Missale speciale.

Accession number:

PML 79589

Published:

[Basel] : [Printer of the Missale Speciale (Johann Meister?)], [about 1473?]

Description:

[192] leaves ; 31 cm. (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased in 1953.

Notes:

For the date and printer, and also an account of earlier identifications and ascriptions, see Stevenson, The problem of the Missale speciale (London, 1967).
Printed in the Printer of the Missale Speciale type 1:232G.
Falsely ascribed as a missal for Constance use, but rather contains special readings for Sunday and feast masses for the diocese of Basel.
Collation: [1-7¹⁰; 8-9¹⁰; 10⁶; 11-12¹⁰; 13-15¹⁰ 16⁸; 17⁸; 18-20¹⁰]: 192 leaves; leaves [1]/5, [4]/3, [9]/8-10, [12]/10, [17]/6-8, and [20]/9-10 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 29.9 x 21.4 cm.
PML copy is leaf [5]/2.8 only (leaves "37" and "[42]"); 7.8 cm fragment of leaf [5]/8.

Binding:

In folder, in red morocco slipcase with gilt title, "Missale Speciale Constantiense."

Variant Title:

Missale Constantiense

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubricated, red lombards, red capital strokes and foliation. Foliation in same hand as PML 45545.

Provenance:

Josephine Wallis, Lucerne, 1941; Baron Ferdinand von Neufforge (1869-1942), purchased from Wallis, 1941, Baroness Neufforge sold 4 leaves and 2 fragments to: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1953, with 3 leaves and 2 fragments sold to other American collections.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

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Genres:

Incunabula

Initials (Provenance)

Department:

Printed Books