was given to the College by John Dotyn, 1561.
XII
Approximate date. 1 550- 1 6 2 1
Disposition of roll. a. Two bands, separated by a three-line fillet, forming border
within three-line fillets, Bodl. L j. Art. (155 1), a much later example,
Bodl. Auct. I Q 4. ly (bound c. 1600) with the panel divided by two
;
diagonal three-line fillets into compartments, each containing a flower (stamp

93), Bodl. Ash. 442 (1551); with a single band forming inner border within
panel, Bodl. MS. Savile ) (probably bound after 1600). p. Two bands in
conjunction, the panel divided by two diagonal double bands into com-
partments, each containing stamp 94, Merton J2 i 26. y. Two bands
in conjunction forming outer border, the inner border formed by a single
band, Merton ^2 k } (i555)- S. Forming outer and inner borders, the
inner border having a fleuron at each corner, Magd. h ij. 6*^ ('^53^- See
plate XXIII) a similar arrangement with three-line fillets joining the corners
;
of the borders, each of the compartments thus formed and the central
panel being enriched with an ornament (stamp 94), Oxf. City Archives
P 4.1 (bound c. 1555). e. Forming border, the enclosed panel divided into
compartments by two diagonal three-line fillets, Bodl. Auct. D j. 6. I.
Two bands in conjunction forming border, Bodl. Rawl. Statutes j 8 {i^'j

r\.Two bands forming border, the enclosed panel decorated with four
double bands forming a lozenge, Exeter MSS. ji-68 (bound c. 1600).
0. Two bands, separated by a three-line fillet, forming border, Bodl. 8^ P
JO Art. (bound by Edward Miles, 16 13) ; with four bands forming a lozenge
within the panel, ^^»^/. 5aw7(? V
2; (Oxf 162 1). i. Three bands, separated
32
by three-line fillets, forming border with a gilt centre-piece within panel,
Magd. q ly. 14 (1616).
K. Two bands, separated by a three-line fillet, forming outer border, the
inner border formed by no. XVIII, Bodl. B i. } Med. (bound c. 1602. See
plate XXV). X. Two bands forming outer border, and a single band inner
border, with two of no. XVIII within panel, Bodl. e Museo 41 (bound after
1605). (X.Two bands with one of no. XVIII forming outer border, the
inner border formed by one band of each, Bodl. B I. J, 6 Th. (bound 1601.
See Reliquiae Bodleianae, p. 62)
: a similar arrangement, but with no inner
border, Bodl. MS. Top. Oxon. by (bound c. 1604. This example has a gilt
centre-piece, and some of the fillets are gilt).
Remarks. Some of the earlier bindings tooled with this roll have each of the
four spaces between the border and the edge of the cover divided by
a single fillet, Merton hh 8 (1545), Merton yz i 28 (1552), Merton
J2 i 26. A similar roll is on Bodl. 8° Rawl. 6/7 (Lond. 1546).
Bodl. L /. 14 Art. belonged in 1560 to Thomas Fortescue, B.A. 1559.
Measurement. 1 24 x 8 mm.
Disposition of roll. a. Forming outer and inner borders within three-line fillets,
Corpus E 4. ) (1565)- Two bands, separated by a three-line fillet,
forming outer border, the inner border formed by a double three-line fillet
enclosing a cruciform arrangement of a fleuron, Magd. D 21. 8. y. Two
bands in conjunction forming outer and inner borders, Corpus F 21. 6 (1546).
8. Two bands in conjunction, the panel divided by two diagonal three-line
fillets into compartments, each containing a flower (stamp 93), Brasenose

C J. 4 (1549) with the panel divided by two diagonal quadruple bands,
;
Magd. e 18. 6 (1555). Forming border, with the panel divided by

three-line fillets into compartments, each containing a fleur-de-lys, Merton
48 h 2/(1559). \. Forming border with no. XVIII, the enclosed panel
divided by two diagonal double bands of the same roll, Merton 46 g 2j
(1564). T). Two bands in conjunction forming border with no. XV, Corpus
DD 4. 4 {1562).
Remarks. Magd. e 18. 6 was bought by the College in 1562. Merton 46
g 2j once belonged to Tho. Jesope, Fellow of the College, 1560.

Disposition of roll. a. Forming border within three-line fillets, Bodl. 8° JV i
Art. (1558). p. Forming inner border within three-line fillets, the outer
border being formed by no. IK, Merton i 2j (1551). y- Forming border
with no. IX, from which it is separated by a three-line fillet, Brasenose
B 16. 8 (1551). S. Forming inner portion of border with nos. IX and
XVIII, Univ. H 40. 3 (1544).

Remarks. Univ. H ô.j was given to the College in 1575, and t/^zV. H 14.
8 (1551), in similar binding, in 1586. Some of the earlier bindings decorated
with this roll may not be Oxford productions.
33 F
XV (? Oxford)
Approximate date. 1 560-1 570.
Disposition of roll. Forming border with no. XIII, from which it is separated
o.
by a three-line Corpus DD 4. 4 (1562) with no. XVI, Corpus DD

fillet, ;
4. J (1562); with no. XVII, Corpus DD 4. 6 (1564). p. Forming a

lozenge within a border formed by no. XVI, Corpus B j. 8 (1566); within
border formed by no. XVII, Corpus F /p. 9 (1564). See also nos. XVI,
XVII.
Remarks. Bindings decorated with this roll and nos. XVI and XVII are common
at Corpus Christi College. Thomas Greneway, President 156^-68, was the
donor of most of the books contained in them.
XVI (? Oxford)
Disposition of roll. a. Forming border within three-line fillets, .5^7<i/. / i. 21 Th.
Seld. (i 560). p. Forming border with no. XV, Corpus DD

4. S {1562) with
;
no. XVil, Corpus B

8. j (1562). See also nos. XV, XVII.
Remarks. A roll almost identical in design with this was used by John Westall
in 1613 (see no. XXIII).
Bodl. I I. 21 Th. Seld. once belonged to Degory Nichols,
XVII
Approximate date. 1560-70, 1598-1630,
Disposition of roll. a. Forming border within three-line fillets, the panel divided
into compartments by diagonal three-line fillets. Corpus G ig. i} (1557)
with the panel decorated with a lozenge formed by four bands. Corpus F
ig. y (1562). p. Forming border with no. XV, from which it is separated
by a three-line fillet. Corpus B
20. 5 (i 559) with no. XVI, Corpus
; B 8.
(1562). 7. Forming inner border within border of no. XVI, d7(9r/'?^j A20.^
(1564). See also nos. XV, XVI.
8. Two bands, separated by no. XXI, forming border, Magd. d 10. i~ii
(bound, 1598. See Magd. Reg. iii, p. 33) a later example, Bodl.
: Aj. 11, J2
Th. (161 8). £. Forming border by itself, Bodl. 4° D
jj Th. (bound by
Roger Barnes, 16 18). i. Forming border with no. XXI, Bodl. P
2. 8 Med.
(bound by Roger Barnes, 1618. See plate XXVII); an earlier example
with the panel divided by two diagonal three-line fillets, Magd. g ij. 4.
T). Forming outer border with no. XXI, and inner border, Bodl. Z
4. ^ lur.
(bound c. 1610). e. Forming a lozenge within a border composed of the roll
and no. XXI, and crossing the back in parallel rows, Bodl. MS. Roe 26
(bound by Barnes, 1629-30. See p. 58).
34
XVIII
Meastirement, 73 x 9 mm.
Disposition of roll. a. Forming border with no. XIII, and dividing the panel
into compartments by diagonal double bands, Meriofi ^6 g 2/ (1564).
p. Forming border with nos. IX and XIV, Uftiv. H
40. } (1544).
Y- Forming inner border within border of no. IX, Brasenose J- j, 8 U
(1555) within border of no. XII, Bodl. S I. j Med. (bound before 1605)
;
two bands in conjunction forming inner border, Bodl. B

i. ^ Med. (bound
c. 1602. See plate XXV). 8. Forming outer and inner borders with no.
XII, Bodl. B
/.J", (5 Tk. (bound 1601. See Reliquiae Bodleianae^ p. 62),
Remarks. roll is very common from about 1590 to c. 1605, but I have
This
never seen a binding decorated with it alone. When used with no. XII it
always forms the inner portion of the border.
Univ. H
40. ) was given to the College in i575) and Univ. 14, 8, H
which is in similar binding, in 1586.
XIX
Disposition of roll. a. Forming border within three-line fillets, the enclosed
panel divided by two diagonal double bands of no. XX, Bodl. C 4. ig Art.
(1535. See plate XXIV). p. Two bands in conjunction forming outer border,
and a single band forming inner border, Balliol Statutes (probably bound
about 1587) with no. XI forming inner border, Bodl.
; H
i. } Med. (bound
before 1605. See plate XXVI). y- Two bands, separated by a three-line
fillet, forming border, ^c?^//. M
9. ^ Zi^. (bound after 1605). 8. Two bands
forming outer border, the inner border formed by no. XXI, Bodl. X
j. 1-}
Tk. (1581, bound before 1605). c Forming outer and inner borders, Bodl.
M 1. 1 lur. (bound by Francis Peerse, 1613).
Remarks. To judge from its style Bodl. C 4. ig Art. was bound c. 1560, and
is by far the earliest binding I have found decorated with this roll. From
about 1590 it is extremely common.
XX
Approximate date. 1560, 1 608-1 61 5.
Disposition of roll. a. As
diagonal double bands within a border formed by
no. XIX,
Bodl. C
4. ig Art. (1535. See plate XXIV). p. Forming outer
and inner borders within three-line fillets, Bodl. BB 16 Art. (bound by
Dominique Pinart, 1613). y- Two bands, separated by a three-line fillet,
forming outer border, the inner border formed by a single band, Bodl. 11. T
12 lur. (bound by Pinart, i6i|). 8. Forming outer border with no. XXVII,
from which it is separated by a three-line fillet, Bodl. A
21. 4 Th. (bound by
Pinart, 1613). c Forming border with no. XXVI, Magd. k 16. /, 6(1610).
Remarks. This roll (as regards design) is quite common and makes its appear-
ance shortly before 1550, sometimes forming a border with a roll having
35
the words IHESVS MARIA, Bodl. C ij. 2 Th. (1546). The majority of
bindings tooled with it are doubtless not Oxford productions. The roll
used by Dominique Pinart in 1613 may be identified by the fault in the
fourth compartment. A
similar fault occurs in the roll used on Bodl. C 4.
jg Art.
XXI
Measurement. 11 1 x 10 mm.
Approximate date. 1,580-1630.
Disposition of roll. a. Two bandsin conjunction forming border within three-line
fillets, Bodl. D 20. 4 Line. (1578); with inner border formed by a single
band, Brasenose B 16. 6. p. Forming inner border within two bands
of no. XIX, Balliol 7/0 e 4 (1573). y- Forming border with no. XVII,
from which it is separated by a three-line fillet, Magd. g I)- 4 later \
examples, Bodl. P
2. 8 Med. (bound by Roger Barnes, 1618. See plate
XXVII); Bodl. MS. Roe 26 (bound by Barnes, 1629-30). 8. Forming
border with two bands of no. XVII, Magd. d 10. i-ii (bound 1598. See
Magd. Reg. iii, p. 33) a later example, Bodl. A j. 11, 12 Th. (1618).
;
Remarks. This roll must be distinguished from two of similar design, one
having a vase within a circle immediately under the head, Bodl. Savile Z
ij (1556), the other without either vase or head, Bodl. Gough missal 18}.
XXII
Disposition of roll. a. Forming border within three-line fillets, Brasenose W
10. 6 (1570). p. Two bands in conjunction forming outer border, the inner
border formed by a single band, Woodstock Bye-laws, i^8o-l']lo {MS.)
also Magd. d 16. 12 (1586). y Two bands, separated by a three-line
fillet, forming outer border, the inner border formed by a single band,
Bodl. B I}. 12 Th (bound by Henry Bluett, 1617). 8. Two bands within

three-line fillets forming border, Bodl. B jj. 14 Line, (bound by Henry
Bluett, 161 8).
Remarks. This roll doubtless belonged at one time to a stationer of the name
of Singleton.
The Woodstock Statute-book was apparently bound in 158 1. Magd. d
16. 12 was bought of Garbrand, an Oxford stationer, in 1587.
XXIII
Measurement 128 x 30 mm.
Disposition of roll. o. Forming border within three-line fillets meeting at right
angles, Bodl. 161 (bound c. 1605). p. Forming outer and inner borders,
the panel divided by fillets, Bodl. E y
8 Th. (given to the Library in 1602,
and probably bound at that date), MS. Bodl 79/ (bound before 1605),
MS. Bodl. ^46 (bound c. 1605). y- Forming border, with four bands within
the panel arranged in lozenge form, MS. Bodl. 2jy. 8. Forming outer and
inner borders, the outer being in conjunction with no. IX, Bodl. And. D
2. 1 (bound c. 1605). €, Forming outer border, the inner border being formed
by no. XXV, AA
1)2 Art. {1612). I. Forming border with no. XXV,
from which it is separated by a three-line fillet, Bodl. A
A 8y Art. (bound by
John Westall, 1613). t|. Forming border between two bands of no. XXV,
Ballioljoj d j (1614).
Remarks. This roll is obviously a copy of no. XVI.
XXIV
Measurement. lai x 10 mm.
Disposition of roll. a. Two bands forming outer border within three-line fillets,
the inner border formed by a single band, Bodl. D

i. i} Med. (bought at
Oxford, c. 1605). p. Two bands forming border, with four bands within the
panel arranged in lozenge form, Bodl. K
j. 77 Art. (bound by Richard
Billingsley, 1630). y- Forming outer border about if in. from edge of board,
the enclosed panel being filled with six vertical bands in conjunction, Bodl.
E I. J lur. (bound by Billingsley, 1620). See below.
Remarks. The initials on this roll may be those of Nicholas Smith, who
married the widow of Robert Billingsley. Smith in his will left half his
'
boxe of gilding toles to his brother John, and apparently the other half
'
to his wife. If, therefore, the roll with N.S. really belonged to Nicholas
Smith, it may well have passed into the hands of Richard Billingsley, who
was probably his step-son. It is obviously a copy of no. XII, and is quite
common at the Bodleian on the bindings of books printed about 1618-30,
all of which, although they exhibit a striking variety of styles, were
apparently executed by Richard Billingsley. Other examples are, Bodl.
A 4.6 lur., G 6. 6. lur., D
). i) Th., H
7. // Th., M
2.g lur., KK
jj lur., S 8. g lur,, C j. 12 lur.
XXV
Disposition of roll. a. Forming border within three-line fillets meeting at right
angles, the bands being quite near edge of cover, Bodl. ^ P
108 Th. (bound
July, 1 611). p. Forming border within three-line fillets, of which the outer
intersect and the inner meet at right angles, the bands being about one inch
from edge of cover, /.^ ^^.(bound by John^Westall, 1618). y- Two
bands, separated by a three-line fillet, forming border, Bodl. AA
j} lur.
(1607) ; with inner border formed by a single band, Balliol j// e 4 (1616).
8. Forming inner border within border formed by no. XXIII, Bodl.
AA i}2 Art. (1612). e. Forming border with no. XXIII, from which
it separated by a three-line fillet, Bodl. A ig. 20 Th. (bound by John
is
Westall, 1613). \. Two bands, separated by no. XXIII, forming border,
Balliol JOJ d ) (1614). *). Forming outer border with no. XXIII, and inner
border, Bodl. A ). 2 Th. Seld. (1606).
37
XXVI
Measurement 138 x11mm.
Approximate date. 1 61 o-i 6%o.
Disposition of roll. o. Two bands forming border within three-line fillets, and
enclosing four bands placed to form a lozenge, Bodl. 10 Th. M ;
a similar example, Magd. Reg. C 8. i (bound c. 161 6). p. Two bands

forming hordtr, Bodl. AA
8^ Art. (bound byJohnAllam, i6i|); with an
inner border formed by a single band, Bodl. G
6. 16 Th. y. Forming
border within three-line fillets, Bodl. 4° T
40 Art. (bound by John Allam,
161 1^); a similar example with the border quite near edge of cover, Bodl. M
6.14 lur. (bound by Robert Way, 1630). 8. Forming border with no. XX,
Magd. k 16. J, 6 {1610).
Remarks. The Magdalen Register was probably bound by Robert Way, who
was binding for the College in 1604, and again in 1622. {Magd. Reg. iii,
pp. 36, 48).
XXVII
Disposition of roll a. Two bands forming outer border within three-line fillets,
the inner border formed by a single band, Bodl. L j. 6 Art. (bound by
Dominique Pinart, 16 13). p. Two bands forming border within three-line
fillets, Bodl. K
J. 12 Art. (bound by John Adams, 1614) a similar example:
with the bands quite near edge of cover, Bodl. K

4. g Art. (bound by John
Adams, 1614) with four bands forming a lozenge within the panel, Merton
;
8} e I (1613). Y- Forming outer border with no. XX, and inner border,
Bodl. A 21. 4 Th. (bound by Dominique Pinart, 1613).
XXVIII
Approximate date. 1647.
Disposition of roll. a. Forming border within three-line fillets, Univ. Archives
GL III (bound by Ralph Beckford, 1647). P- Forming outer and inner
borders, and crossing the back between the bands, City Archives G j. 4
(probably bound 1647-8).
Remarks. This roll was in use (perhaps not at Oxford) at a much earlier date,
cf.Bodl. W
I. J Th. Seld. (1544) and New College MS. 44. The roll
possessed by Beckford may be identified by the fault which is indicated
by dots in the drawing. The arrangement of the roll on the back of City
Archives G J. 4 is very curious, and may be compared with MS. Roe 26,
which was bound by Barnes in 1639-30. Univ. Archives GL III has
been rebacked.
38
CENTRE-PIECES
Centre-pieces in use from about 1590 to 1620 are on — '
Bodl. Bliss 2. ij. Contains a book printed by Joseph Barnes, 1587.

Bodl. B 16. 10 Lmc. This centre-piece also occurs on some Magdalen
books bought in 1592, Magd. G 18. j-8.
Bodl. Bliss 2. 22. Contains a book printed by Joseph Barnes, 1592.

Bodl. Sr A J Art. BS.
Bodl. C ^. 10 Th. The most common of all Oxford centre-pieces. It was
used by John Allam, Elias and Francis Peerse, and John Westall. An
example in gilt is on Bodl. Savile 14. W
Bodl. 8° P 182 Th.
Bodl. 8° P loi Art. Contains two books printed by Joseph Barnes.
Bodl. 8° Cj Art. BS. Contains a book printed by Joseph Barnes, 1596.
Bodl. F I.J Th.
Balliol jrjj c
Bodl. 4° O Art. Used by Henry Bluett, 1617-8.
Bodl. A J. g Line. An example in gilt is on Bodl. MS. Top. Oxon. b ^.
Bodl. 8' E 41 Th. Used by Francis Peerse.

Bodl. KK 42 lur. Used by Christopher Barbar (plate XXVIII).
Bodl. 8° R JO Th. Used by John Adams, or by John Allam.
Bodl. Auct. E ). 2. This centre-piece is also found on a binding decorated
with roll XXVI, Bodl. L j. g lur. An example in gilt ison Bcdl B 8 Th.
39
Material.
NOTES ON BINDINGS
About 1400, white sheepskin seems to have been the leather usually
employed by binders, and two MSS. written at Oxford in 1427 and 1430
respectively are contained in such covering {MS. Oriel College yo : MS.
Magd. College lO}). After 1450 calf was almost invariably used, and is
generally of some shadS of brown, although black is not uncommon about
the middle of the i6th century. Rough calf is common from about 1620,
and was used for quite a hundred years after that date most of the bindings
:
in this leather are plain, a few have centrepieces, and a small number are
decorated with rolls {Bodl.A ij. j Tk.: roll XXIV: bound 1620 or shortly
after). Parchment was largely employed after 1600 for small books, and
it is interesting to note that as early as 1483-4 the sum of twelve pence was
paid by Magdalen College for the binding of a Lathbury in parchment

{Magd. Reg. i, p. 13).
The boards
of bindings executed before 1600 are generally of oak after
;
that date paste-board was usually employed. The latter, however, is met
with in the 16th century, and was almost certainly used for the binding of
some Magdalen books in 1553 {Magd. Reg. ii, p. 29). Leaves of MSS. and
early printed books are generally found lining the boards, a characteristic
that lends an additional interest to Oxford bindings. Several leaves of
a 1 2th century English Chronicle {Bodl. MS. Lai. misc. d )o) have been
recovered from bindings decorated with rolls XI and XIX (plate XXVI).
Fillets.
It will be noticed that the framework on Oxford 15th century bindings is
formed, with a few exceptions, either by two-line or three-line fillets. The
first are not met with after about 1490 the second continued to be used
;
until the middle of the 17th century. The three-line fillets employed in the
16th century differ from those of the 15th and 17th centuries in that the
central line is much broader than the two outer ones (cf. plates XVII,
XXIII, XXVI). It is impossible to fix dates, but the broad three-line
fillet is commonly found from about 1510-80. A few 17th century bindings
are found with a four-line fillet most of them seem to have been executed
;
by William Wildgoose (c. 1620-25), but Bodl. L ). g lur. (roll XXVI) is by

a different binder.
From about 1580 to 1647 a large number of bindings have the edges of
the covers adjoining the back, at head and tail, decorated with lines as in
the accompanying illustration.
40
One other small point is worth mentioning. On Oxford bindings the fillets
tooled from the bands of the back to the border or frame of the cover
always meet at an angle, and never meet the frame parallel to each other,
as is often the case on London and Continental bindings.
'
Hatching' on backs (plate XXX).
One very distinctive feature of nearly all Oxford bindings executed between
1580 and 1620, and of a certain number between the latter date and about
1670, is the 'hatching' at the head and tail of the back. This consists of
diagonal lines, and to judge from the earlier bindings was employed as a
decoration for the half- bands, in which respect it is not altogether peculiar to
Oxford work. On later bindings, which have no half-bands, it occurs merely
as a survival and is much exaggerated, some examples being \\ in. broad
Bodl. A 2. 2 Th. (1639). After 1620 it is less frequently found, and possibly
John Barnes and Ralph Beckford, his apprentice, were the last binders who
continued the practice. Beckford certainly employed the 'hatching' as
late as 1647 {Univ. Archives GL /, //. See Wood, Life and Times, iv,
pp. 199,200). It finally disappeared c. 1670; Bodl. A j. i} Th. (1668)
and Bodl. S' P
22() Th. (1669) are late examples.
An unusual form of cross-hatching, similar to that sometimes found on
London bindings, was used by Henry Bluett and by the binder or binders
who possessed rolls IX and XXIII (c. 1605-10). binding with cross- A
hatching at the tail, and diagonal lines at the head of the back, is on Bodl.
P I. 1} Med.
Bosses, clasps, and strings.

Bosses, especially those of the pattern found on MS. Magd. i8g (plate IV),
are rather uncommon on 1 5th century Oxford bindings quite small ones, ;
five on each cover, are on Si. Johns College b ). 4 (no. i^),Brit. Mns. C ^jg j;
(no. 20: note), and Bodl. Auct. D
inf. 2. 4 (no. 28). Late examples are on
a copy of Balliol Statutes (roll XIX probably bound about 1 587), and
:
Univ. Archives ^j. F

(roll IX bound c. 1590).
:
Clasps were in general use during the 15th century until the early years
of the 17th. Typical examples may be seen in plates II, XII, XIX,
XXIII. Those used at a later date were often decorated with acorns
and circles, Atict. E inf. I (rolls
XII, XVIII bound c. 1605), and Corpus C
:
12. 6 (rolls XVII, XXI

bound c. 1606).
:
Few books, except 8^°*, were furnished with strings until late in the 16th
century two very early examples seem to be Merton MS. lyj (plate
;
XVIII), and the Brasenose Register (plate XXI). The strings are generally
particoloured, green, or blue; later, uncoloured tape was used.
It must be remembered that when books were chained, they were placed
on the shelves with the fore-edge outwards, and clasps or strings were
essential to prevent the volumes from gaping. Most bindings, therefore,
had no lettering on the back, but had oftentimes a piece of paper with the
title of the book hinged to the upper cover, and overlapping the edges
Bodl. C 4. 79 Art. (c. 1560), Bodl. 8° S 149 Th. (17th century). Most of the
lettering-pieces on folio books in the Th., lur., Med., and Art. sections in
the Bodleian Library date from c.1800.
41 G
Decoration of the edges.
The colours most frequently used from the 15th to the 17th century
to decorate the edges of a volume were red, yellow, and ochre. The last is
common on books bound during the 16th century; bright yellow edges
frequently accompany bindings decorated with rolls XI and XIX, and red
edges with rolls XII and XVIII. Yellow edges sprinkled with red are met
with in the first half of the i6th century, and occur with rolls V
and
VI {Magd. e ly. 2), and with some of the early G. K.' bindings {Magd. h
'
I}. 6*: plate XXIII): they are also not uncommon c. 1615 {BodL ). U
II Th). Some rare colours employed are olive green and violet. The first
sometimes accompanies bindings decorated with roll V {Magd. C 18. i),
with rolls XVI and XVII {Corptcs A 20. j), and with roll XIX (Bodl.
M (). ^ Th) the second is found on a few books decorated with rolls
;
XV-XVII {Corpus B y. 8). Blue is also uncommon, and is rarely found

except on books bound by Miles and Westall, c. 1613. Sprinkled red edges
are very common from c. 1610 onwards.
The practice of decorating the edges with more than one colour to
indicate the number of works in a volume seems to date from 1620. BodL-
HH 22 /7ir.{i6ig), and Bodl. C 12. 9 Lmc. { 1623) have each four works the
:
edges of the first are alternately red and yellow, the second red and green.
Bodl. BB )j Med. (1620), which consists of five works, has the first section
yellow, the second red, the third yellow, the fourth with red stripes, and the
fifth with red and yellow stripes.
42
11. CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF
OXFORD BINDERS
c. 1 180-1640
[The date in the margin is that of the earliest ascertained mention
of each binder^
c. 1 1 80 Laurencius, ligator,' occurs in a conveyance as holding property in Cat

'
Street {Univ. Archives, Pyx ^6). F

A facsimile of this deed is given in
Rashdall's Universities of Europe, vol. ii, pt. ii, and a transcript in
Collectanea, and series (Oxf. Hist. Soc), p. 178.
c. 1233-40 Augustine the bookbinder is mentioned in a deed as a former

possessor of property in the parish of S. Peter's in the East {Magd.
charter, S. Pet. hi E. 44
Walter the bookbinder occurs as a witness to the above deed. In a gift
of a messuage, c. 1246, he occurs as having held property in the parish
of S. Mary the Virgin [Cart, of S. Fridesivide's, \, p. 331).
xiiith cent, (first half) Reginald, bookbinder, occurs as a witness in an old

'
deed in the Will. Burgey, and Nicholas

Oxford Univ. archives between
" serviens Universitatis," in one of the mayoralties of Petrus filius
Toraldi {Twyne, i, p. 52)' (Oxf. Press, p. 267).
1252 Stephen, 'ligator librorum,' held the corner house within East Gate from
the Hospital of S. John Baptist in 1252-3 [Magd. charter, S. Pet. in
E. 46'^). He is a frequent witness to deeds in the parish of S. Peter's
in the East from about 1250 to 1285-90. In 1258-9 and 1261 he is
described as le lyur' (5. Pet. in E. 2J „ 41%
'
1276 as le liur' '
(5. Pet. in E. ij'^), in 1275 as 'le Bokbindere' (S. Pet. in E. 42"^), and
in 1275-6 as'le Bokebindere (5. Pet. in E. }2% Other references
'
to him occur in Magd. charters, S. Pet. in E. 24^ (c. 1250-60), ^9 (1265),

12^ (1266), 46 (1268-9),^^^ (1271), (1271-2), 26° (1273-4),/'^ (1274-
5?), J4, 20^ (1275), Willoughhy B 184 (1285-90). See also Bodl. Wood
D 2, p. 19 (c. 1270), Hundred Rolls (1273).
c. 1464-5 William de Pikerynge, bookbinder, occurs as witness to a deed

{Magd. charter, S. Pet. in E. 6). He is probably the same person as
William, the bookbinder, who occurs frequently in deeds relating to
property in the parishes of S. Mary the Virgin and S. Peter's in the
East, and who held property in Cat Street, 1266-7 and c. 1278-84 {Magd.
charters, S. Mary V. /, 2j). In the Magdalen charters he is described
as 'le lyur/ 1266 {S. Pet. in E. 2j°), and as 'le lyur de livers,' 1277
43 G 2
(5. Mary V. 8). His seal occurs on two deeds in 1275, has the
inscription Vivite innocue, lumen adest' {S. Pet. iti E. 79*
'
and Misc.
About 1277 William, ligator,' rented 'gardinum Cruste' from
'
Osney Abbey {Bodl. Osney roll j^), and was witness to a deed, c. 1280
{Record Office : Godstow Cartidary, f. 112"). William le Bokbindere
was present at a coroner's inquest, 14 June, 1303 {Oxf. City Doc. D j, /),
and was witness to a deed in 1307-H {Record Office : Godstow Cartidary,
f. lif)- In 1308 Ivo dealt with the property of his father William, late
bookbinder in Cat Street {Magd. charter, S. Mary V. 2j). See also
Magd. charters, S. Mary V. )j, s (1266, 1266-7), 5. Pet. in E. ^2, if
(1267?, 1268-9); Cart, of S. Frideswides, i, pp. 337, 277, 331 (c. 1270,
1279, n-d-); Oriel Muniments, ii, p. 2 (c. 1275); Oxf. City Doc. G
ja.t.c
^ (1271, 1276) Hundred Rolls {ilT^ Bodl. Osney roll
; ;(1280);
U7tiv. Archives, box F, no. 28 (1281); Godstow Cartulary, f. iiy. A
William de Pykerynge, probably not identical with the above, occurs in
a quit claim, c. 1210-20 {Cart, of S. Frideswides, i, p. 431).
1270 Hugh le lyur occurs in a deed relating to a tenement, probably in School

Lane {Bodl. Wood D 2, p. 486).
c. 1275 Symon, '

in a lease {Oriel Muni-
Hgator librorum,' occurs as a witness
ments, ii, p. 2). Among
the Magdalen charters he occurs as a witness
in 1278 and 1288 {S. Pet. in E. ^4^, S. Mary V. 7). In the Godstow
Cartulary (f. 112^) preserved in the Record Office, Symon, 'ligator de
Katestrete,' is a witness to a deed, c. 1280. He was a party in a release
of right in a house in Cat Street, 12 May, 1297 {Oxf. City Doc. G 4. i-f),
and in 1309 is mentioned in an All Souls document as having once
held property in Cat Street {Bodl. Wood 2, p. 138). D
See also Univ.
Archives, box F, no. 28 {\ 2^1); Bodl. Oxf. roll ^0 (1301).
1278 Yon, bookbinder, occurs as a witness to a deed {Magd. charter, S. Pet. in
c. 1280 John de Stanes, 'ligator,' rented Godstow Hall in the parish of S. Mary
the Virgin from Roysia (Royse), abbess of Godstow {Record Office:
Godstow Cartidary, f. li} ). In Bodl. MS. Rawl. B 408 he is described
as John Stanys, ' bynder.'
1289 or 1290. Walter le Bocbyndere is mentioned in a grant as having pro-

perty in Schidyerd {Oriel Muiiiments, iv, p, 28), and occurs as a witness
in an undated deed among the Oxford City documents {H 2g).
xiiith cent. Ivo the bookbinder occurs in a charter (Wood's City of Oxford, i,
p. 388).Perhaps the same as Ivo exemplator librorum who is a witness
'
'
to a deed relating to property in Cat Street, 12 May, 1297 {Oxf. City

Doc. G 4. I), and as the Ivo who occurs in a deed by which he deals
with the property of his father William, late bookbinder in Cat Street
{Magd. charter, S. Mary V. 2$).
1327 John, 'leyre de Berugby,' occurs in deeds relating to Hambury Hall

(1327-41) {Bodl. Wood 2, pp. 80, 81). D
1338 William, 'ligator,' occurs in a deed as holding property in Cat Street
{Cart, of S. Frideswides, i, p. 341).
44
i3iT Adam bocbyndere' occurs in a confirmation of rents as holding
'le
property in Schidyerd {Cart, of S. Frideswide's, i, p. 343). In 1347
he was witness to a grant of a tenement (Oriel Muniments, iii, p. 7),
and in 1349 he left a tenement in Schidyerd to the altar of S. Thomas
the Martyr in S. Mary the Virgin's church (Wood's City of Oxford, ii,
p. 22). See also Bodl. Oxf charter I2j^ (i34t). Bodl. Osney charter
J 11^ (1347-8), Oriel Muniments, iii, pp. 6, 7 iv, p. 25.
;
1341 Simon Faunt, bucbyndere,' and Cristina his wife grant to John Faunt,
'
'
bucbyndere,' and Matilda his wife a messuage with shop and upper floor
in Cat Street, and also by another deed of the same date the goods
and chattels therein, 10 Jan. 1341 [Magd. charters, S. Mary V. 2), 48).
Each of these deeds has two seals. One bears a lion rampant, and is
the seal of Will, de Sorltone the other in the case of deed 23 is too
:
faint to be deciphered in that of deed 48 it bears the figure of a squirrel.

;
The property transferred by Simon Faunt to John Faunt seems to be

the same with that which in S. Mary V.y is granted by the Hospital
of S. John Baptist to John le Enfant of Wolgaricote (i.e. Wolvercote),
and in S. Mary V. 2y is granted by John Lenfant of Wolgaricote to
his son William. The latter deed bears the seal of the grantor, which
has the inscription S'Joh'is Lefavnt. Probably therefore Simon and
John Faunt were descendants of John Lenfant, Le Enfant, or Lefaunt.
John Faunt apparently died before 1350, as on Feb. 2a of that year
John Taillour of Wodetone and Matilda his wife (presumably John
Faunt's widow) dispose of the property. [Note by the Rev. H. A. Wilson,
Fellow of Magdalen College.]
1354 Thomas le Bockbinder is mentioned in an All Souls document as having

once held property in Cat Street {Bodl. Wood 2, p. 138). D
1370 Robert Bocbyndere occurs as a witness to a deed [Magd. charter, S. Mary
V. I}). He also occurs in two poll-tax returns of c. 1377 and 1380
{Oxf. City Documents, pp. 47, 41), and in an agreement relating to
property at Grandpont, 1377 {Tivyne's Collections, xxiii, p. 475).
xivth cent. In an undated deed in the Oxf. Univ. Archives between John Pilat
'
and Walter " filius Paulini de Eynsham " about land in S. Mary's
parish, the following occur as witnesses : Walter, Augustine, Adam
(" liurs ") ' {Oxf. Press, p. 269).
1401-2 Walter bound a missal for Queen's College {College document).
142^ John Dolle, bookbinder, and Joan his wife occur as grantees in a grant
of a tenement cum shopis in Cat Street {Reg. Exon. p. 295).
'
' Perhaps
the same as John Dolle, who was bailiff in 1451 (Wood's City of Oxford,
iii, 23), and as John Delle or Dolle, stationer, 1453 (Boase, Utiiv. Reg.
i, p. 20). See also Oriel M^miments, iv, p. 24 (1453), Munimenta

Academica, p. 741 (1454), and Bodl. Osney charter ^gi (1454).
c. 1432 Stephen, of S. Peter's in the East, occurs in Registrum cartarum tene-
mentorum et reddituum Nichi Bysshopp filii et heredis Barthoei
Bysshopp de Oxon. burgensis {MS. Univ, Camb. Dd. xiv. 2,f. 7^9)
{Oxf. Press, p. 270).
45
144° John More is described as a binder in Oriel accounts {Oxf. Press, p. 271).
eodem anno Thomas, " Bokebynder" de " Catysstreet,"

1446 'Item, [1446],
legitime convictus dixit quod Major et villani non essent posterius
quod
jurati Universitati, erat incarceratus, et in sua deliberatione fecit con-
similem fidelitatem ' {Mtminienta Acad. p. 556). He is probably the
Thomas Snowe (Thomas Bokebynder) who rented selda secunda '
occidentalis cum sellario ibidem [Wodcokhall] in 1458 from Osney '
Abbey {Bodl. MS. Wood F iy,ff. 2\ 4(/).

1449 John Pratt. See p. a.
1452 Sept. 12 Item, (do et lego vicario et custodibus bonorum ecclesi?e

parochialis de Naas in Hibernia) unum " Catholicon" secundo folio,
"item scias quod producit," manentem in manibus Johannis Boke-
byndere Oxoniae, soluto prius per executores meos pro ligatura et
laminatura ejusdem libri, prout in indenturis inter me et ipsum factis
plenius continetur (Will of R. Browne Munimettta Acad. p. 648).
' :
1459 June 17 'Will. Bokebynder occurs as a witness in Oxford, when MS.

Merton Coll. 135 was given to the College' {Oxf. Press, p. 272).
1473 Thomas Hunt. See p. 5, and Oxf. Press.
1475 Apr. 20 John Bray occurs in a charter relating to a tenement in Cat
Street {Reg. Exon. p. 295). In 1482 he received payment for binding
books for Magdalen College {Magd. Reg. i, p. 10).
1479 Thomas Uffyngton rented from Osney Abbey 'selda secunda ibidem
[Haberdasher's Hall] ex parte orientali cum celario for 20s. a year. '
At this date Thomas Hunt was also occupying portions of Haberdasher's

Hall {Bodl. MS. Wood F if). He received payment for binding books
for Magdalen College, 1482, 1494-5 {Magd. Reg. i, pp. 10, 26).
1481 Theodoric Rood. See pp. 4, 5, and Oxf. Press.

1484 Christopher Coke, bokebyndere,' occurs
'
in the accounts of the keepers of
the Chantry of S. Thomas {Bodl. Oxf roll 14).
1491 William King, bookbinder (? of Oxford) {Bodl. MS. Top. Oxon. d28,f.46^).
1502-3 John Droseler (or Dreslare) was employed at Magdalen College in
chaining books. In 1508-9 he bound a Sallust and put on the clasps
'alterius magni libri' {Magd. Reg. i, pp. 32, 6^).
1506 George Castell occurs as a bookseller {Oxf. Press, pp. 11, 272). From
1507 to 1510 he bound books for Magdalen College {Magd. Reg. i,
pp. 64-6). In Oxf. Wills a George Castellam, who died before 3 Oct.
1513, is mentioned.
1507-8 Giles bound books for, and supplied chains to Magdalen College,
1507-10 {Magd. Reg. i, pp. 64-6).
William Harberd (Howberghe, Howbert, or Hubbert), a Dutchman, was
paid \os. 6d. for binding books for Magdalen College {Magd. Reg. i,
p. 64). He resigned his office as stationer, 11 Oct. 1532 (Boase, Univ.
Reg. i, p. 171). Died before 11 June, 1537 {Oxf. Wills). See also
Oxf City Documents, p. 56 (1524).
46
c. 1516 'Garret the bookbinder held Bulkley Hall circa 1516 et post' (Wood's
City of Oxford, i, p. 145).
1524 Gerard Pylegreme, 'Douchman,' is mentioned in a taxation return of

privileged persons {Oxf City Documents, p. 56). In 1535 obtained
letters of denization [Htigtienot Soc. viii, p. 193). His will, preserved
in the Univ. Archives, is dated 7 Feb. 1537 {Oxf. Press, p. 273), '
'
c. 1525 '
Gressop, bookbinder. In Bodl. MS. Rawl. G 47 (N.C. 14778) there is
a note that the volume, which had been presented to All Souls Library
by bp. Goldwell, was " resarcitus per Gressopum " the date must be :
about 1525' {Oxf. Press, p. 273).
1530 Henry, '

bokebynder,' received payments from 1530 to 1532 from
Magdalen College for binding and chaining books {Magd. Reg. ii,
pp. 5, 6, 8).
1550 Jane Bokbynder occurs in the churchwardens' accounts for the parish of
S. Mary the Virgin {Bodl. Oxf. roll 16). Here Bokbynder ' is probably
'
a true surname, but is worth mention on account of its rarity.
1553 Stuffolde bound books for Balliol College, 1553-9 {College document).
He bound Commentaria '
in Homerum ' for Magdalen College, 1560
{Magd. Reg. ii, p. 34).
1556-7 — Cavy bound a City account book {Oxf. City Archives: Audit book).
He probably the same as Christopher Cavye, admitted bookseller,
is
6 Oct. 1570 {Univ. Reg. p. 321). He probably died c. 1578 {Oxf.
Wills).
1558 Oct. 28 Phillip Cutture, bookbinder (Turner, Oxf. City Records, p. 274).
157^ Mar. 21 William Spire (Spyre) sen., of S. Mary's parish, admitted

bookseller {Univ. Reg. p. 321). In 1574 he received 4y. for binding a
volume of the Centuriators {Magd. Reg. ii, p, 45).
1572 June 29 Rowland J enckes, bookseller and bookbinder, married Alice Ford
(Wood's City of Oxford, iii, p. 210}. In 1577 he was condemned for
sedition (Stow's Atmals (1592), p. 1165; Wood's City of Oxford, i,
p. 269 U7tiv. Reg. p. 154
; Webster's Treatise of Witchcraft, p. 245).
;
1573 Sept. 8 Joseph Barnes. See p. 11, and Oxf. Press.

Robert Cavey, of S. Mary's parish, admitted bookseller {Univ. Reg.
p. 321). Admitted tavern-keeper, 6 Oct. 1587 {ibid. p. 326). In Oxf.
Wills he is described as book-binder, Clerk of the University.' Died
'
before 20 Mar. 1594.
1574 Mar. 25 Dominique Pinart, 'a french man,' admitted bookseller {Univ.
Reg. p. 321). Bodleian binder 1601-15 {Rel. Bodl. pp. 62, 159 Bodleian :
Day Book). Buried, 24 Mar. i6i| (Wood's City of Oxford, iii, p. 240),
1583 'Carre occurs as a bookbinder (Oxf. Univ. Archives, Reg. Y. 99)' {Oxf.
Press, p. 275).
47
1590 Nov. 27 Thomas Middleton, admitted bookseller {Univ. Reg. p. 321). In
1601 he received 57J. id. for binding 17 volumes for Magdalen College
{Magd. Reg. iii, p. 35). Died before 38 Mar. 1604 {Oxf. Wills).
Francis Peerse, admitted bookseller {Univ. Reg. p. 321). Bodleian binder
1613-22. Died before 4 Jan. i62f {Oxf. Wills).
Stephen Wilson, admitted bookseller {Univ. Reg. p. 321). '30 Nov. 1591,
Michael, son of Hugh Sariant of Courtnall, co. Northts., was apprenticed
to Stephen Wilson, bookbinder {ibid. p. 342). '
l6o2- Mar. 9 Robert Billingsley occurs as bookseller {Uiiiv. Reg. p. 342). His
widow married Nicholas Smith. In Oxf. Wills he is described as book-
binder he died before 17 Nov. 1606 {ibid.).
;
Robert Nixon alias Way, of Wilts, was apprenticed to Robert Billingsley

{Univ. Reg. p. 342). Bodleian binder, 1620-6. See also Univ. Reg. pp.
343. 399 Magd. Reg. iii, p. 36.
;
1602 Edward Miles. Bodleian binder, 1602-13 {Rel. Bodl. pp. 129, 159:
Bodl. Day Book). Occurs as bookseller, 15 Nov. 16 16 {Univ. Reg. p.
404). In Oxf. Wills he is described as 'bookbinder, late Clerk of the
University' : his will is dated i May, 1637. See p. 12.
1603 June 24 William Davis, of S. Mary's parish, 'famulus Gulielmi Barley,

bibliopol.' {Univ. Reg. p. 399). Admitted tavern-keeper, 11 Jan. i6o|
{ibid. p. 327). Bodleian binder, 1620-1. Publisher, 1622-40 {Oxf.
Press, pp. 31 1-3).
1604 May 4 'William Wildgoose (Willgouse) Oxon, 34: famulus Dris Abbott,
Vice-Cancellarii {Univ. Reg. p. 399).
' On 23 May, 1617, he was repri-
manded for setting up as a bookseller without the Vice-Chancellor's
leave {Univ. Reg. p. 321). Admitted bookseller, 10 June, 161 7 {ibid.).
Bodleian binder, 1621 — 1625-6.
1604 June 15 John Adams. 'Priv., Berks, 18 famulus Mri Crosley, : bibliopol.'
{Univ. Reg. p. 399). On 13 Mar. i6^§ a tenement in
'
S. Mary's
John Adams, stationer (Oxf. Univ. Archives, box
parish was leased to
A, no. 23).' He bound books for Magdalen College from c. 1610 to
1620 {Magd. Munimenls, p. 37). Bodleian binder, 1613-8. i6i|, '
John Kearsley was apprenticed to John Adams, bookbinder .' {Univ. . .
Reg. p. 343). Publisher, 1637 {Oxf. Press, p. 312). In 1637, July 20, '
a house just North of the Schools Quadrangle was " lately " in the tenure
of John Adams, bookbinder. (Agreement between Magdalen and the
University in Reg. R. 24, fol. 149 {Oxf. Press, p. 276).'
1606 June 18 Henry Bluett, of S. Mary's parish, admitted tavern-keeper {Univ.

^^S- P- 327)- Occurs as bookseller, Dec. 1610 {ibid. p. 321). Bodleian
binder, 1617-33. Died before 3 Jan. 163I {Oxf, Wills).
i6o| Jan. 30 William Spier, jun. Priv., Spier, William
'
Oxon, 15 filius ; ;
Gulielmi Spier, olim hujus Academiae bibliopol.' {Univ. Reg. p. 400)-

Mentioned as stationer, 24 Oct. 1617 {ibid. p. 343). Publisher, 1619
{Oxf. Press, p. 311). Bodleian binder, 1621 1628-9. Died before 30 —
Nov. 1636 {Oxf Wills).
48
608 July 17 Nicolas Smith. *Priv., Smith, Nicholas; Oxon, 43; bibliopol.'
{Univ. Reg. p. 401). Married Anne, widow of Robert Billingsley (see
above). His autograph will in the Univ. Archives is dated 6 May,
1609, Died before 9 Aug. 1609.
609 Nov. 17 John Westall. Priv., Westall, John
' Oxon, 24 hxhWoôV {Univ.
; ;
—
Reg. p. 401). Bodleian binder, 1613 1640-1. Publisher, 1638-40 {Oxf.
Press, p. 312).
Mar. 34 John Allam. Priv., Allam, John

'
Oxon, 30 ; serviens
— 1630-1.
;
Dri Budden {Univ. Reg. p. 401).

' Bodleian binder, i6if-
Another John Allam occurs as bookseller and publisher, 161^-38
{Univ. Reg. pp. 404, 321 Oxf. Press, pp. 312, 313).
;
613 Roger Barnes. Bodleian binder, 1613-1630. Admitted bookseller 16 May,

161 7 {Univ. Reg. p. 321). In Oxf. Wills he is described as of All
Saints parish, bookbinder and stationer. Died before 30 Nov. 1631.
61J Christopher Barbar. Bodleian binder, i6if. '14 Mar. i6if, Priv.,
Berbar (Barber), Christopher, 28; bibliopol. privilegiatus {Univ. Reg. '
p. 404). On 33 May, 1617, he was reprimanded for setting up as

a bookseller without leave of the Vice-Chancellor {ibid. p. 331).
614 Elias Peerse. Bodleian binder, 1614-21. Publisher, 1625-39 {Oxf. Press,
pp. 311-13).
6i| Jan. 3 William Webb, of S. Peter's in the East. 'William (son of
Thomas) Richmond alias Webbe, of Haukerton, co. Wilts, was appren-
ticed to Robert Nixon alias Waie, bookseller {Univ. Reg. p. 343).
' On
15 Nov. 1621 he signed his name at the end of a list of books delivered
to Robert Way for binding {Bodl. Day Book, ii, f. g''). Publisher,
1628-38 {Oxf. Press, pp. 313, 313). Bodleian binder, 1630-1 1637-8. —
Died before 7 Aug. 1653 {Oxf. Wills).
616 Nov. 15 William Johnson. Priv., Johnson, William
'
pleb. f., 33 famulus ; ;
Edouardi Miles, bibliopolae, privilegiatus' {Univ. Reg. p. 404). On

23 May, 161 7, he was reprimanded for setting up as a bookseller with-
out the Vice-Chancellor's leave {ibid. p. 321). Bodleian binder, i62x-ai.
Died before 13 May, 1645 {Oxf Wills).
619-20 John Hill, Bodleian binder. See p. 56.
620 Richard Billingsley. Bodleian binder, 1620-24.

621 July II Francis Oxlade. 'Francis, son of the late Thomas Oxladde, of
Clutteridge in par. Lewkenar, co. Oxon, was apprenticed to William
Davis, stationer' {Univ. Reg. p. 343). Bodleian binder, 1668-9.
622 Oct. 23 John Orson signed his name at the end of a list of books delivered
'
to Mr. Spire {Bodl. Day Book, ii, f. 35"').

'
63f Christopher Crouch. Bodleian binder, i62f

623 Nov. II Jocksen probably a 'famulus of some Bodleian binder. In the
;
'
Bodleian Day Book, ii (f. 30^) a list of books is entered to Mr. Jockfen,' '
but the list is not signed.
49 H
1624-5 Sampson Bele, Bodleian binder.
1626 June 18 John Barnes occurs as bookbinder (Univ. Reg. p. 343). Bodleian
binder, \6o^5-6 1671-2. — Bound books for Anthony Wood, 1638-9
(Wood's Life and Times, iv, pp. 56-9, 65, 66, 73). Died before 16 Nov.
1674 [Oxf. Wills). He was son of Roger Barnes.
William Ingram. 'William, son of Peter Ingram, was apprenticed to
Roger Barnes and John his son, bookbinders' {Univ. Reg. p. 343).
Died before 8 June, 1684. Another person of the same name was
a Bodleian binder, 1 660-1 1
700-1. —
1628-9 — Seale, of Eastgate. Bodleian binder, 1628-9 1638-9. —Probably
the same Seale to whom Wood refers in 1659 (Wood's Life and Times,
i, p. 278).
1630 July 19 Ralph Beckford, of S. Mary's parish. 'Ralph, son of Ralph

Beckford, husbandman, of Long Witnam [Wittenham], co. Berks,
was apprenticed to John Barnes^, bookbinder' {Univ. Reg. p. 343).
During 1646-7 he bound certain University registers (Wood's Life and
Times, iv, pp. 199, 200, 209, 211 see also i, pp. 213, 220). Bodleian
:
binder, 1650-2 —
1660-1. He was still a bookbinder in 1675 {Balliol
College document).
1631-2 Samuel Bolt. Bodleian binder, 1631-2 — 1641-2. Died before Aug.
1649 {Bodl. Account Book, f. 140'').
1636 — Badger (? of Oxford) bound some books for Anthony Wood (Wood's
Life and Times, iv, p. 56).
* The absence of the name of Roger Barnes probably implies his death.
Seal of William the Bookbinder, 1275.

(Magdalen charter, S. Pet. in E. /p^.)
III. EXTRACTS FROM THE BODLEIAN
DAY BOOKS (1613-24)
AND ACCOUNT BOOK (1613-76)
—
The Bodleian Day Books (1613-24) to give them their modern title are —
two small parchment-bound volumes. The first, which is not quite perfect,
consists of 180 leaves and is inscribed 'A Book of Accompts for Librarie
fince S' Thomas death.' It contains chiefly lists of books sent for binding, lists
of imperfect books, books given or promised to the Library, second-hand books

purchased, and lists of double books to be exchanged according to y" pleafure
'
of y® Visiters.' This register, which for the most part is in the handwriting of
Thomas James, Bodley's first Librarian, seems to have been very carefully kept,
but no entries whatever were made in 161 9. The second Day Book, which
consists of 78 leaves, contains little besides lists of books sent for binding
from 1621 to 1624, all apparently in the handwriting of Jean Verneuil, the under-
librarian.
The Bodleian Account Book is a parchment-bound volume consisting of
195 leaves, and contains the Library accounts from 161 3 to 1676.
The binding lists in the Day Books are particularly interesting from the
fact that from Sept. 1613 it became customary for the binder to sign his name
at the end of the list of books delivered to him. The signatures thus affixed
are those of :
—
Edward Miles, John Adams, John Allam ^, Dominique Pinart ^,
Roger Barnes, Elias Peerse, John Westall, Henry Bluett, Francis Peerse, Robert
Way, Richard Billingsley, William Johnson, William Davis, William Spier,
William Webb, William Wildgoose, and Christopher Crouch. The handwriting
of Christopher Barbar appears on f. 371" (DB i), but not his signature.
The extracts from the three registers are arranged in chronological order,
and are merely a numerous entries relating to binding. Three

selection of the
lists, however, are given complete, and all the financial entries during 161 3 and
1 61 1 relating to binding and chaining books are given in full. Whenever possible
the shelfmarks and notes on the bindings of the books mentioned have been
inserted within square brackets.
1613
DBi, f. 3' It for binding two books & y° paper whereof one was for
Vicechancellour y* other to lye in y^ cheft . .0.3.0
[Êniry lined tkroug!i\
DBi, f. 3' It for 14 dozen of Clipps . . [Entry lined through^ 0.14.0
* Often confused with John Adams. * Signed himself Dominic and
' '
'
Dominique.'
51 H 2
6 Aug.
A. f. 4' In primis payed vnto Wilkins fmith for chayning of 154
volumes in folio y® fumwe of nine shillings . . . . ix*
It payed for wire at y® fame time ufed vj*^
The marke of Jho;^ Wilkins ^

10 Aug.
DBi, f. 3"^ Delivered to Rog. Barnes Aquinas workes to be bound in
1 3 volumes in blacke leather & filleted about with edges
of gold [A 9". i-jj Tk.]
18 Aug.
DBi, f. 4' Delivered vnto Jhon Addams thefe books in Quires to be
bound
R. A Manufcript Bible of Cyprians Tranflation to be bound
in % vol. fo.
\_MSS. Bodl. )66, )6']. Bound in dark brown calf with a gilt
fillet along the edges, and a three-line fillet in blind near edge
of board.^
Rec^. Molinaeus Workes in 3 vol. fo. . [M 9. 6-8 lur. Same binding^
ReC^. Vocabulario del Crufca. fo. . . [C 2. g Art. Same binding.
DB i, f. 4' Deliuered to Fr: Peerfe to be bound
Rec^. lo. Bapt. Lupus de vfuris in fo. . \M 1. 1 lur. Calf: roll xix.]
Rec^. The Embafladour betweene heaven & Earth. ) go Calf:
Seaven fp/rzVuall exercifes o j " centre-piece.]
Rcc^. Varia facult. Theol. et Varia Parif opufcula.

Playdoyers et Refp. o
)
j-
m o00
•
.
[8° P 20 lur. Calf: centre-piece.]

f.4' Rec''. Antilogicon Theol.
1
Anti-Socin?^j- Cafmanni > in 8° [<^° B 121 Th. Same binding.]
Pareus de iure Regum )
Rec^. Vorstius de cdius'is deferendi Rom. Papatus ) o
It vita Antonij o |
^
[NN 2 Th. Calf: centre-piece.]
Rec''. Gentilis de lure Belli, o 1 0°
Benbellona ad Pragmat. conftit. /
[<y G ig lur. Calf: centre-piece^
Rec^. Befoldi Templu»2 iuftitiae )» ro,- t
C 2j lur. r
Same i.- j- 1
Volckmari practice Concluf. ; 4 •
U btndtng.]
Rec"^. Raubachi Quaestiones pt. 2. 4° [Nil ^6 lur. Calf: centre-piece.]

Rec^ The 8 & 9*^> pt of my Lo : Cooks Reports fo.
\MM 10 lur. {ser. j). Calf: roll xix.]
52
ReC*. Paratitla Cod. luftin. meth. 4° . [No longer in Library^
Rec''. Hift. Kcclesiasiicse Script, a vol. fo. . \No longer in Library J\
19 Aug.
DBi, f. 4' Deliuered in Quiars to Dominick Pinart.
Rec^. Jackfon on Creed. 4° . . . \.4° ^ 26 Th. Calf: roll xx."]
Rec^ Syntagma Polani. fo. . . \_M,f.jTL Calf: rolls xx, xxvii."]
Rec''. Horstius de natuxdi hum, o [4 WjMed. Calf: roll xx'.

Lettres aux Jef. m 4 ENo longer in Library.
[Hardijvillerius Acad. Parif | No longer in Library.
f. 5' Rec^ Actus Coronationis Mathiae

Elogia Ciceroniana o
[BB ij Art. Calf: roll xx.]
Pitifci Trigonometria 3 pt. 4° \BB 16 Art. Same binding?^
Rec"*. Legatus Caroli Pafchalij 4° [BB 61 Art. Same binding."]
Rec"*. Synefij op^ra o- [A 21. 4 Th. Calf: rolls xx, xxvii.]

fo.
La vie de H
le Grand [H 6. 9 Art. Calf: roll xxvii.]
Thefaurus Politicoruw 4" . [A 8. 6 Line. Calf: roll xx^
ReC^. Julius Pelugius de Rep. ) o [BB IJ Art. Same binding!

Advertencias a Mariana. )
^ [No longer in Library.
Rec''. Lud. de la Cerda in Virgiliu;« fo. \P 3' 7 -^^l- Calf: roll xxi.]
Rec\ Guicciardin in frenche fo. . [F g Art. Calf: rolls xx^ xxvii.]
Rec^. Hier. Surita de rebus Arragon. fo. . . [No longer in Library.]
Rec^ Dav. Lindanus. 4° . . . . [AA 114 Art. Calf: roll xx.]
Rec^ Lexicon Pentaglotton. fo. . . [L 6 Art. Calf: roll xxvii.]
Rec^. Caroli Scribonij Antuerpia 4° . [AA 114 Art. Calf: roll xx.]
a8 Aug.
A. f. 4' Payed for binding of books by Roger Barnes at Mr Tho.
James direction as appeareth by bill twenty feauen
shillings and fixe pence ...... Ita est Tho. James Biblioth.
s
xxvij .
d
vj
7 Sept.
A. f. 4' Payed for books bound by Fr: Pierce, Jhon Westall and
Jhon Addams by Mr Tho. James direction y^ sumwe
of three pound eight shillings and eight pence as 11 s d
appeareth by there feuerall billes . . . iii . viij . viij
Ita est Tho. James Biblioth.
53
16 Sept.
32' 2* 26*
A. f. 4^ Payed for books bound by Rog. Barnes, Dominick,
14' 3" 12' 5"*
Jhon Adams and Jhon Westall as it appeareth by

there feuerall billes y* sumMe of three pounds four- ti s d
teene shillings ten pence & iij . xiiij . x
Ita est The. James Bibliothecarius.
14 Oct.
A. f 4' Payed for books bound by Goodman Pierce and Jho»
Addams as it appeareth by there bills y® {umme of s d
xlj^ vj"* xlj . vj
Ita est The. James Biblioth.
aa Oct. s d
DBi, f. 33' It for this pap^r book . . . [Entry lined through'] i o
I a Nov.
[All the entries under this date are lined through.]
It Dew to Jho;^ Addams for binding Speeds Chronicle s d

in 2 vol 15 . 6
It forbinding y® great Catalogue of y* Librarie . . .3.6
It to Richard Miles ^ for binding of books in 4° five,
in 8° fiue & in fo. 2 . .9.6
It for a pap^;' books to write y® names of books in . . .1.0
It for clipps 10 . o
6 Dec.
A. f.
^ Payed vnto Mr James for Books bownd & other ex-
pences about y® Librarie as it appeareth by his bill li d
Three pound & three pence iij iij
Ita est Tho. James Bib.

7 Dec.
DBi, f. 33' Receaved of Mr James for books bownd for y^ Librarie

due to me in Nouembery® fumweof nine fhillings & vj^
[Signed\ Edward Miles.
Receaved of Mr James for books bound in Nove;«ber

y^ fum»ie of xix° vj"*
[Signed] Joh: Adams.
The fame day put to binding to John Adams y® Councels at

Rome in 4 Volumes.
rece: by me Joh: Adams.
[C 16. y-io Th. Dark brown calf with a gilt fillet along the
edges and a three-line fillet in blind near edge of board^
^
* Edward Miles.
54
14 Dec.
DBi, f. 33' The Councels at Rome Edition were browght backe by Jo.
Addams bound.
15 Dec.
[7"^ two following entries are lined through!\
ffor binding 4 books in fo with a fillit on y® edge at ij^ iiij*^ s d
a volume . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
It for strings o .
4
A. f. 6' Expences fro;« 1° Ian. 1613. ad Mart. io"«»

To goodman Addams for binding of Books at 2 feuerall times xxviij^
Ita est Tho. James Biblioth.
To Christ: Barbar for books bownd viij' . i**
Ita est Tho: James Biblioth.
19 Jan. i6i|.
DBijf. 34' Receaved of Rainfford y® pewterer la dozen of clipps.
ItRec. of him 8 dozen more Febr. i.
34 Jan.
\The two following entries are lined through?^
s d
34^ Owing to y® Smith for chayning of 39 dozen of books . ix . vj
It for wier vj
23 Feb.
\The entries under this date are lined through.']
38^ 39' Books Bound by Addams. s d

foure in fo with a fillit of gold at %^ 6^ a vol. . . 0.9.4
5 in 4° filleted as before at xiiij^ a book . . . . 05 . 10
2 in 8° filleted at 9^ a vol. 01 . 6
One in vellaw in 4° 0.8
Strings . . 1.2
Books bound by Christ. Barbar. s d
Foure in 4° 4.8
Two in 8° . . . . . . . . . . 1.4
Three in 8° 1.6
ffor ftiching of books 0.6
ffor firings 0.6
28 Mar. 1614.
A. f. 6' Paied for binding of books by Rog. Barnes & Dominick as s d
appeareth by bill the summe. of xxxiij* ix^ . . xxxiij . ix .
Ita est Tho: James Biblioth.
55
a8 Mar.
\The entries under this date are lined through?^
DB i, f. 42' To Rog. Barnes owing s d
For binding one large book in fo with pictures iii iiij
It two lefTer in fo iiij iiij
It 5 in 4° . CO 5 10
It 2 in 8° . o I 4
It 8 in 16° o 4 o
It 4 inparchement . o I 4
It for a dozen of ftringes o o 9
It for firings for parchment books o o 2
Sumwa xxj
It one other booke in fo o . 2
Paied him xxij xi*^ Sumwa tot. xxiij^ .
To Dominicke
For binding 4 books in fo o . 10 . o
It for fowing 3 books o.i.o
It for strings . . . . . . . . .0.0.6
Paied him x^ x'' Sum;«a o . 11 .6
6 May,
DBi, f. 43"" Receaued into y° Librarie of y® Gift of S' H: Sauile
Chryfostome workes y® price of binding & ftringing
them to Mr Jofeph Barnes xix^ wch is owing him.
Payd 18°: Maij
1615.
A. f. 10'
p^r billa»2
Pay** for 5 dozin of
..........
Pay'* for y® chayning of 2 dozen and 8 books to
Loopes to Robert Raynfeford

Jo.
^êr
Bate
billaw .
xvj'*
v'
Ita est Tho. James. S. Th. D°' Bibh'othecarius.
18 July.
A. f. 1 1' Payed vnto Mr
D°' James for 24 dozen of chaynes bowght
patet p^r billaw ........

of Jo. Hall y^ fum»2e of iiijii xvj^ at iiij^ a dozen pr<?ut li
iiij
s
xvj
Ita est Tho. James Bibl.
.
A. f. 28^ 17 Jul. 1619—26 Jul. 1620.
Imprimis payd to John Hill for worke done in the li s d

Library vt patet p^r billam 0.10 4
Item eidem, vt patet ^êr billam 0.15 9
Item eidem to provide fome inftruments necefTary for
binding of bookes 0.8 o
Item eidem for binding bookes ° •
3 o
Item eidem, vt patet per billam ^ •
9 10
\Êtc. The total amount paid to John Hill was £10 12 . .
7.]
'
8 vols. Printed at Eton, 1610-12. This copy is no longer in the Library.
56
A. f. 3a' 26 Jul. 1620—24 July i6ai.
Item to the Bursars of Merton QoWege for the discharging
the binding of 30 volumes of the archetype Copies of ti s d
Chrysostome given to the Library by Sir Henry Savile 1.13.2
\Auct. E
). 1-16, Auct. E
^. 1-6. Nineteen volumes are bound in
dark brown calf, seventeen of them have centre-piecesJ]
i6ai.
DBiijf I' 5 Maij H. B.^ came to string bookes
in which morning he did strung 21 bookes
in the after none all Tostatus which is
in 13 volum 18. i-i} Th."] and befides 13 more
6 Maij
in the morning 4 bookes
In the after none 12 unchayned new bookes
and fix more
8 maij
22 bookes in the morning
14 bookes in the after none
12 Maij
24 bookes In the morning.
In the after none 30 bookes.
13 Maij
In the morning 38 bookes
more at the fame times In 8° 12 bookes
The 14 Maij
In the morning 38 bookes in 8°
In the after noone 5 dozens and 3 bookes in 8°
17 Feb. 162!.
DBii, f. 45' Deliured to William Wildgoofe Thefe bookes following
to be bound
R I William Cowper works, fol. [C 2. ) Th. Rough calf with a four-

line fillet tooled in blind near the edge of each cover. The back has
the usual hatching^
R 2 A Guide to Godlinefle by John Downham

[C l8. II Th. Same binding?^
R 3 Petr. de Arrubal Comment In i^"" partem

Thomae \H 4. 9 Art. Same bifiding.'\
R 4 Martinus de Espilla definitiones rerum

et verborum quae tractantur de facra
Theologia [FF 64 Th. Same binding."]
* Doubtiess Henry Bluett.
57 I
R /' Sermones et exhortationes monasticae
Authore Laurentio de Portel
^
\ . .
\BB 12 Th Same b' d' a-\1
\ Francif. Sanchez In Ecclefiastem . ^ •
R \ Comment
R 6 William Shakefpeares comedies histories ^ \No longer in Library. 'X
Imperf. R 7 The Theater of honor and Knightwood \No longer in Library !\

R 8 Polyanthea noua Tom. %^
[Signed] William Wildegoose
28 Jul. 1629 — 30 Jul. 1630.
A. f. 67' To Mr Berry the Goldsmith for mendinge the

claspes of Queene Maries booke ^ last yeare
a= 6^, and this yeare for mending the claspes s
of the great Register ^ .05
A. f. 68' Item to Mr Barnes for bindinge the Arabicke
Manuscript of the Councells * vt patet ti s
per billam . . . i •
5
* The first folio. This book was undoubtedly disposed of as a '

double book ' when a later
edition was received.
' Auct. D
inf. 2. 13. A
Book of Hours formerly in the possession of Queen Mary I. The
present binding is modern, but portions of the clasps still remain.
' The Register of Benefactors given by Sir Thomas Bodley. This book was either rebacked
or wholly rebound during 1649-50, as the following extracts show:
ti s d
A. f. 143'' Item to John Barnes for new binding the Great Register . . . 00 . 06 . o
Item to Haws the Glover for a peece of Buffe to cover the backe of
that Register 00 01 06 . .
Item to Berry the Goldsmith for mending and new gilding the clasp
which was broken 00 03 00 . .
It to Thomas Adams the Smith for Plats, nayles and workmanship

about the booke .00. 2. 6
* MS. Roe 26. Calf: rolls XVII, XXI. This is one of the MSS. given by Sir Thomas
Roe to the University and dispatched from London by Archbishop Laud in May 1629, who
expressly mentioned that 'the Arabicke booke in folio must needs be newe bound' (Macray's
Annals of the Bodleian Library, 2nd ed., p. 70).
58
IV. EXAMPLES OF BINDINGS EXECUTED
BY OXFORD BINDERS (1613-1630)
COMPILED FROM THE BODLEIAN DAY BOOKS
AND ACCOUNT BOOK
John Adams.
C 16. j-io Th. [calf: three-line near edge of cover: bound 1613].
fillet
N 2. 10 /nr., II 18 Inr.,
12 Art., K
4. 9 Art., 2. j Th. [calf: K R
roll XXVII bound 1614]. B g.12 Th. [calf: centre-piece: bound 1615].
:
F 4. g Th., L J. I Th. [calf: three-line fillet: bound i6i|]. 4° 11 P

Med. [vellum: bound 1618]. ^
B 14J Th. [rough calf: three-line fillet:
no hatching on back: bound 1618].
John Allam.
8" C II Med. [calf: centre-piece: bound 161 1]. A ij. 12 Th., I 2. 2 Th.
[calf: three-line fillet: bound 1615]. AA 8j Art., 4 T 40 Art. [calf:
roll XXVI : bound i6i|]. P j. ly Th., R 12 Th. [rough calf: three-line
fillet: no hatching on back: bound 1620].
Christopher Barbar.
KK 42 Itir.,4° V 6g Th., 8° H 22,2} Th. [calf: centre-piece: bound i6i|].
C 4} Th. [calf: three-line fillet: bound i6i|].
Roger Barnes.
B 77. ly Th., L y. ) Th., KK 9 Th. [calf: three-line fillet: bound 1613].
NNio Th., P 3.8 lur. [calf: rolls XVII, XXI bound i6i|]. 4° D jj Th.
:
[calf: roll XVII: bound 1618]. P 2. 8 Med. [calf: rolls XVII, XXI:
bound
1618J.
H
J. 6 Art., BB 42 Art. [rough calf: three-line fillet:
bound 1621J. MS. Roe 26 [calf: rolls XVII, XXI: bound 1629-30,
probably by Roger Barnes],
Richard Billingsley.
K /. 77 Art., E DD 28 Th., B 22. ij Line, [calf: roll XXIV bound
I.
J lur., :
1620]. 8" P
86 lur. [vellum: bound 1630]. 2. 12 Th., II 11 Th. H
[rough calf: three-line fillet: no hatching on back bound 1623]. S i.g :
Th., T6.J Th. [rough calf: three-line fillet: bound 1624].

Many of the bindings executed by Billingsley are signed and dated.
Henry Bluett.
B I). 12 Th., C J. [calf: roll XXII
16 Th. hatching as plate XXX, no. 4:
:
bound 1617J. P ^. 8 Th., U }. 11 Th. [calf: centre-piece: bound 1617].

B 18. II Th., B 20. 1} Th. [rough calf: three-line fillet: no hatching on
back: bound 1621]. B ). y Th, [rough calf: three-line fillet: bound
1623].
59
Christopher Crouch.
P 2. 12 hir., F 4. II lur. [rough calf: three-line fillet: no hatching on back:
bound i62§].
Wn.LiAM Davis.
<?° C 1)0 Art., ^14) Th. [vellum : bound 1620].
William Johnson.
H J. 12 Th., P
8. ij; Th. [rough calf: three-line fillet : gilt ornament along
edges: bound 1621].
Edward Miles.
8r P 70 Art., B IS Med., 8" 6 Med. H [calf: roll XII: bound 1613].
4° V
28 Th. [vellum: bound 1613].
Elias Peerse.
WI Th. [calf: centre-piece: bound 1614]. 9. // Line, [calf: centre- A
piece: bound 1615]. B
g. ij Th., L }. 10 Th. [calf: three-line fillet:
bound 1615].
Francis Peerse.
M I. I lur., A 2. II Th., D
16. 2 Line, [calf: roll XIX: bound 1613].
4° R }2 Th., F 2. )l
Line, [calf: centre-piece: bound 1613]. 6. ^ Th., A
MM 10,11 lur. i^rd.ser.) [calf: roll XIX bound 1618]. CC 28, 29 Med. :
trough calf: three-line fillet: bound 1630]. 20. 10 Th., }. 10 Th. A N

calf: three-line fillet: bound i6ai].
Dominique Pinart.
A 21. 4 Th., F ).g Art. [calf: rolls XX, XXVII bound : 1613]. F 3. 7 Art.,
A 8. 6 Line. [caU: roll XX: bound 1613].
William Spire.
8° F )2 Med. [vellum: bound 1622]. <S° B loj Art. [calf: three-line fillet:
bound i62§].
Robert Way.
M 6. 14 Lur. [calf: roll XXVI bound 1620]. : A A 28 Art. [rough calf: no
hatching on back bound 1620]. :
John Westall.
AA 8j Art., AA
1^2 Art., A ig. 20 Th. [calf: rolls XXIII, bound 1613]. XXV :
8 B yi Art., ST B 7) Art. [calf: roll XXV: bound 1613]. 16 Art. /H

vellum: bound 1613]. 8 ^l Art., 8° D
26 Th. [calf: centre-piece: W
bound 1613]. KK
30 Th., B 21. g Line, [calf: three-line fillet bound :
1 61 5]. 4 A 14 Th. [calf: roll XXV: gilt ornament along edges:

bound 1618]. 4° B 71 Th., 4° M
^2 Th. [calf: three-line fillet: bound
1 61 8]. R
). 16 Th.,P 4. II Lur. [rough calf: three-line fillet no hatching :
on back bound 1620].

:
William Wildgoose.
D 1. 1) Th., G I. 7 Lur. [rough calf: four-line fillet : bound i6ai]. C 2, ) Th.
[rough calf : four-line fillet : bound 1623].
[Unless the contrary is stated, the bindings have the usual hatching
on the back at head and tail. See plate XXX, nos. 2, 3, 5.]
60
INDEX OF PERSONS AND PLACES
MENTIONED
A. I., see Adams, John.
,
Billingsley, Anne, 49.
Abbott, George, vice-chancellor, 48. Billingsley, Richard, bookbinder, 13, 37,
Adam '
le bocbyndere,' 45. 49, 51. 59-
Adam '
liur ' (xivth cent.), 45. Billingsley, Robert, bookbinder, 37, 48,
Adams, John, bookbinder, 13, 38, 39, 48, 49.
5^-55. 59- Bluett, Henry, bookbinder, 12, 36, 39,
Adams, Thomas, smith, 58. 41, 48, 51, 57, 59-
Addams, Jhon, see Adams, John. Bocbyndere, Robert, see Robert Bocbyn-
Allam, John, bookbinder, 12, 38, 39, 49, dere.
51. 59- Bodleian Library, see Oxford Univ.
Allam, John, bookseller and publisher Bodley, sir Thomas, 11, 12, 58.
(i6if-38), 49. Bokbynder, Jane, 47.
All Saints parish, see Oxford. Bokbynder's Tenement, see Oxford.
All Souls College, see Oxford Univ. Bokebynder, Thomas, see Thomas Boke- ^
Atwater, William, 16. bynder'

Augustine the bookbinder(c.i 232-4o),43. Bokebynder, William, see William Boke-
Augustine '
liur ' (xivth cent.), 45. bynder.
Bokebyndere, Johannes, see Johannes
B. , H., see Bluett, Henry. Bokebyndere.
Badger, —
bookbinder, 50.
,
Bolt, Samuel, bookbinder, 50.
Balkwell, Roger, 20. Bookbinders' Bridge and Yard, see
Oxford Univ.
Balliol College, see Oxford.
Barbar (Berbar or Barber), Christopher, Boothe, bp., 19.
bookbinder, 39, 49> 5i, 55, 59- Bradshaw, Henry, 9.
Barley, William, bibliopol., 48. Brasenose College, see Oxford Univ.
Barnes, John, bookbinder, 13, 41, 50, 58. Bray, John, bookbinder, 7, 46.
Barnes, Joseph, printer and binder, 1 1, 39, British Museum, see London.
47, 56. Broad Street, see Oxford.
Barnes, Roger, bookbinder, 13, 34, 36, Budden, John, 49.
38, 49-54, 56, 58, 59. Bulkley Hall, see Oxford Univ.
Bate, John, 56. Burbach, John, 25.
Beckford, Ralph, bookbinder, 13, 38, 41, Burgey, William, 43.
50. Bysshopp, Bartholomew, 45.
Beckford, Ralph, husbandman of Long Bysshopp, Nicholas, 45.
Witnam, co. Berks., 50.
Bele, Sampson, bookbinder, 50. Cambridge, 8.
Bennet, —
monk, 24.
,
Cambridge University:
Bennett, R. A. R., 20. Clare College, 22.
Berbar, Christopher, see Barbar, Chris- Corpus Christi College, 9, 28.
topher. Emmanuel College, 21.
Berry, mr., goldsmith, 58. St. John's College, 6, 9, 23, 28.
Berugby, John leyre de,' see'
John leyre
'
Cambridge University Library, 6, 22.
de Berugby.' Canterbury, Clement, 17.
6I
Canterbury Hall, see Oxford Univ. F., G., 8.
Canterbuiy, S. Augustine's, 17. Faunt, John, '
bucbyndere,' and Matilda
Carre, — bookbinder, 47.
,
his wife, 45.
Castell, George, bookbinder, 9, 46. Faunt, Simon, bucbyndere,' and Cristina
'
Cat Street (or Catstrete), sec Oxford. his wife, 45.

Cavey, Robert, bookbinder, 47. Faunt, see also Lenfant.
Cavy, —see Cavye, Christopher.
, Ford, Alice, 47.
Cavye, Christopher, bookbinder, 8, 47. Fortescue, Thomas, 33.
Caxton, William, 20.
Chichele Chest, sec Oxford Univ. Garbrand, Richard, stationer, 36.
Christ Church, see Oxford Univ. '
Gardinum Cruste,' see Oxford.
Cistercian College of S. Bernard, see
Garret the bookbinder, 47.
Oxford Univ. Giles, bookbinder, 46.
Clare College, Cambridge, ^^'^ Cambridge Godstow cartulary, 4, 44.
Univ. Godstow Hall, see Oxford Univ.
Clutteridge in par. Lewkenar, 49. Goldwell, bp., 47.
Coke, Christopher, bokebyndere,' 46.
'
Good, Nicholas, 3, 16.
Corpus Christi College, see Oxford Univ., Goold, John, scribe, 3, 16, 17.
C.C.C. Cambridge Univ., C.C.C.
; Goolde, J., see Goold, John.
Crawford, lord, library of, 36. Grandpont, see Oxford.
Crosley, mr., bibliopol., 48. Grene, Johannes, a6,
Crouch, Christopher, bookbinder, 49, 51, Greneway, Thomas, 9, 34.
60.
Cutture, Phillip, bookbinder, 47.
Gressop, —
bookbinder, 47.
,
Griffet, John, 29.
Davis, William, bookbinder, 48, 49, 5 1 60. ,

Haberdasher's Hall, see Oxford Univ.
Delle, John, see Dolle, John. Hales, Cistercian monastery of, 29.
Dersham, mag., monk of S. Edmund's, 18. Hambury Hall, see Oxford Univ.
Dolle (or Delle), John, bookbinder, and Harberd (Howberghe, Howbert, or
Joan his wife, 45. Hubbert), William, bookbinder, 46.
Dominic (or Dominick), sec Pinart, Haukerton, co. Wilts., 49.
Dominique. Haukshurste, Sampson, 31.
Dome, John, stationer, 10. Haws the glover, 58.
Dotyn, John, 29, 32. Henry, bokebynder,' 47.
'
Droseler (or Dreslare), John, bookbinder, Henry the lymner, i.

46. Hereford Cathedral Library, 19.
Durham Cathedral Library, 19, 21, 22. Hill, John, bookbinder, 49, 56.
Howberghe (or Howbert), William, see
East Gate, see Oxford. Harberd, William.
Eld, river, see Oxford. Hubbert, William, see Harberd, William.
Elizabeth, Queen of England, 10, 11. Hugh le lyur, 44.
Emmanuel College, see Cambridge Univ. Hunt, Emmota, wife of Thomas Hunt,
Enfant, John le, of Wolgaricote, see
Lenfant, John. Hunt, Thomas, stationer, 4, 5, 21, 40.
Erfurt, Carthusian monastery at, 3. Hurst, Herbert, 20.
Evans, Hermann, stationer, 29.
Exeter College, see Oxford Univ. Ingram, Peter, 50.
Eynsham, Paulinus de, see Paulinus de Ingram, William, bookbinder, 50.
Eynsham. Ivo the bookbinder, 44.
62
Jacobi, Henry, stationer, 8. Naas, parish church of, 46.
James, Thomas, Bodley's first Librarian, National Art Library, j'^'^ London.
12,51,53-56. New College, see Oxford Univ.
Jenckes, Rowland, bookbinder, 47. Nicholas serviens Universitatis,' 43.
'
Jesope, Thomas, 33'. Nichols, Degory, 34.

Jesus College, see Oxford Univ. Nixon, Robert, see Way, Robert.
Jocksen, mr., bookbinder, 49. Notley, priory of, 3.
Johannes Bokebyndere, 46.
John de Stanes, ligator, 44. Oriel College, see Oxford Univ.
John leyre de Berugby,* 44.
'
Oriel Street, see Oxford.
John le Enfant of Wolgaricote, see Orson, John, bookbinder, 49.
Lenfant, John. Osney Abbey, see Oxford.
Johnson, William, bookbinder, 49, 51, 60. Osney, prior of, 18.
Oxford, City
K., G., 8, la, 42. All Saints parish, 49.
Katestrete (or Katstrete), see Oxford, Bokbynder's Tenement, i.
Cat Street. Bookbinders' Bridge, 4.
Kearsley, John, 48. Bookbinders' Yard, 4.
King, William, bookbinder, 46. Broad Street, 20.
Kyrfoth, Charles, 9. Cat Street, i, 3, 5, 43-46.
Langbaine, Gerard, 13. East Gate, 43, 50.
Eld, river, 4.
Laud, archbp., 58.
Laurencius ligator,' i, 43.
'
' Gardinum Cruste,' 44.
Lenfant (le Enfant, Lefaunt), John, 45. Grandpont, 45.

Oriel Street, i.
Lenfant (le Enfant, Lefaunt), William,
Osney Abbey, i, 3-5, 18, 44-46.
45-
Lewkenar, co. Oxon., 49. Quaking Bridge, 4.
Ressell or Russell, stream, 4.
Lincoln College, see Oxford Univ.
S. Frideswide's, 10, 43-45.
London, 7, 8, 11, 13, 41.
British Museum, a, 15, 31, 33, 41. S.John the Baptist's Hospital, 43,45.
National Art Library, South Ken- S. Mary the Virgin's Church, i, 45.
S. Mary the Virgin's Parish, 43, 44,
sington, 6, 33.
Record Office, 4, 18, 44. 47, 48. 50-
S. Peter's in the East, 43-45, 49.
Long Witnam [Wittenham], co. Berks.,
50.
S. Thomas's Chantry, 45, 46,
Longland, bp., 31. S. Thomas's Church, 4.
Schidyerd Lane, i, 44, 45.
Macray, dr. William Dunn, 7. School Lane, 44.
Madan, Falconer, 31. Oxford City Archives, 8, 33, 38, 44, 47.
Magdalen College, see Oxford Univ. Oxford University
Mary I, Queen of England, 58. All Souls College, 1,5, 30,44, 45> 47-
Medilton, John, 34. Balliol College, 36, 38, 39, 33, 35-37,
Merton College, see Oxford Univ. 39, 41, 47, 50-
Middleton, Thomas, bookbinder, 48. Bodleian Library, 3, 4-8, 11-13, 15,
Miles, Edward, bookbinder, 13, 33, 43, 17-31, 33, 34, 36, 38-60.
48, 49, 51, 54, 60. Brasenose College, 35, 38, 30, 31,
Miles, Richard, see Miles, Edward. 33, 35, 36, 41-
Mills, bookbinder, see Miles, Edward. Bulkley Hall, 47.
Milwarde, Harry, 8. Canterbury Hall, 17.
More, John, bookbinder, 46. Chichele Chest, 34.
63
Oxford University (continued) : Rainsford, Robert, 55, 56.
Christ Church, 4. Rawlyns, Richard, 22.
Cistercian College of S. Bernard, 29. Raynseford, Robert, see Rainsford,
Corpus Christ! College, 26, 32-34, Robert.
41, 42. Reading Abbey, 2.
Exeter College, 29, 32. Record Office, see London.
Godstow Hall, 44. Redyng, Ricardus de, see Ricardus de
Haberdasher's Hall, 5, 46. Redyng.
Hambury Hall, 44. Reginald, bookbinder, 43.
Jesus College, 19. Ressell (or Russell), stream, see Oxford,
Lincoln College, 6, 22. Ressell.
Magdalen College, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 16, Ricardus de Redyng, 2.
17, 22, 25, 26, 29, 30-36, 38-48. Richard the parchment-seller, i.
Merton College, 11, 22, 25, 26, &
Richmond, Thomas William, see Webb,
29-33. 35> 38, 41, 46, 57- Thomas & William.
New College, 6, 18, 24, 38. Robert Bocbyndere, 45.
Oriel College, 40, 44-46. Roe, sir Thomas, 58.
Queen's College, 13, 45. Rood, Theodoric, printer, 4, 5, 21, 46.
St. John's College, 19-21, 41. Roysia (Royse), abbess of Godstow, 44.
University College, 3, 16, 17, 31, Rushall, —
25. ,
33^ 35- Russell, stream, see Oxford, Ressell.

Wodcokhall, 46. Rydyall, William, 22.
Oxford University Archives, 9, 13, 31, 38,
41, 43. 44, 47> 49- S., H., see Singleton, H.
Oxladde, Thomas, see Oxlade, Thomas. S., N., 13, 37.
Oxlade, Francis, bookbinder, 49. S. Augustine's, Canterbury, see Canter-
Oxlade, Thomas, 49. bury.
S. Frideswide's, see Oxford.
Paulinus de Eynsham, 45. S. John the Baptist's Hospital, Oxford.
Peerse (or Pierce), Elias, bookbinder, S. John's College, Camb., see Cambridge
39, 49, 51. 60. Univ.
Peerse (or Pierce), Francis, bookbinder, S. John's College, Oxford, see Oxford
9, 35. 39. 48, 51, 52-54, 60. Univ.
Petrus filius Toraldi, mayor of Oxford, 43. S. Mary the Virgin's Church, Oxford, see
Pierce, Elias & Francis, see Peerse, Elias Oxford.
& Francis. S. Mary the Virgin's Church, Thame, see
Pikerynge, William de, see William de Thame.
Pykerynge. S, Mary
the Virgin's Parish, see Oxford.
Pilat, John, 45. the East, see Oxford.
S. Peter's in
Pinart, Dominique, bookbinder, 12, 13, S. Thomas's Chantry, see Oxford.
35, 3^, 38, 47. 51, 53-56, 60. S. Thomas's Church, see Oxford.
Pradte, Johannes, see Pratt, John. Sariant, Hugh, 48.
Pratt, John, bookbinder, 2, 46. Sariant, Michael, 48.
Pykerynge, William de, see William de Savile, sir Henry, 11, 56, 57.
Pykerynge. Schidyerd Lane, see Oxford.
Pylegreme, Gerald, bookbinder, 47. School Lane, see Oxford.
Pynson, Richard, 9. Scolar, John, printer, 9.
Seale, — ,
bookbinder, 50.
Quaking Bridge, see Oxford. Sebroke, Thomas, 28.
Queen's College, see Oxford Univ. Sever, Henry, 25.
Shadlok, William, lo. Veldener, Jean, printer and binder, 6.
Simon, see Symon. Verneuil, Jean, vmder-librarian of the
Singleton, H., bookbinder, 12, 36. Bodleian, 51.
Smallwood, W., 31.
Smith, Anne, 49. W., I., see Westall, John.
Smith, John, 37. W., R., see Way, Robert.
Smith, Nicholas, bookbinder, 13, 37, 48, Wale, Robert, see Way, Robert.
49- Walter the bookbinder (c. 1232-40), 43.
Smith, Thomas, 13. Walter le Bocbyndere (1289), 44.
Snowe, Thomas (Thomas Bokebynder), Walter liur (xivth cent.), 45.
'
'
46. Walter, bookbinder (1401-2), 45.

Sorltone, William de, see William de Walter filius Paulini de Eynsham,' 45.
'
Sorltone. Wareham, William, archbp. of Canter-

South Kensington, see London, National bury (1504-32), 24-
Art Library. Wareham, archdeacon
William, of
Spire (Spier or Spyre), William, sen., Canterbury (1513^34), M-
bookbinder, 47, 48. Way (or Waie) alias Nixon, Robert,
Spire (Spier or Spyre), William, jun., bookbinder, 13, 38, 48, 49, 51, 60.
bookbinder, 48, 49, 51, 60. Webb alias Richmond, Thomas, 49.
Stanes, John de, see John de Stanes. Webb alias Richmond, William, book-
Stanys, John, see John de Stanes. binder, 49, 51.
Staveley, John, 25. Webbe, Richard, 4.
Stephen, ligator,' le
'
lyur,' le Bok-
' '
Westall, John, bookbinder, 34, 37, 39,
bindere,' 43. 42, 49. 5T, 53' 54, 60.
Stephen, of S. Peter's in the East, book- Wildgoose (or Wildgouse), William,
binder, 45. bookbinder, 40, 48, 51, 57, 58, 60.
Stonyhurst College, 22. Wilkins, John, smith, 52.
Stufifolde, bookbinder, 47. Willgoose (or Willgouse), William, see
Symon, '
ligator,' 44. Wildgoose, William.
William Bokebynder (1459), 46.
William the bookbinder, 'le lyur,'
Taillour, John, of Wodetone, and '
ligator,' etc., 43. 44, 50-
Matilda his wife, 45.
William de Pykerynge (or Pikerynge),
Tenementum Bokbyndere, see Oxford,
Bokbynder's Tenement. 43, 44-
William de Sorltone, 45.
Teyntor, R., 31.
William le Enfant, jî? Lenfant, William.
Thame, Church of S. Mary the Virgin,
Wilson, Stephen, bookbinder, 48.
2, 10.
Winchester Doomsday Book, 7.
Thomas le Bockbinder, 45.
Windsor, Dean and Chapter of, 1 5.
Thomas '
Bokebynder,' de '
Catysstreetl
Wodcokhall, see Oxford Univ.
see Snowe, Thomas.
Wolvercote (Wolgaricote), 45.
Thorne, John, see Dome, John.
Wood, Anthony, 4, 50.
Thornton, Simon, 30.
Woodstock, 36.
Toraldus, 43.
Wybarun, Thomas, 2.
Wytherton, William, 29.
Uffyngton, Thomas, bookbinder, 7, 46.
University College, see Oxford Univ. Yon, bookbinder, 44.
Utrecht, Carthusian monastery near, 3. York Chapter Library, 1 9.
65 K
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLATES
Decoration of the edges of a binding
Seal of William the Bookbinder, 1 275
...... page 40
j. 5°
Plate
I. Oxford binding, 1460 or shortly after . . Bodl. . MS. th. e 7
(olim Phillipps MS. <)S99)'
Sermones Dominicales per annum cum tabula per lohannem ffelton
vicarium sancte Marie Magdalene Oxon. collectus. Et scriptum fuit
finaliter Oxonie 5 die lulij Anno Christi Millesimo cccc"" lx°.
II. Oxford binding, c. 1460 Bodl. MS. 141.

Alberti Magni opera philosophica.
III. Oxford binding, probably shortly before 146a MS. Univ. College no.
lohannis Duns Scoti Quaestiones quodlibetales.
IV. Oxford binding,
A
c. 1470 ....
Latin translation of the Ethics, Oeconomics, and Politics of
MS. Magd. College i8g.
Aristotle.
V. Oxford binding, c. 1470 Private library.

A MS. of the Greek grammar of Theodore Gaza.
VI. Oxford binding, 1478 or shortly after , . Bodl. Atict. y Q J-24.
Consolatorium timorate conscientie lohannis Nyder. Paris
(U. Gering) 1478.
Commentaria magistri Petri de Osoma in simbolum Quicunque
vult saluus esse. Paris (U. Gering) n. d.
Exposicio sancti leronimi in simbolum apostolorum. Oxford,
'
1468.' [Removed].
VII. Oxford binding, 1479 shortly after Bodl. S. Seld. e 2.
. . .
Textus ethicorum Aristotelis per Leonardum Aretinum translatus.

Oxford, 1479.
VIII. Oxford binding, c. 1480
loannes de Imola in Clementinas.
.... Venice, i475-
Neiv College Atict. T ig. j.
IX. Oxford binding, 1483 ....

Latteburius super threnos Hieremiae.
All Souls College
Oxford, 1482.
QQ 8. il.
X. Oxford binding, 1480 or shortly after . St. Johns College c }. 4.

Alexandri Angli Destructorium vitiorum. Koln (Quentell), 1480.
XI. Oxford binding, c. 1480 . . .A book-cover
in the possession
of F. Madan, Esq.
This binding once contained the Oxford Aegidius (1479) Mich, de '•
Hungaria's Tredecim Sermones Oxoniensis cuiusdam exercita-

:
'
tiones Adelard of Bath's Quaestt. naturales

' : and the Oxford :
Jerome (' 1468 ').

67
Plate
XII. Oxford binding, c. 148a . Magd. College Arch. B j.
Lactantii Opera. Venice, 1478,
XIII, XIV. Oxford binding, 1482 or shortly after Camd. Univ. Library .
Latteburius super threnos Hieremiae. Oxford, 1483. E^^.i.

XV, XVI. ? Oxford binding Camb. St. Johns College MS. C i).
. .
A MS.
of the 15th century, containing Littleton's Tenures, and
Fitzherbert's De natura Brevium.
XVII. Oxford binding, 485-6 1 Magdalen College.

Antonii Andreaesuper duodecim libros MetaphysicaeQuaestiones.
London, 1480.
XVIII. Oxford binding, c. 1500 MS. Merton College ijy.
Venerabilis Bedae opera varia.
XIX. Oxford binding, 15 11 or shortly after Corpus Christi College, Camb.
XX.
Fortalicium Fidei.
Oxford binding, c. 1520

Liber computorum
......
Lyons, 151
et
1.
Brasenose
inventarium iocalium 1519-
College,
XXI. Oxford binding, 1540 Brasenose College.

Registrum A (1540-94).
XXII. Oxford binding, 1540 or shortly after . . Bodl. A ^. ij; Line.
loannis Driedonis de libertate Christiana liber. Louvain, i54P-
XXIII. Oxford binding, c. 1550 Magd. College h /j. 6*.
Index in Hieronymum. Basel, 1538
XXIV. Oxford binding, c. 1560 Bodl. C 4. 79 Art.

Stoeffler (Johann) Calendariunn Romanum magnum ; etc.
1518-35-
XXV. Oxford binding, c. 1602 Bodl. B i. } Med.
Federici Bonaventurae de natura partus octomestris libri decem.
Urbino, 1600.
XXVI. Oxford binding, shortly before 1605 , Bodl. Hi.) Med.
Hippocratis opera cum commentariis loan Marinelli. Venice,
1575-
XXVII. Oxford binding, 161 8. By Roger Barnes . . Bodl. P 2. 8 Med.
Pharmacopoea Londinensis. London, 1618.
XXVIII. Oxford binding, i6i|. By Christopher Barbar. Bodl. KK 42 Ltir.
A treatise of Salomon's mariage, by Andrew Willet. London,
1612 : &c.
XXIX. I . Bodl.MS. 141 (binding no. 2).
a. MS. Magd. College i8g (binding no. 4).
3. All Souls College QQ 11 (binding no. 17).
8.
4. Magd. College Arch. B j. ^ (binding no. 22).

5. Balliol College }}0 c ^ (binding no 32 note). :
68
Plate
XXX. I. Bodl A 4. IJ Line, (bound 1540 or shortly after).
2. Bodl. 4° W J Med. (bound by Dominique Pinart, 1612).
3. Bodl. Atict. E 4. I (bound 1620-21).
4. Bodl. B ij. 14 Line, (bound by Henry Bluett, 1618).
5. Bodl. 4" G 4g Art. (bound c. 1645).
XXXI. Oxford binding, c. 1480 (Plan). . Record Office Misc. books Exch.
Cartulary of Osney Abbey, Oxford. Q. R. 26.
XXXII. Oxford binding, c. 1480 (Plan).

A fragment of a book-cover dug up in Broad Street, Oxford.
XXXIII-XXXVI. Reproductions of drawings of stamps.

XXXVII-XL. Reproductions of drawings of rolls.
69 L
PLATE I
PLATE II
PLATE III
PLATE IV
PLATE V
PLATE VII
PLATE VIII
PLATE IX
PLATE X
PLATE XI
PLATE XII
PLATE XIII
PLATE XIV
PLATE XV
PLATE XVI
PLATE XVII
PLATE XVIII
PLATE XIX
«
PLATE XX
PLATE XXI
PLATE XXII
PLATE XXIII
PLATE XXIV
PLATE XXV
PLATE XXVI
PLATE XXVIII
PLATE XXXr
PLATE XXXII
1
PLATE XXXI 1
PLATE XXXIV
PLATE XXXV
PLATE XXXVi
PLATE XXXVII
PLATE XXXVIII
PLATE XXXIX
XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII
PLATE XL
OXFORD
PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY AND
PLATES AND LETTERPRESS PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
BY HORACE HART, M.A.

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EARLY

PRINTED FOR THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

down to the period of the Civil War ; it treats solely of bindings

decorated with stamps and rolls to the exclusion of all gilt-tooled

work. I have to offer my sincere thanks to many helpers, and especi-

they have afforded me ; to Mr. Noel Barwell, Mr. E. Gordon Duff,

to binders contained in Magdalen College charters ; and to Mr. A. W.

by the Bibliographical Society. To Mr. F. Madan I have to express

Most of the drawings of stamps and rolls are by Mr. S. R. E.

Phillips ; the remainder, with the exception of a few executed by

Mr. F. C. Wellstood, are by Mr. C. J. Bayzand. To them my thanks

Chief Authorities consulted viii

Early Oxford Bindings:

Stamped Bindings, grouped Chronologically 15

List of Rolls, arranged Chronologically 28

IL Chronological List of Oxford Binders, c. i 180-1640 . .

in. Extracts from the Bodleian Day Books (1613-24) and

IV. Examples OF Bindings executed BY Oxford Binders, 1613-30 59

Index of Persons and Places mentioned 61

List of Illustrations and Plates 67

An Index to Wills proved in the Court of the Chancellor of the University of

Munimenta Academica, or documents illustrative of academical life and studies

Notes from the Muniments of St. Mary Magdalen College, Oxford. By

Survey of the Antiquities of the City of Oxford, by Anthony Wood. Edited by

Oxford City Documents, 1268-1665. Edited by J. E, Thorold Rogers. (Oxford

Oriel College, Oxford. Catalogue of Muniments, compiled by C. L. Shadwell.

Registrum CoUegii Exoniensis. Bythe rev. C. W. Boase. New ed. (Oxford

The Early Oxford Press. A bibliography of printing and publishing at Oxford,

tenant of property in Cat Street. The history of bookbinding at

results are somewhat disappointing. The earliest stamped binding

of the Pandects of Justinian, once the property of Reading Abbey.

fecit Ricardus de Redyng ligari.' It would be useless to conjecture

how the binding came to be executed at Oxford, and unwise to assume

dwellyng yn Katstrete for mendyng of the bokys as for howrpart.'

the manuscripts of The MS. has unfortunately

sets of three. These roundels, either singly or in sets of three, are so

secundum tercium quartum & quintum iuxta bokebynders bryg'

stamped binding without the addition of other matter. Two bindings

the other is tooled in a typically English manner with stamps of un-

me Theodericum rood de Colonia in alma vniuersitate Oxon. Anno

compartments formed by the intersecting fillets single stamps and

be it is difficult to find stamps on distinct classes of bindings agreeing

stamps employed in its composition. Two similar bindings are known,

found (plate XVIII), bearing no resemblance to the earlier manner,

consisted of a wheel engraved with a design, which could therefore

mark of a London stationer occurs on no. XXII, and the initials of

invariably accompanies no. XIX,

were doubtless sold by the engraver, and some may be distinguished

were also produced there. This especially applies to bindings decorated

operum Hugonis de Vienna emptis in nundinis Sanctae Fridiswydae

In the Magdalen Register no detailed accounts for binding are

Church of S. Mary at Thame, 1521 :

It' paied for hordes to the fame hoVes iij'*

The years which followed the suppression of the monasteries until

tiatus ad vendendum et ligandum libros quoscunque infra Universitatem

had something to do with the binding of the archetype Copies.' '

Whether he actually had a bindery, or merely employed local binders,

in 1 601 {A 6. I lur. B j. 1-6 lur. C 2. 1-8 lur. C 10. 1-2, 4-J

(which take to be Joseph Barnes), and decorated with five rolls of

apparently only found in Merton Library and the Bodleian. These

Frenchman, who had been admitted bookseller some years previously,

stepfather, Nicholas Smith.

Deliver'd to Ralph Beckford to be bound October 29. 1647 sheets 533