Shelfmark
MS 934
Main entry--corporate name
Title
List of Etonians who fought in the Great War, 1914-1919.
Varying form of title
Other title: Libro d'oro
Publication, distribution, etc.
Treyford, Sussex, 1923.
Physical description
1 volume ([iv], [128], [iii] leaves) : parchment ; 436 x 292 mm.
Note
Title taken from title page.
Note
Title written in gilt within interlaced decoration of flowers, roses, lilies and oak leaves in the shape of a chalice coloured in red, blue, and green, with College arms in the stem and caption "Non sibi sed patriae".
Note
Known at Eton as: Libro d'oro.
Note
Names, place and date of production from colophon (fol. 127r).
Note
List compiled by Edward Lyttleton Vaughan with the assistance of W. Barrand and W. Clay, lay clerks of Eton College.
Note
Written out and illuminated by Graily Hewitt with the assistance of Helen Hinckley and Madelyn Walker, and finished in August 1923.
Note
Fol. 1r has Greek motto in gilt: “Tōndedianthrōpōnaretan".
Note
Roll of honour written on fol. 5r to 125r, in four columns: leaving date and house master's initials (in blue), rank (in red), name (in black; names of the fallen in gilt) and rank (in gilt); regiment (in red).
Note
Fol. 125v-127r contain list of houses, explanation of some abbreviations and colophon.
Note
Fol. 127v contains text of Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, 'I vow to thee my country' in black and gilt.
Note
On fol. 128v: 'Floreat Etona'.
Binding
Contemporary full black morocco binding by Douglas Cockerell; boards decorated with gold-tooled squared strapwork design; gold-tooled arms of Eton College on front board within octagonal outer interlaced border and circular inner border or entwined roses with the petals picked out in red; strapwork design of back board incorporating the dates of the conflict and wreathed lettering "Floreat Etona"; spine decorated with interlaced strapwork design and roses in compartments formed by six raised bands; dentelles of black morocco with gold-tooled decoration and reddish morocco pastedowns; monogram stamps "DC" [Douglas Cockerell] on front dentelle and "W.H.S." on rear dentelle; metal clasps and cornerpieces engraved with decoration of strapwork and lilies.
Subject
World war, 1914-1918 Memorials.
Added entry--name
Cockerell, Douglas Bennett, 1870 - 1915 bookbinder.
Added entry--name
Vaughan, E. L. (Edward Littleton) compiler.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Hewitt, Graily calligrapher.
Added entry--name
Hinckley, Helen E. calligrapher.
Added entry--name
Walker, Madelyn, 1890 - 1970 calligrapher.
Added entry--place
England West Sussex Treyford.
Identifier
B52949