Speciale missaru[m] s[e]c[un]d[u]m choru[m] Bambergens[em].

Folio: [12, incl. 2 bl.]-lxxii-[10]-lxxiii-clxv ff. (some soiling and light waterstaining, old repairs to some tears, contemp. ms. annot.).

Rather nice contemp. South German binding: blind-stamped pigskin, boards with fillets and roll-stamp, spine with raised bands, metal clasps and catches (sm. defect on lower cover). Nice copy.

Very rare copy of this imposing Missal for the diocese of Bamberg, printed at the request of Bishop Georg Schenk von Limpurg (1470-1522). Printed in red and black, in Gothic type of different sizes and in double columns. Initials in red.
Decoration: old hand-colouring, occ. heightened with lavish gold: half-page woodcut figuring Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Cunigunde of Luxembourg pictured with Bamberg Cathedral and the coat of arms of Georg Schenk von Limpurg, 19 large historiated initials, full-page Crucifixion and a very fine circular Agnus Dei. Contemp. ms. ritual inscription in the margin of the Canon part.
Enriched with 7 additional ff. with manuscript liturgical music (3 at front, 4 at the end).
Ref. USTC 694232. - VD16 M-5557. - Adams L-1179. - STC German (BL) 512. - Not in BnF, UNICAT, etc.
Prov. Old ms. ex dono by a Bamberg canon, dated 1584.