Mich. Ms. 47: Menaion for the month of November, incomplete

Item Data

Date

Second half of the 14th century CE.

Item Source

Julia Miller. Tradition and Individuality: Bindings from the University of Michigan Greek Manuscript Collection. Introduction by Pablo Alvarez. With contributions by Kyle Clark. Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2021, 229-235. Plate 3.55.

Description

Mich. Ms. 47. Back cover inside; the pastedown missing, revealing wide turn-ins with mitered corners, holes along the spine edge, most plugged with wooden pegs, and the tail of the fastening strap near the fore edge. Note blunt ends of metal shanks belonging to the bosses.

Format

220 x 145 x 55 mm. Wooden boards, 7 mm. thick with the grain running vertically. The wood shows tool marks when exposed; covered with dark-brown goatskin.