Accession number
PML 1045
Published
Parisijs : [Typis Ioannis Amazeur] apud Guillelmum Merlin in ponte Teloneorum, ad hominis syluestris signum, e regione horologij Palatij, 1555.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, by 1907.
Notes
Printer's name from colophon: ... Impressum Parisiis typis Ioannis Amazeur typographi, pro Guilieimo Merlin super ponte[m] nummulariorum, ad sylvestris Hominis signum commorante.
Printed in red and black.
Woodcuts of Tudor rose and St. George killing the dragon on title page. Border around first page of the Mass, aD1r. Facing full-page woodcuts of crucifixion and God the Father at the start of the Canon, leaves tD4v, tD5r. Merlin's device on colophon. Large and small woodcuts and decorated and historiated initials throughout. Two full-page woodcuts preceeding the canon, with the initials "G.M." (Guillaume Merlin?) in the borders.
Chants for Blessing of Candles, Ordinary (Gloria, Dominus vobiscum, Per omnia secula, Credo, Hostias et preces), Epiphany, In capite ieiunii, Easter, Prefaces (Birth, Epiphany, Easter, Octave, Ascension, Penetecost, Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, Apostles, Evangelists, Holy Cross, and BVM), Conclusiones Missarum, and the Purification of Mary.
"In vigilia s[an]cti Andree ap[osto]li" (caption title) and "In vigi. vni[us] apo. siue eua[n]ge." (caption title) each begin new register and foliation.
Signatures: [cross]⁸, a-t⁸, u⁶; A-I⁸; A-G⁸, H-K⁶.
Leaves t4-5 printed on vellum in all copies reported.
Early English Church service books.
Printed in red and black.
Woodcuts of Tudor rose and St. George killing the dragon on title page. Border around first page of the Mass, aD1r. Facing full-page woodcuts of crucifixion and God the Father at the start of the Canon, leaves tD4v, tD5r. Merlin's device on colophon. Large and small woodcuts and decorated and historiated initials throughout. Two full-page woodcuts preceeding the canon, with the initials "G.M." (Guillaume Merlin?) in the borders.
Chants for Blessing of Candles, Ordinary (Gloria, Dominus vobiscum, Per omnia secula, Credo, Hostias et preces), Epiphany, In capite ieiunii, Easter, Prefaces (Birth, Epiphany, Easter, Octave, Ascension, Penetecost, Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, Apostles, Evangelists, Holy Cross, and BVM), Conclusiones Missarum, and the Purification of Mary.
"In vigilia s[an]cti Andree ap[osto]li" (caption title) and "In vigi. vni[us] apo. siue eua[n]ge." (caption title) each begin new register and foliation.
Signatures: [cross]⁸, a-t⁸, u⁶; A-I⁸; A-G⁸, H-K⁶.
Leaves t4-5 printed on vellum in all copies reported.
Early English Church service books.
Description
[8], cxliiij, [14]; lxxij; lxxij, [12] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts), music ; 34 cm. (fol.)
Binding
Modern stamped brown morocco, gilt edges.
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