17388 MISSA GOTHICA Seu Mozarabica et Officium itidem Gothicum [cum explanationibus F. A. Lorenzana], sm. folio, printed in red' and black with musical notes and plates, calf, £2. 16s Angelopoli [i.e. Puebla in Mexico], 1770 This is not the complete Missal, but the Preparatio and Missa omnium offerentium printed from a Visigothic MS., with Lorenzana's observations ; followed by the Hora and the Commune Sanctorum from the Mozarabic Breviary. 17389 LIBER MISSALIS, SECUNDUM CONSUETUDINEM SEDIS VALENTIE, CUM CALENDARIO, large folio. Splendid Spanish Manuscript on Vellum, finely illuminated in gold and colours, the first page of text ornamented with an exquisite Arabesque Border, displaying an escutcheon (gules, three roses, or) supported by flying Cupids, and a beautiful Miniature of the Annunciation richly painted in colours and heightened with gold. Before the Canon of the Mass are two large Paintings (12 by 8 inches) of the ECCE HOмO and the CRUCIFIXION, by an EARLY SPANISH ARTIST, admirably executed in vivid colours heightened with gold; the whole volume in astonishingly perfect preservation, and bound in the original oak boards, covered with stamped morocco, £220. Sec. xv (1477) This splendid manuscript was written in the year 1477, as appears from the first leaf of calendar, which commences "In hoc Anno Domini m.cccc.lxxvii est littera dominicalis e ut in cruce." Specimens of Spanish art are excessively rare, and the present MS. is one so remarkably fine and so brilliantly decorated, in the Italian style, which was then followed by the Aragonese, that it would form a specially valuable feature in any palæographical collection. There is, as compared with the Italianesque ornamentation, a more distinctive character in the two large paintings, which are truly imposing works of Art, somewhat in the Flemish style. The face of the mother in the Crucifixion is an extremely beautiful composition. 17390 ORDINARIUZ DE MINISTRAOE SACRAMENTORUM secundum consuetudinez alme metropolitane sedis Valeñ. sm. 4to. woodcut of the Crucifixion, wanting last leaf, velium gilt, £5. (? Valentiæ, J. Jofre, 1514) There is in the Salvá collection a copy of the edition of 1527; but in a note on the subject Salvá alludes to an edition of 1514 as described by Villanueva. Sarum: 5. ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH USES. a Missals. 17391 MISSALE AD VSUM SARU, folio, Illuminated MS. on Vellum, with painted initials A manuscript of extreme interest, not only as a complete and fine Sarum Missal of the fifteenth century, but also as having belonged to St. Stephen's Chapel (where the Parliament-palace now stands). It was presented, probably on the suppression of the Deanery in 1549, by John Chamber, the last Dean of St. Stephen's (1526-49), to some other house, and bears an inscription ex dono on two leaves of the text. 17391*MISSALE AD USU INSIGNIS ECCLESIE | SAR': nup. accuratissime casti- gatu; ppulerisqz caracterib' im | pressu; officia oim sctor' totalit' ad longũ (qd celebratib' maxi- | me erit vtilitati) cotines cu plu | rib' officiis nouis i fine additis | small 4to. gothic letter, printed in red and black, with Music, with the printer's mark in red on title, and woodcuts in the Canon of the Mass; two leaves in the Calendar, the first, eighth, and ninth of the text, and two or three others in the body wanting, water-stained, old calf, £25. Rothomagi, per Magistru Martinu Morin, iuxta prioratu diui Laudi comoran, 1506, 12 Maij EXCESSIVELY RARE. Only two other copies are known; one of which is in the Lambeth library, and the other in the library of Queen's College, Oxford. 17392 MISSALE AD VSU AC COSUETUDINĒ SARŪ, folio, black lettet, printed in red and black, with the Music; beautiful woodcuts and capital letters, two leaves of the Canon of the Mass on Vellum, the margins of a few leaves repaired, and the word Papa and everything relative to St. Thomas a Becket obliterated in ink. AN EXTREMELY RARE EDITION, OF WHICH ONLY THREE OTHER COPIES Paris, opera Wolffgangi Hopylii impensis Francisci The Marriage Service is, as usual, in the quaint old English of the fifteenth century. COLLATION: title and other preliminaries, 8 leaves; text, folios 1-86, 89-170, being signatures a to p, in eights, except I, b, r, y. which are in sixes; Proprium Sanctorum, signatures A to H in eights and I in ten leaves; Commune Sanctorum, folios 1-64, being signatures A to H in eights. The above is a very fine and beautiful copy of an extraordinarily rare volume, and is quite perfect. SARUM-continued. 17393 MISSALE SECUNDUM USUM INSIGNIS ECCLESIE SARUM, folio, gothic letter, printed in red and black, with the Music; numerous fine woodcuts; the large woodcut Crucifixion and the first leaf of the Canon printed on vellum; wanting title and calendar at the beginning (probably 7 leaves) and six leaves at the end, one leaf in the body defective; otherwise a very fine copy in green morocco extra, gilt edges, £48. [Antverp. Chr. Ruremund, 1528] No perfect copy seems to be known; and the only other copy recorded is an imperfect one in the Bodleian library. The book is therefore so scarce that it is hardly possible to verify the description given above. 17394 MISSALE AD VSUM INSIGNIS ECCLESIE SARISBURIENSIS | 17395 NUNC RECENS TYPIS ELEGANTIORIBUS EXARATUM HISTORIIS NOUIS VARIIS AC PROPRIIS INSIGNITUM, etc. folio, gothic letter, beautifully printed in red and black ink, with Music, and numerous fine woodcuts and large capitals, two leaves of the Canon printed on vellum, large and beautiful engravings, one of the Crucifixion, the other of God the Father, both signed by G. M. (Guillaume Merlin), fine copy, bound in black morocco extra, gilt edges, tooled in antique style, by BEDFORD, £60. Parisiis, apud Guillelmum Merlin-at end, Joanues Amazeur pro Guilielmo Merlin, 1555 the same; folio, with two leaves printed on Vellum, very fine copy, notwithstanding a few small wormholes, in the original oak boards, re-covered by Broadbere, who has preserved the old stamped sides, gilt edges, with brass clasps and corners, the original sides stamped with several devices, including the fleur-delis, a portcullis, and the initials H. R. £65. 1 1555 The H. R. (i.e., Henricus Rex or Henrici Regis) implies that this copy was originally bound for Queen Mary, for whom, no doubt, the old tools and ornaments of her father's royal library were still used. A copy wanting two leaves fetched at Sotheby's, in 1864, £85. The above two, which are perfect, are consequently cheap in comparison. This is beyond dispute the finest of all the editions of the Sarum Missal, and is also one of the last, as they ceased to be printed in 1557, shortly before Elizabeth's accession to the throne. Most of the copies that survived the reforming rage of the sixteenth century were mutilated, and Mr. Maskell (Mon. Rit. I, lxiv) notices that the fine large woodcut of God the Father, crowned with a papal tiara, and surrounded by the apostolical symbols, on the second vellum leaf of the Canon, "is a rare picture, and seldom found in printed Missals." The name of Guillaume Merlin, whose initials appear on the two large engravings, will have to be added to the lists of Bartsch and others, as one of the greatest masters of his art. The accomplished critic already mentioned, remarks, in his work on Ancient Liturgies (pref. p. vii), in reference to all the old English service books, that "Of late years the demand for them has increased tenfold, and their price, always great, has naturally increased with the demand, so as to put them, when they do occur beyond the reach of men who are nevertheless the most anxious to obtain them." Parts of the marriage service are, as usual, in old English. 17396 MISSALE AD VSUM ECCLESIE SARISBURIENSIS, sm. 4to. woodcuts and Music, the last six leaves a little stained, brown morocco, gilt edges, by Bedford, £32. Lodini, per Johannem Kyngstō et Henricum Sutton, 1555 17397 MISSALE ad vsum ecclesie Sarisb. sm. 4to. brown morocco extra, by Bedford, £42. Kyngston et Sutton, 1555 The rarity of this edition is such that Lowndes in mentioning it does not specify any copy as being known to him. York: The unusual name of Cæsaris Burgus is given to Salisbury in some quaint Latin verses on the title-page, in which the purchase of this improved book is recommended to the priest. They begin thus : Sanctorum qui sancta soles intrare sacerdos 17397 MISSALE ad Usum Insignis Ecclesiæ Eboracensis, 2 vols. 8vo. Surtees Society, 1874 cloth, 278 Sarum: b. Breviaries. 17390 PORTIFORIUM; seu BREVIARIUM ad insignis SARISBURIENSIS ECCLESIE usum; PARS ESTIVALIS, 4to. printed in red and black, with large and small woodcuts and woodcut initials, old oaken boards, covered in stamped leather, from the Sunderland library, £65. 4to. ANTWERPIE impressa per CHRISTOPHORUM ENDOVIENSEM. Impensis vero et sumptibus honesti viri FRANCISCI BRYCKMANN civis coloniensis (with his device), 1525 A RARE EDITION. A leaf in Calendar; cc7; and 11 3 wanting; some lines in ccl and 6 defaced with ink. When the book was sold at the first Sunderland sale, before these deficiencies were observed, it fetched £231. Within the cover of this volume is pasted a copy of a PLENARY INDULGENCE TO ENGLISH CATHOLICS, dated LONDINI, anno 1526, printed in gothic letter on a single sheet in oblong form, 7 in. high and 10 in. in breadth, probably an UNIQUE BROADSIDE. In the under cover is an Autograph letter in English, signed" Yor. true bedman Jō Corobry (?) Chapter of the Hospitall," evidently written from Rome; and requesting interest with "my Lord Cardinallis Grace" (probably Cardinal Wolsey) for an appointment to the Mastership of the Hospital, 17391 PORTIFORIUM seu BREUIARIUM ad usum ecclesie Sarisburiensis castigatum, pars estiualis, cum Calendario, sm. 4to. title inlaid, and signature p (six leaves wanting), calf, £20. Londini [Rob. Caley] 1555 17392 PORTIFORIUM seu BREUIARIUM ad insignis Sarisburiensis ecclesie vsum, cum Calendario, pars estiualis, sm. 4to. fine copy in old russia, £40. J. Kyngston et H. Sutton, 1556 17393 PORTIFORIUM. At end: PARS HYEMALIS TAM DE TEPORE QUAM DE SANCTIS PORTIFORII ad insignis ecclesie usum Sarisburien sis: finit feliciter, 12mo. gothic letter, printed in red and black, no title, the leaves of Calendar mended and last leaf damaged, old calf, £10. Parisiis, Joannes le Blanc pro Guillelmo Merlin, 1556 The text of the Breviary is preceded by the Psalter and Lessons of the Salisbury use. This little volume is a valuable item in the present list. In Dickinson's list only one copy is recorded as preserved in the library of Caius College. It is not certain from either Dickinson or Lowndes (who specifies SARUM--continued. York: no copy at all), whether there ever was a title or if any more than the Pars Hiemalis was printed in this edition. But from my own memoranda I learn that the Pars Estivalis was printed as a separate book for Guillaume Merlin, one year later than the above volume. A copy of the Pars Hiemalis fetched at Puttick's, in 1855, £15. 158. 17394 BREVIARIUM ad usum insignis Ecclesie EBORACENSIS, edited by Hon. and Rev. S. Lawley, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, £2. 11s Surtees Society, 1880-83 The text is printed from the Venice edition of 1493 (in the Bodleian Library), with foot-note collations of the remaining six known editions. Aberdeen: 17395 BREVIARIUM ABERDONENSE (edited by the Rev. William Blew), 2 very thick vols. 4to. BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED IN RED AND BLACK BY WHITTINGHAM, for the Bannatyne Club, hf. morocco 1854 The Books of Ritual of the Scottish Church which were saved from destruction in the great Ecclesiastical revolution of the Sixteenth Century, were very few; and it has so happened that through negligence in this country, or by reason of the civil tumults of France, the many offices which were in use throughout the Dioceses of Scotland have become so rare, that only one Breviary and one Missal are now known to exist. The Breviary is that which was used in the extensive Diocese of Aberdeen, in the Province of Saint Andrew; it was printed by Chapman, the first printer established in Scotland, in 1502 and 1510, but is now of such rarity, that no more than four copies (and no one of these altogether perfect) can be traced. [LAING (David)] THE PREFACE, a rare piece of 27 pp. with a facsimile on 16 pp. of an extra sheet found in the Glammes copy of the Breviary; independently printed after the circulation of the two volumes, rare, hf. calf together 3 vols. 4to. £6. c. Psalters. 1855 1854-55 17396 PSALTERIUM CUM PRECIBUS, 12mo. Manuscript on Vellum, of ENGLISH EXECUTION, with several Miniatures and grotesque figures, enclosed within the illuminated initials, bound in red moroccv extra, gilt edges, by BEDFORD, £36. circa A.D. 1280 On the last page there is a copy (made about the year 1300) of a royal grant, dated the 14th of Edward I (1286), which bears at foot the name of Robert Baldok (afterwards Chancellor of England, "a false pyled clerck" according to the Cronycles of England) who died in 1327. On a blank page towards the end of the book there are some instructions and prayers for chanted masses, in a handwriting contemporary with the text,— |