Armorial Bindings

Armorial Bindings Slideshow

This page will be the location of an illustrated index of early armorial bindings in Christ Church Library. At present it contains only a handful of examples and readers should meanwhile consult the index of Christ Church armorial bindings compiled by Paul Morgan in the 1960s (now Christ Church MS. 560).

Abbot, George Archbishop of Canterbury, 1562-1633

Allestree J.3.15

Ardross
a.2.125 (front & back)

Antwerp School prize
ZH.1.3

Bigot, John
AB.3.23

Bigot, L.E. [18th century]
On.6.7

Blythe, John ca. 1634
Wr.6.3 (front & back); also Arch. Sup. F.2.2; ON.2.17

Wyndham?
Heraldic description: On a chevron, a leopard's face between 3 wolves' heads erased. 
Dated 1626: SF.5.7; also dated 1625: G.2.5.1; Jb.1.16; Hyp.N.25; Hyp.O.6; AE.2.7
Hyp.N.112; Hyp.O.16; Hyp.L.64; Undated: OS.6.17