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Show PRICELESS CORONATION LuOi Unique Twelfth-Century Bible on I Which Many British Soverelgnt i Took the Oath. London. There Is in the British Museum a volume known as the Coronation Coro-nation Book of Henry I. AM the kings from his day to Henry VIII. swore the coronation oath on this volume. It consists of extracts from the Gospels written In Latin interlined with Saxon. The whole Is written on vcilum and enclosed within deerskin-covered, boards. The most striking feature of the cover is the metal figure of Christ finely chased. The corncrpieces are Df later date. As an example of English Eng-lish twelfth-century binding it is almost al-most unique, and Its value from a his- $ t " : J V t LA. t "Jr I t y AY m? ?SK (. W 1 lit A " . r Coronation Book of Henry I. torical and archaeological point of view is quite priceless. Very interesting and beautiful is the Bi'ie and the Communion Services which were prepared for use at West: minster Abbey for the recent coronation corona-tion and were bound under the direction direc-tion of the Oxford and Cambridge: Presses at the Oxford binding house. All three volumes are bound uniformly in red-grained, morocco, ornamented with hand-tooled work in gold from designs prepared under the advice of Mr. Cyril Davenport, superintendent of bookbinding In the British Museum. On the covers appear the Royal Coat-of-Arms of England, with Garter, Collar Col-lar of the Order of the Garter, the Rose of England, the Thistle of Scotland, Scot-land, and small Tudor roses, buds and leaves. |