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Elevations durante la Sainte Messe.

Accession number
MS M.148
Object title
Elevations durante la Sainte Messe.
Display Date
1738.
Created
Cambrai, France, 1738.
Binding
French 18th-century mosaic morocco, ascribed to Padeloup; tan morocco inlaid with olive green medallions forming squares which enclose small tooled pomegranates; doblé with red morocco inlay with the arms of a widowed lady, née Landier; ie., chevron dyor accompagne de 3 pommes de grenade du même; lettered on back: La Messe - 1733 [sic] - Rel. par Padeloup.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) before 1913.
Description
45 leaves (1 column, 8 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 230 x 170 mm
Provenance
Arms (18th century) of a lady; owned ca. 1900 by Edouard Rahir, inv. 29237; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) before 1913; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. missal; written and decorated in Cambrai, France, in 1738.
Title page reads: Elevations durante la Sainte Messe A CAMBRAY M.D.CC.XX.VIII.
Decoration: symbolic or floral head and tailpieces in watercolor; each text page framed by penwork borders.
Script
Roman letters
Language
French
Classification