Leaf from a missal (use unknown) with the mass for the vigil of Saint Andrew the apostle and commemorations of saints Saturninus, Chrysanthus, Maurus, and Daria (November 29) [Sanctorale, p. clxxi] Imprint: Printed in Basel circa 1470–80

Artist Unknown manuscript illuminator from southern Germany, either Augsburg or Nuremberg

Datecirca 1470–1480

MediumBlack and red ink on parchment with tempera and gold leaf

Dimensionsoverall: 15 3/4 × 11 1/8in. (40 × 28.2cm)

ClassificationsBook Arts

Credit LineReby Lewis Purchase Fund

Object numberG.62.9.6

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Provenance[Ferdinand Roten Galleries, 123 W. Mulberry St, Baltimore, Maryland (inv. 50-553-EK)]; NCMA purchase, March 12, 1962.Published ReferencesJustus Bier, "Early Book Art," North Carolina Museum of Art Calendar of Art Events, (May 1962), illus. (b-w) unnumbered page; also in "Catalogue of Early Book Art," cat. no. 14.

"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 4, nos. 2 and 3 (Winter-Spring 1964), listed 62.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Early Book Art," May 1962, then traveling, cat. no. 14.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," January 16, 2024-July 1, 2024.

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