Missale Parisiense novu[m].

Accession number:

PML 495

Published:

Paris : Ad instantiam et impensis magistri Johannis Belin: Guillermi le Caron et Johannis de Prato ... impressore quidem Johanne de Prato, Anno d[omi]ni millesimo quadringentesimo octuagesimonono ... me[n]se marcio in vigilia beatis gregorii pape [11 Marc

Description:

[9], ii-lxxviii, [6], iiiixx, [3], iiiixx v-CClxviii leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 34 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.

Notes:

Title from half-title page, leaf [1]/1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf V8r-v: Ad instantia[m] [et] impensis magistri Joha[n]nis belin: Guillermi le caron et Johannis de prato librariorum iuratorum universitatis parisien[sis]. hoc prese[n]s opus impressum extitit ad laude dei om[n]ipote[n]tis ... Impressore quide[m] Johanne de prato. Anno d[omi]ni millesimo quadringentesimo octuagesimonono. Pontificatus revere[n]di in cristo patris d[omi]ni Ludovici divina miseratione parisio[rum] p[rae]sulis xviii. me[n]se marcio. in vigilia beatis gregorii pape.
Goff incorrectly dates as 18 March.
Printed in Du Pré's types 6:112G, 11:140G, and 13:112G.
Signatures: [1]⁸; a-i⁸ k-l⁶ m⁴; A-F⁸ G¹⁰; H-O⁸ P¹⁰; Q-V⁸: 260 leaves.
Paper format: Median folio.
Woodcuts.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 32.5 x 24 cm.
PML copy missing 6 leaves: quire l (canon of the mass).

Binding:

19th-century "half" blind-tooled (in a faux cuir ciselé design by William Morris) pigskin over oak boards (34 x 23.5 cm), sewn on 4 supports by Cobden-Sanderson. Plain paper endleaves; plain endbands. 2 clasps.

Variant Title:

Missale Parisiense novum

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Contemporary French (Paris?) alternating red and blue initials and paragraph marks, and yellow capital strokes.

Provenance:

Catherine Danjan, donation inscription to the Couvent de l'Ave Maria, Paris (Dominicans): "Ex dono Catherine danjan relicte vidue defuncti quo[n]da[m] mag[ist]ri Claudii vany co[n]ventui de lave Maria. Oretur nedu[m] pro defuncto, sed etia[m] pro om[n]ib[us] suis pare[n]tib[us] vivis et defunctis," 15th/16th century (leaf V8v); William Morris (1834-1896), Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, booklabel (inside front cover); Richard Bennett (1849-1930), purchased Morris's library in August 1896, armorial bookplate (inside front cover); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

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Genres:

Pigskin bindings (Binding)

Wooden boards (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books