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Title	The miracles of Our Lord
Uniform title	Bible. N.T. Gospels. English. Selections. 1848.
Description	Gilt edges. Bevelled boards. Black papier maché imitation carved ebony covers, with black leather spine. The design is the same for both covers. The outer borders of the front cover consist of two double horizontal and vertical fillets blocked in blind that intersect to form squares at the corners. The central oval is a white paper onlay on which, in Gothic letters alternating between red, blue and black, are the words: '\| The \| Miracles \| of our \| Lord \|'. Around this central design are a raised inner and outer rectangular panel, terminating at the head and tail in a semi-oval within each of which is a scroll motif. Variations of this pannelled semi-oval and scroll motif are at each of the four corners of the cover. Adjacent to these corner ornaments are geometrically irregular panels with raised borders within each of which is a diagonal abstract motif. Between the panels is a continuous raised bead pattern running the length and width of the cover to the outer borders. Imitation hinge clasps run from the edge of the spine into the outer double-fillet border. The same pattern is reproduced in reverse on the back cover but the inscription on the oval paper onlay reads: '\| St Matt \| St Mark \| St Luke \| St John \|'. The spine is pebble-grain leather.
Cover Designer	Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879
Publisher of Original	Longman & Co.
Place of Publication	London, England
Date Original	1848
Measurements	122 x 177 x 15 mm.
Call number	PEATTIE NO.4
Material	Black Papier-mache Pebble grain Leather Paper White Red
Technique	Gilding Beveling Applique Carving (Decorative arts)
Style/Period	19th century
Subject	Bookbinding--England--19th century--Specimens
Design element	Fillets (Bookbinding) Square Ovals Rectangles Panels (Ornament areas) Scrollwork Clasps Gothic scripts Beads Onlays
Coverage-Geographic	England
Type	Still Image
Current repository	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries
Collection	Decorative Nineteenth Century Trade Bindings
Bibliographic record	http://info.library.mun.ca/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/5?user_id=REMOTEWEB&searchdata1=ocm07212851{001}
Digital Date	2005
CONTENTdm file name	158.cpd