Keywords: Paraphrasis in Evangelium Matthei. - Upper cover (Davis322).jpg Style Panel design Pictorial Religious miscellaneous; Caption Upper cover; Colour Brown; Edge Gilt gauffered exhibition history Decorative Technique Panel stamp in blind Tooled in blind; Cover Material Calf Bound in Paris by Jehan Norvi n s c 1525 the Louvain provenance and Hobsob's assumption that Norvis moved to Louvain in the 1530s French Itlaian bookbindings p5 make it possible that this is a Flemish Louvain binding although panel stamps which were cast not engraved cannot provide evidence for their place of use Panel stamped by JEHAN NORVIS Macchi states; first quarter century France R Devauchelle La reliure en France de ses origines à nos jours pl XX; Gumuchian Libraire Paris Catalogue XII Belles reliures du XVe au XIXe siècle p 10 n 14 pl XI on Testamenti novi totiae aeditio longe optima et accuratissima Lutetiae Conrad Resch no date Upper cover represents S Michael defeating Satan; lower cover Bathsheba in the bath 101x56 mm L Gruel Manuel 1905 p 122 describes and reproduces an example covering the same work W H Weale Bookbindings and rubbings vol II Catalogue also describes a copy the name of which he misread p 517-518 E P Goldschmidt E P Goldschmidt Gothic and Renaissance bookbindings p 130 also describes and reproduces a specimen of these panels on a small format published in Paris by Pierre Vidoue in 1523 There are therefore 4 copies known all on copies published by Pierre Vidoue in 1523 Not found in D Gid- M -P Laffitte Les reliures à plaques françaises object history Text 1523; Paris; Unspecified object type Cc-zero place of creation Binding France place of discovery See M M Foot The Henry Davis Gift Vol III London 2010 British Library image http //www bl uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage aspx RecordId 020-000003864 ImageId ImageId 41537 Copyright BL Paraphrasis in Evangelium Matthei Uploaded with GWToolset Paraphrasis in Evangelium Matthei - Upper cover Davis322 http //www webarchive org uk/bldatasets/bindings/6056_4 jpg Bookbinding 16th-century bookbinding British Library Bookbindings |