Missal — 15th century, beginning; French, South
MS. Lat. liturg. d. 8
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Description
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Title
Missal — 15th century, beginning; French, South
Shelfmark
MS. Lat. liturg. d. 8
Associated place
Puéchabon
Place of origin
French, South
Date
15th century, beginning
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
2 + 334 (338) + 2 fol.
Decoration
Fine borders.
Fine initials (gold and coloured; fols. 16, 26v, 126v, 144, 149, 158, 216v, 217, 221, etc.).
Rubrics in black and red underlined.
Musical notation
Heavy square notation on 11 staves of 4 red lines.
Binding
Red morocco doublé with elaborate gold ornament by J. Zaehnsdorf.
Acquisition
Bought from Maggs on 27 Feb. 1903 (cat. 193, no. 730).
Provenance
Written for the cathedral church of St Peter at Maguelonne near Montpellier (dedication in the kalendar, 13 April; addition, fol. 1v, 'Missale Magalonense').
'Gratianus Granierus Vicar. huius loci Podiobonensis', late 16th century (?); apparently Puéchabon, dép. Hérault (cf. Dictionnaire Topographique de Département de L'Hérault (1856), pp. 155–6), where Gratian Granier was vicar c. 1598–1652.
Given by one Granier to his nephew in 1655 (?).
Henry White J.P. (bookplate, removed); his sale at Sotheby's, 21 April 1902, lot. 1511.
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