Accession number
MS G.17
Object title
Missal (MS G.17).
Created
Le Mans, France, 1100-1120.
Binding
Vellum over boards; made after 1933.
Credit line
Gift of the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection, 1984.
Description
149 leaves (1 column, 21 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 202 x 146 mm
Provenance
John of Bourg, thirteenth century; Henry Quantin, fifteenth or sixteenth century; Victor Luzarche, Tours; his sale, Paris, A. Claudin, 9 March 1868, lot 80; bought by Charles Raoul de Montesson (1811-1869) for 450 francs; inherited by his son Charles Hubert de Montesson; acquired by A. Chester Beatty (his W ms. 21 [alternatively W ms. 16A]) privately in Paris, 1924; his sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 May 1933, lot 40; bought by Dr. Erwin Rosenthal, Munich; purchased in April 1952 from Arthur Rau, Paris, for William S. Glazier (1907-1962), New York; deposited by the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection in 1963.
Notes
Missal for the use of Le Mans; written and illuminated in western France, probably Le Mans, early 12th century.
One of the earliest missals for Le Mans use.
Decoration: 1 full-page colored pen drawing, 1 historiated color penwork initial.
One of the earliest missals for Le Mans use.
Decoration: 1 full-page colored pen drawing, 1 historiated color penwork initial.
Script
French minuscule
Language
Latin
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