MISSAL WITH CALENDAR

MS 1372
MS Short Title MISSAL WITH CALENDAR
Text MISSAL, USE OF ROMA, PRECEDED BY A CALENDAR
Description MS in Latin on vellum, Southern Tyrol, Austria, 2nd half of 15th c., 107 ff. (-4), 30x21 cm, 2 columns, (19x13 cm + 21x15 cm), 27 and 37 lines in a rounded Gothic book script of medium grade and quality, 2- to 6-line painted initials in red, blue or green throughout, some with flourishes or penwork. diam.1,0x1,5 cm (D.S.-B.1:1), 3 small cylinders diam. 0,4xca.1,2 cm (D.S.-B.4:1).
Binding Southern Tyrol, Austria, 2nd half of 15th c., tawed skin, once dyed green, over slightly bevelled wooden boards, sewn on 3 double thongs, tabs at top and bottom of spine for storage in a book-chest, the wood reused from an earlier binding.
Provenance 1. Sotheby's 18.6.1991:127.
See also MS 013, Calendar in the Cathérine de Médici hours. Tours, ca. 1480
Place of origin Tyrol
Dates 2nd half 15c AD