Breviarium Saresberiense.

Accession number: 
PML 127152
Published: 
Rothomagi : per magister Martin Morin, quarto nonas Junii [2 June, approximately 1492]
Description: 
[8, 124, 174, 62, 136, 4] leaves ; (8vo)
Credit Line: 
Purchased on the Fellows Fund as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes: 

Title from ISTC.
Imprint from colophon, leaf h3v of Proprium de sanctis (pars hiemalis): Breviarii ad us[um] Sa[rum] pars hyemalis castigat[i]one pervigili diligenter eme[n]data ac Rothomagi per Ma[gister] M[artin] morin i[m]pressorem iuxta prioratum sancti Laudi in eadem urbe commorantem exarata q[uar]to nonas Junii finit feliciter.
Printed in Morin's types 12:62G and 12*:62G.
Signatures: Calendarium: [1]⁸: 8 leaves; Psalterium and Commune sanctorum: A-I⁸ K¹⁰; L-M⁸ N¹⁰ O-P⁸: 124 leaves; Proprium de tempore (pars hiemalis): a-x⁸ y⁶: 174 leaves; [Proprium de tempore (pars aestivalis): unknown;] Proprium de sanctis (pars hiemalis): a-f⁸ g¹⁰ h⁴: 62 leaves; Proprium de sanctis (pars aestivalis): aa-rr⁸: 136 leaves; Officia annexa: +⁴: 4 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery octavo.
Psalterium and Commune sanctorum with printed foliation: i-lxiiii (leaves A1-H8).
PML copy leaf dimensions: 15.6 x 10.2 cm.
PML copy is 260 leaves only: includes the Psalterium and Commune sanctorum and Proprium de sanctis (pars aestivalis).

Binding: 
Contemporary English or French blind-rolled calf over thin beech boards (16.5 x 10 cm), sewn on 3 supports. Calf lost from exterior boards and spine, but some impression from stamps still visible on front board. 2 clasps, missing, but attachment to front boards suggests English work.
Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Contemporary French rubrication, alternating red and blue initials, red paragraph marks and underlining, and yellow capital strokes. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance: 
Christie's, 26 June 1991, lot 61, to Morgan; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased on the Fellows Fund as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, June 1991.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
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Department: 
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