Record

PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries

Document Reference	Pw V 76
Title	Printed bound volume, entitled 'Book of Common Prayer'; 1549-1552
Date	1549-1552
Extent	1 volume
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Two printed books of Common Prayer, bound together in one later binding. Volume bears the title 'Book of Common Prayer In Anni - 1549-1552' gold stamped on the spine. The 1552 Book of Common Prayer includes inserted 'Black Rubric' page. Hand of early owner, secretary script on blank leaf at end of book, ownership date (before binding 1581).
Language	English
ReprodnNote	Volumes from Pw V cannot be photographed by readers with their own camera or device, but reprographic copies can be supplied for educational and private study purposes only.
Physical Description	Short folio book
Condition	Generally good
Descriptive Features	In the paper used by the binder in the front flyleaves i-ii and back flyleaves iii-iv-v there is a watermark Watermark: Grapes surmounted by crowned letters JAM, 35 x 24 mm Plain vellum on paste boards; upper and lower covers used subsequently stamped black with letters HL surmounted by coronet (see letters from member of the British Museum, Augustus W. Francks, now bound between ff i and ii); spine was subsequently painted brown and given three brown leather labels and gold stamped, perhaps to match a specific bookshelf; top label has a double fillet border and in centre has the letter t; the middle label is gold stamped with 'Book of Common Prayer In Anni - 1549-1552' and has a double fillett border; bottom label is gold stamped with a shelf number 'F.356'.
Watermark	Grapes