muspeccoll:

How about a Friday fore-edge painting?  This lovely work is on the edge of an early 19th century copy of the New Testament, and appropriately, it features Lincoln Cathedral.  When the book is closed, there’s no hint of the painting hidden beneath the gilded edge!

The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ / translated out of the original Greek, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty’s special command. Oxford : Printed at the Clarendon Press : By Bensley, Cooke, and Collingwood, Printers to the University : And sold by E. Gardner, at the Oxford Bible Warehouse, Paternoster Row, London, 1816. MU Ellis Special Collections Rare BS2085 1816 .O9  

- Kelli

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