- Title:
- Missal
- Object name(s):
- illuminated manuscript; manuscript; missal
- Brief description:
- MS 34, Fitzwilliam Missal This missal, containing all the texts for the Christian Mass throughout the year, was produced in York c.1470 for the Fitzwilliam family. Medieval books were expensive to produce, as materials like parchment, pigments and gold were very costly, as was the expert labour to produce both the texts and illustrations. Medieval books also held sentimental and religious value and were often passed down through the generations. This book remained in the Fitzwilliam family for centuries, and many owners wrote their names on the flyleaves or annotated the Calendar at the beginning of the book. In 1816 it was bequeathed to the University of Cambridge by Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam (1745-1816), as part of the Fitzwilliam Museum’s founding collection.
- Collection:
- Fitzwilliam Museum
- Acquisition date:
- 1816
- Acquisition method:
- bequeathed
- Acquisition source:
- Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
- Object name:
- illuminated manuscript; manuscript; missal
- Object number:
- MS 34
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1465
- Date - latest:
- 1479
- Date - period:
- 15th Century
- Object production place:
- England
- Place status:
- country
- Object production place:
- England
- Other number:
- MS 34
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- 239393
- Other number type:
- priref
- Other number:
- 295
- Other number type:
- project ID
- Other number:
- https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/239393
- Other number type:
- uri
- Responsible department/section:
- Manuscripts and Printed Books
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/16f91e3d-4cd4-3d0f-9f33-7492be9c7bd4
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/16f91e3d-4cd4-3d0f-9f33-7492be9c7bd4, Fitzwilliam Museum, CC 0
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