DOMINICAN MISSAL

MS 1922
MS Short Title DOMINICAN MISSAL
Text MISSAL: TEMPORAL FOR THE 4th, 5th, 14th AND 15th SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY, OF DOMINICAN USE
Description MS in Latin on vellum, Finland, 1st half of 15th c., 2 ff., 56x31 cm, 2 columns, (32x24 cm), 33 lines in Gothic book script of high grade and quality, headings in red, square neumes on a 4-line red staff, 1-to-3-line initials in red, blue or brown.
Context The cover of the first Swedish printed edition of any law text: "Uplands laghen", Stockholm, Andreas Gutterwitz, 1607.
Provenance 1. Dominican Monastery in Åbo, Finland (1st half of 15th c. - ca. 1550); 2. Jörenn LarrSonn W., bailiff, Borgå province, Southern Finland (1607-); 3. Gustaf Bernström, Libris Auktioner, Kat. 1974:622; 4. Björck & Börjesson, Stockholm.
Commentary Finnish medieval MSS are rarer than even Icelandic MSS. Sir Thomas Phillipps, who had the largest MS collection ever assembled, had several Icelandic MSS, but not a single Finnish MS. Most of the surviving examples are in Helsingfors Universitätsbibliotek, all in fragments. The present MS is the only example in private hands.
Place of origin Finland
Dates 1st half 15c