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De antiquitate Britannic: Ecclesi:
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Parker Matthew Archbishop of CanterBury
Title
De antiquitate Britannic: Ecclesi:
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Style: Pictorial|Presentation; Caption: Upper cover; Colour: Green; Edge: Unspecified
Date Binding: 16c
Medium Decorative Technique: Embroidered; Cover Material: Velvet
Accession number
Shelfmark: c24b8
Place of creation Binding: England
Object history Text: 1572; London; Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1558-1603)
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A presentation copy to Queen Elizabeth bound in embroidered velvet. In this copy the two titlepages and the leaf containing the arms of the bishoprics are on vellum, the woodcut borders of which are illuminated, and the arms throughout the volume are emblazoned in gold and colours. It contains the leaf bearing the woodcut of the public schools at Cambridge, and also two leaves containing the list of

books given by the Archbishop to the University of Cambridge, and a leaf of errata.
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