Missal, Germany C14th on vellum from a binding

Missal. Germany, 14th century manuscript

Published by Germany, 1350

A leaf, and a portion of another stuck to it, c.325×200mm overall (with the edges folded over), the main leaf c.310×240mm when unfolded; ruled in ink for 2 columns of 32 lines; the text comprising most of the feast of St Philip (1 May); decorated with large initials alternately blue with red flourishing or vice versa, 1-line initials alternately red or blue; original foliation Cxl in red ink in the upper outer margin. Provenance: Despite the rather French-looking script and flourishing, the abbreviation Ew for Evangelium and the later provenance both suggests a German origin. Stuck to the inner face are pages from a book printed mainly in Fraktur, with a running-title Augspurgische Confession . German inscriptions on the outer side include the date 1650 and the word Höchst