Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178
(Eton Choirbook)
Provenance:
Copied for use at Eton College; the coats of arms of Eton College and of its Provost, Henry Bost (d. 1502), are found in decorated initials in the manuscript.
Bindings:
third quarter of the 16th century, probably either March 1554 or 1570 ([[Williamson 2010]]),
London, Great Britain
dark brown
leather over
wood
, with clasps
Decoration: Stamped on the front cover are the Tudor Rose, portcullis, fleur-de-lis, and "H.R." (the initials of the London-based binder).
no edges
Endpapers: front and back: 4 modern paper endleaves, 2 original endleaves
Attributed to R., H.
Two front and two back original endleaves taken from a 12th-century Bible, in which they formed a complete four-bifolium quire (Ker 1969-2002/<a href="/bibliography/#entry945" data-tooltip="" class="has-tip tip-top reference" data-placement="top" rel="tooltip" data-original-title="" title="Williamson, Magnus, The Eton Choirbook, Facsimile with introductory study (Oxford, 2010)"><i class="fa fa-book"></i>Williamson 2010</a>)
Notes:
Much of this description is based on the thorough work of Magnus Williamson in his facsimile of the manuscript (Williamson 2010).