15th century missal Fragment of 28 leaves

Gothic script with intricate decoration to text which is embellished with faces, birds and fish

-manuscript on parchment - 25x20cm approx

-32 lines per page

-Text in black ink written with a clear gothic hand. Text rubricated with red, blue and yellow ink.

Decorated with:

-One 5-line initial and Four 3-line initials

-circa 220 initials in red and blue with faces - one further embellished with a bird and another with a fish

-Faded floral border decoration to front page of Psalter - with full border and coloured drawing of a fish and butterfly (worn).

Condition:

Incomplete. Faded with significant stains and marks to leaves. Tears with losses to many leaves. Many pages with significant staining and damage.

Contents

-The text contains fragments (Mostly non-consecutive) of the Psalms, Temporale and Sanctorale. Missing the calendar and other sections which are sometimes found in Missals.

-Likely Northern European in Origin

-The style of the text and decoration would date the book to the early 15th Century

Psalter

leaf 1: Psalm 1-6 v9

leaf 2 Psalms 32-34 v18

Leaf 3 - Psalm 34 v19- 36 v36

leaf 4 - Psalm 68 v35 - 72 v5

Leaf 5 - Psalm 144 to 147 followed by Benedictus, O Nata Lux and Magnificat (?vespers)

Temporale

Leaf 6 - Prayers for Advent

Leaf 7 - 14 - Prayers for Lent including "Christus qui Lux es et dies noctis""

Leaf 15 - 18 - Easter Prayers

Sanctorale

Leaf 19 - St Cecilia

Leaf 21 - St Matthew

Leaf 23 - St Martin

Leaf 24 - St Leonard

Leaf 25 - St Martin

Prayers for St Ursula also included.