A. Version with woodcut-illustrations.
| Record ID | cp010057 |
| Voet reference number | 1700 |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | c:lvd:14954357 |
| Uniform title | MISSALE ROMANUM |
| Title page transcription | MISSALE ‖ ROMANVM, ‖ EX DECRETO SACROSANCTI ‖ Concilij Tridentini restitutum, ‖ PII V. PONT. MAX. IVSSV EDITVM. ‖ Additis aliquot Sanctorum Officijs, ‖ EX PRÆCEPTO S.D.N. SIXTI PP. V. ‖ V. ‖ ANTVERPIÆ, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini, ‖ Architypographi Regij. ‖ M.D.LXXXVII. ‖ Cum Priuilegiis Pont. Max. & Regis Catholici. |
| Collation | Folio [269]: A-E⁶, A-X⁶, Y⁴, Z⁶, a-v⁶, x⁴, AA-GG⁶, HH⁴; pages 1⁰) [1-60]; 2⁰) 1-519, [520]; 3⁰) I-XCI, [XCII] (Errors: 2nd part: 455 for 255, 267 for 467). Printed in black and red, on two columns (with the exception of the introductory part), each page within and separation between columns by double typographical rules; marginals in italic type |
| Fingerprint | |
| Number of sheets | |
| Pages | [1]: Title [2]: Blank [3-4]: Bull of Pius V on the reformation of the Missal (Rome, 14 July 1570; italic type, part in roman type) [5]: Privilege (Rome, 28 July 1570, signed by C. Glorierius; Antwerp, Privy Council and Council of Brabant, 7 October 1570, s. De Langhe) [6-11]: Rubricae generales [11-27]: Ritus servandus in celebratione missae (parts in italic type) [28-32]: De defectibus… [33-41]: Praeparatio… [42-59]: Calendar [60]: illustration [1] -223: Proprium missarum de tempore (parts in music) 224-260: Ordinarium missae (with music) [261]: Blank [262]: illustration [263]-370: Canon missae; Ordinarium missae (parts in music) 371-519: Proprium missarum de sanctis [520]: Blank I-XCI: Commune sanctorum XCI: Series chartarum [XCII]: Blank |
| Edition information | |
| Illustrations | Scenes from the New Testament: I) Copper engraving: 1) V. on title-page, 105 × 164 (the Last Supper) II) Woodcuts, some with the monograms of the designers Pieter van der Borcht (PB) and Melchior Lorch (ML), and of the engravers Antoon van Leest (AVL) and Gerard Janssen van Kampen (G): 1) 8 illustrations, c. 290 × c. 190, in 1st part, page [60] (PB, AVL) 2nd part, pages 22 (PB), 262 (PB), 274 (PB), 308 (PB), 324 (PB), 474 (PB), 508 (PB, AVL) 2) 10 illustrations, 123 × 157, in 2nd part, pages 18 (ML, AVL), 39 (PB), 43 (ML), 297 (PB, G), 399 (PB), 409 (ML, G), 437 (ML), 442 (PB, AVL), 446 (PB ?), 485 (PB) 3) 11 illustrations, 95 × 160, from 10 blocks (the illustrations on pages 419 and 489 being identical) in 2nd part, pages 20 (PB), 25 (PB, AVL), 27 (PB), 29 (PB, AVL), 148 (PB, AVL), 169 (PB, AVL), 174 (PB), 187 (PB), 416 (PB), 419 (PB, AVL), 489 (PB, AVL) 4) 2 illustrations, 110 × 74, in 2nd part, pages 371 (PB, AVL), 377 (PB, AVL) 5) pages within frame of woodcut-vignettes: 2nd part, pages 1, 23, 263, 275, 309, 325, 475, 509 |
| Copies | Bibliothèque nationale de France - B 273Vatican Apolstolic Library - Race. I, II 394Not checked which version: Austrian National Library |
| Bibliographical references | Ruelens-de Backer, page 295 (1587, no. 2) Weale-Bohatta, no. 1268 Bib. catholica Neerlandica impressa, no. 3950 |
| Online bibliographical references | |
| Note 1 | Issued in two versions: one with woodcut-illustrations (as described here), and one with copper engraving-illustrations (see following no.). |
| Note 2 | Of this edition 1,050 copies were printed (Arch. 788). |
| Note 3 | The edition is mentioned in quite a number of Plantin's letters from 1586-1587: Correspondance de C. Plantin, VII, no. 1101 (to Arias Montanus, 14 May 1586: thanks to the financial help of a Parisian bookseller [M. Sonnius] and a Cologne book-seller [A. Mylius] Plantin will start printing a missal in folio), no. 1102 (to de Çayas, 14 May 1586: idem), no. 1112 (to F. Lucas, 13 June 1586: idem); Correspondance de C. Plantin, VIII-IX, no. 1116 (to Pamelius, 28 June 1586: will start printing a missal in folio), no. 1125 (to de Çayas, 1 August 1586), no. 1133 (to Oudartius, 4-13 September 1586: started printing a missal in folio), no. 1136 (to de Çayas, 13 September 1586: idem), no. 1138 (to de Vandeville, 13 September 1586: is printing a missal in folio), no. 1141 (to F. Lucas, 20-26 September 1586: idem), no. 1159 (to E. Ximenes, 22 October 1586: idem), no. 1162 (to de Çayas, 24 October 1586: idem), no. 1165 (to N. Oudartius, 24-26 October 1586: idem), no. 1181 (to de Çayas, 25 December 1586: will have finished the missal in folio within eight days), no. 1189 (to Nanningius, 2 January 1587: 'Nunc uti petis mitto unum exemplar Missalis in folio hodie primum exeuntis e typographia nostra, unum cum aeneis alterum cum ligneis figuris e quibus primum pro strena cupio abs te grato animo accipi, tertium autem cum figuris etiam aeneis…'), no. 1190 (to the Abbot of St. Bertin, 5 January 1587: has mailed 'ung de nos Missels a figures de cuivre dont avons imprimé petit nombre que nous vendons sept flor. dix pat. et ceux a figures de bois cincq florins et dix pat. dont avons imprimé plus grand nombre'), no. 1192 (to Oudartius, 7 January 1587: 'Nunc mitto Missale in folio ipsa postrema superioris anni die absolutum…'), no. 1193 (to E. Ximenes, 13 January 1587: mails a copy with copper engraving-illustrations), no. 1195 (to Nanningius, 13 January 1587: cf. no. cp011533, no. cp012695 (to de Çayas, 13 January 1587: has mailed a copy), no. cp012753 (to de Tisnacq, 28 January 1587: has finished the missal in folio), no. cp012512 (to de Çayas, 31 January 1587: cf. no. cp012695, no. cp013416 (to de Mendoça, 31 January 1587: two copies shipped), no. cp012975 (to Nanningius, 16 February 1587: acknowledges having received two gold pieces for the 'Missale Commune'). |
| Note 4 | Listed in M 296, folio 11 verso ([Missale Romanum], In f⁰, Anno 1587, f[euilles] 168, [price:] florins Carolus guilders 5 stuivers 10; Idem cum figuris aeneis florins Carolus guilders 7 stuivers 10), and M 321 (under 1587). |
| Further reading |
B. Version with copper engraving-illustrations.
| Title page transcription | MISSALE ‖ ROMANVM, ‖ EX DECRETO SACROSANCTI ‖ Concilii Tridentini restitutum, ‖ PII V. PONT. MAX. IVSSV EDITVM. ‖ Additis aliquot Sanctorum Officijs, ‖ EX PRÆCEPTO S.D.N. SIXTI PP. V. ‖ V. ‖ ANTVERPIÆ, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini, ‖ Architypographi Regij. ‖ M.D.LXXXVII. ‖ Cum Priuilegiis Pont. Max. & Regis Catholici. |
| Collation | Folio (c. 340 × 210 [269]): A-E⁶; A-X⁶, Y⁴, Z⁶, a-v⁶, x⁴; AA-GG⁶, HH⁴; pages 1⁰) [1-60]; 2⁰) 1-519, [520]; 3⁰) I-XCI, [XCII] (Errors: see preceding version). Printed in black and red, on two columns (cf. preceding version) |
| Fingerprint | |
| Number of sheets | |
| Pages | |
| Edition information | |
| Illustrations | Scenes from the New Testament: I) Copper engravings: 1) V. on title-page, 105 × 164: the Last Supper 2) 7 illustrations, 290 × 287: 1st part, page [60]; 2nd part, pages 22, 262, 274, 308, 324, 474 3) 22 illustrations, of the same widths but different lengths (127 × 160; 98 × 160), from 20 plates (the illustrations on pages 174, 419 and 489 being identical; two bearing a monogram of the engraver): 2nd part, pages 18, 20, 25 (Pieter Huys), 27, 29, 39, 43, 148, 169, 174, 187, 297, 399, 409, 416, 419, 437, 442, 446 (Jan de Sadeler), 485, 489, 508 4) 2illustrations, 108 × 73: 2nd part, pages 371, 377; II) pages within frame of woodcut-vignettes: 2nd part, pages 1, 23, 263, 275, 309, 325, 475, 509 |
| Copies | British Library London - C 54.i.4 |
| Bibliographical references | Cf. preceding no |
| Online bibliographical references | |
| Note 1 | Of the 1587-edition two versions were issued: one with copper engraving-illustrations (as described here), and one with woodcut-illustrations (see preceding no.). |
| Note 2 | For more details see preceding no. (version A). |
| Further reading |