Accession number
PML 126077
Published
Parisijs : [Typis Ioannis Amazeur] apud Guillelmum Merlin in ponte Teloneorum, ad hominis syluestris signum, e regione horologij Palatij, 1555.
Credit line
Bequest of Clark Stillman, 1995.
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.
Leaves t4-5 printed on vellum in all copies reported.
Signatures: [cross]⁸, a-t⁸, u⁶; A-I⁸; A-G⁸, H-K⁶.
Leaves t4-5 printed on vellum in all copies reported.
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.
Leaves t4-5 printed on vellum in all copies reported.
Signatures: [cross]⁸, a-t⁸, u⁶; A-I⁸; A-G⁸, H-K⁶.
Leaves t4-5 printed on vellum in all copies reported.
Description
[8], cxliiij, [14]; lxxij; lxxij, [12] leaves : ill. (woodcuts), music ; (fol.)
Inscriptions/Markings
Bibliographic notes by J.H. (John Henry?) Middleton, glued-in to front pastedown.
Provenance
Robert Shirwode, signature, 16th century (leaf K6v) -- a Robert Chirwode is listed in Hazlitt's Roll of Book Collectors; Virtue and Cahill Library, Portsmouth Cathedral Chapter, deaccession stamp: "Following enemy action in 1941 and dispersal of the library...," 1967; Virtue and Cahill Library sale, Christie's London, 5 July 1967; Clark Stillman (1907-1995), shelf mark: SP 232; Pierpont Morgan Library, bequest of Clark Stillman, 1995.
Binding
16th-century English blind-tooled calf, rebacked and with modern rear board. 2 clasps, 1 missing.
Classification
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