German Business Accounts used as Book Bindings

This material is held atCambridge University Library

  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Add.9254
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1401-1660 (Circa)
  • Language of Material
    • German .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 envelope(s) 1 envelope

Scope and Content

26 sheets of miscellaneous pages from German business accounts and other documents, c.1600-60, cut to uniform size and used in book bindings. There are also 5 parchment scraps from a possibly 15th century service book, some with traces of an illuminated initial, removed from book bindings by Jack Lunzer, 1982.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Jack Lunzer, 1994.

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