¶ Sherbrooke missal (c. 1320) [MS]

Sherbrooke missal.

Illuminated manuscript. England, c. 1320. 330 leaves.

When Sydney Cockerell was cataloguing Morris’s library, he recorded in his diary, 3 March 1894: “Struggled nearly all day with the beautiful Sherbrooke Missal.” It was exhibited at the Society of Antiquaries in June 1896.

Provenance: Thomas Sherbrooke. — Henry Sherbrooke. — Quaritch catalogue, 1 December 1891, no. 779. — Quaritch catalogue, December 1893, no. 26 (£200). — Morris (purchased from Quaritch). — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 903 (sold to Yates Thomson for £350). — Henry Yates Thompson. — Sotheby, 23 March 1920, lot 39 (sold to Hugh Baker for £860). — Hugh Baker. — Margaret S. Davies. — National Library of Wales (NLW MS 15536E) [donated by Margaret S. Davies, 1951].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 4, no. 61 (£200). — Schoenberg (SDBM_MS_3075).

Digital version: National Library of Wales.

National Library of Wales

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¶ Missal (fragment) (14th century) [MS]

Missal (fragment).

Illuminated manuscript. 14th century. 4 leaves only.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 784 (sold to Quaritch for £6). — Bernard Quaritch. — Unlocated.

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¶ Missale secundum usum Montensem (c. 1460) [MS]

Missale secundum usum Montensem.

Illuminated manuscript. Flanders, c. 1460. 198 leaves.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 798 (sold to Heppenstal for £19). — Unlocated.

Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 4, no. 59 (£40). — Schoenberg (SDBM_4001).

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¶ Steinfeld missal (c. 1180) [MS]

Steinfeld missal.

Illuminated manuscript. North Germany, c. 1180 (with some leaves added c. 1440). 144 leaves.

Provenance: Steinfeld Abbey (formerly St. Mary Abbey Premonstratensian), Steinfeld, Germany. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1070 (sold to Quaritch for £95). — Charles Fairfax Murray. — C. W. Dyson Perrins. — Perrins sale, Sotheby, 1 December 1959, part 2, lot 57 (sold for £25,200). — Peter Ludwig. — Getty Museum (MS. Ludwig V4) [acquired 1983].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 4, no. 62 (£65). — Schoenberg (SDBM_MS_1958).

Getty Museum

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¶ Tiptoft missal (c. 1320) [MS]

Tiptoft missal.

Illuminated manuscript. England, perhaps Cambridge, c. 1320. 360 leaves.

Morris took an intense interest in this lavishly ornamented manuscript. Sydney Cockerell recorded in his diary, 9 May 1895, that Morris was examining it at Kelmscott House and noted that it has “an illuminated border to every page.” On 13 June Cockerell went to the British Museum “to look up Tiptoft pedigree.” It was exhibited at the Society of Antiquaries in June 1896.

Provenance: John Fitz-Roger Clavering and his wife Hawse Tiptoft. — Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort. — Sotheby, 13 May 1895 (sold to Morris for £750). — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (MS M.107).

References: Additional bibliography (Morgan Library). — Curatorial description (Morgan Library). — de Ricci, 2:1386, no. 107. — Ellis valuation, fol. 4, no. 60 (£900). — Morgan Catalogue 4, no. 8. — Schoenberg (SDBM_MS_14314).

Images: Morgan Library.

Morgan Library

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¶ Missale (1511)

Missale celeberrimi Halberstattensis episcopatus contplatione venerabilis cleri. Speyer: Peter Drach III, 1511.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 795 (sold to Breslauer for £14 14s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 13b, no. 159 (£12).

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¶ Missale (1507)

Missale ad consuetudinem insignis ecclesie Trajectensis. Paris: Wolfgang Hopyl, 16 April 1507.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 799 (sold to Leighton for £5 5s.). — Unlocated.

Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 17b, no. 222 (£5 5s.).

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¶ Missale Magdeburgense (1480)

Missale Magdeburgense. [Magdeburg]: Bartholomaeus Ghotan and Lucas Brandis, 1480.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 796 (sold to Heppenstal for £25). — Heppenstal. – Otto Smith. — National Library of Sweden [gift from Smith, 1911].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 25b (£45). — ISTC (im00671000).

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¶ Missale Parisiense (1489/90)

Missale Parisiense. Paris: Jean Du Pré (printer of Paris), for himself, Jean Belin et Guillaume Le Caron, 11 March 1489/90.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1449).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 39 (£15). — ISTC (im00680000). — Morgan Catalogue 2, no. 495.

Digital version: Internet Archive.

¶ Missale Basiliense (1486–90?)

Missale Basiliense. [Basel: Michael Wenssler, between 1486 and 1490.]

Illustrated.

Provenance: James Elwin Millard. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — J. Pierpont Morgan. — Morgan Library (ChL1369).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 39 (£12). — ISTC (im00651000). — Morgan Catalogue 1, no. 226.

Digital version: Universitätsbibliothek Basel.

¶ Missale Constantiense (1485)

Missale Constantiense. Basel: Peter Kollicker, 29 May 1485.

Illustrated. With a bibliographical note by Sydney Cockerell.

Provenance: Salem Abbey (or Reichskloster Salem), Baden Wurttenberg, Germany (Cistercian Abbey until 1803). — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 794 (sold to J. S. Bain for £40). — Maggs catalogue 656 (1938), no. 360 (£150).— Morgan Library (ChL1384) [purchased from Maggs in 1938].

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 39 (£25). — ISTC (im00657000).

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¶ Missale (1533)

Missale ad usum insignis ac preclare ecclesie Sarum. Paris: Francisci Regnault, 1533.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 683 (sold to Leighton for £35). — Unlocated.

Reference: Ellis valuation, fol. 19b, no. 250 (£30).

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¶ Weale — Bibliographia liturgica (1886)

Weale, William H. James. Bibliographia liturgica. Catalogus missalium ritus latini, ab anno M.CCCC.LXXV. impressorum. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1886.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 1045 (part; sold to Walker for £1 10s.). — Unlocated.

Digital version: Internet Archive.

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