MS. Canon. Misc. 25

Binding

15th century, Italian (as MS.): wood boards mostly left bare and polished, all corners slightly rounded; quarter-binding of thick brown leather stretching about a quarter width across each board, no surviving decoration, now mostly torn away and lost; remains of a central clasp, with lost strap of red tawed leather secured with star-shaped nails; endbands (damaged) sewn on similar red leather; endleaves are scrap from an unidentified Latin commentary, 15th century; title boldly written at top of outside back cover in large gothic script, 15th century (cf. MS. Canon. Misc. 9). 226–228 × 149–150 × c. 32–35 mm. (book closed).