The Royal College of Music, Kensington Gore. H. 382 m. Part IV on vellum; 20 ff. of parts v and vi damaged versal T at the commencement of the B. 370 m. The cut and Canon coloured and gilt. Inside the cover at the end : Mayster Hanns Pfeyl von Bamberg 1519. Binding: Boards covered with stamped pigskin; the knops and clasps wanting. GEMEINER, 166. PANZER, IX, 388, 4c. WEALE, 128. 32. Antiphonarii ad usum Sarum volumen primum vulgo pars hyemalis nuncupata. Impressum in alma Parisiorum academia per Wolffgangum Hopylium, impensis Francisci Byrckman, civis Coloniensis. 1519. Folio. The only edition of the Salisbury Antiphoner. The volume consists of five parts, and contains 594 (268, 6, 192, 50 and 78) ff., printed in red and black from type of three founts, 40-41 or 26 long lines to the full page, with Latin musical notation on a staff of 4 red lines-10 staves to the full page. With running title but without catchwords. Signatures: a (a.j. a.ij. a.iij. a.iiij.)8-z et con° 8 aa-hh, numbered ( ) Fo. ij.cclxviij.; + the leaves not numbered; a3-z et3, numbered Fo. j.cxcj. and I f. not numbered; A-E8 F10 numbered Fo. j.-l. ; aoJK numbered Fo. j.-lxvij., and I f. not numbered. The title-page is adorned with a cut (H. 206 m. B. 147m.) representing the patrons of Coeln, with the arms of that town and the printer's cypher, beneath which is the title: ¶ Antiphonale ad vsum ecclesie Sarum, | politissimis imaginibus decoratum.; the whole enclosed within a border formed of four bands of ornament. Hopyl's motto: Fortuna opes auferre: non animum potest. at the head of the page, is repeated on the border at the foot. Part 3, which was apparently also issued as a separate volume, has a special title and colophon; the former runs thus: Psalterium ad decantanda in choro | officia ecclesiastica accommodatissimum secundum vsum ac ritum ecclesie | Sarum una cum directorio psalmorum per singulas cadentias atque punctua- | tiones ad limam distinctorum. omnibus presbyteris vtile atque accommodum. Beneath this is a cut (H. 220 m. B. 125 m.) representing David seated on a throne in the midst of his court, playing the harp; on each side are two of the following verses : Si cupis eximias christo depromere laudes : The colophon (f 192) is as follows: Psalterium ad decantanda in choro officia ec- clesiastica accommodatissimum secundum vsum ac ritum sacrosancte ecclesie Sarum cum Hym- | nis / Antiphonis et versiculis et Letanijs Septem | psalmis penitentialibus, ac vigilijs defun- | ctorum : vna cum directorio psalmorum per sin- gulas cadentias atque punctuationes ad limam | distinctorum omnibus presbyteris atque insa- | cris constitutis vtile atque necessarium, Absolutum | in alma Parisiorum academia, impensis ho- | nesti viri Francisci byrkman ciuis Coloniensis. The cut and border of the title-page are repeated on the verso. The colophon of the volume (v, 77 v.) runs thus: ¶ Impressum est hoc preclarum opus in alma | Parisiorum academia per wolffgangum hopylium / impensis Francisci | byrckman ciuis Coloniensis. Anno post incarnationem domini millesimo | quingentesimo decimo The cut and border of the title-page are again repeated on f. 78 v., with the two following lines above the cut: phonarij ad vsum Sarum volumen | primum vulgo pars hyemalis nuncupata. nono. Anti The volume is adorned with 14 cuts, in addition to those above mentioned, and a large number of storied and ornamental versal letters. From an epistle by Brian Row, on the verso of the title of the Psalter, we learn that the manuscript copy was revised and corrected by Dr. John Sampson, of King's College, Cambridge, "partim veterum et optimorum codicum collatione, partim suapte sagacitate." Trinity College, Cambridge. A number of fragments of the volume recovered from old book-covers in the library. 'They include: 1., 33, 34, 39-56, 67-70, 78, 79, 97, 102, 104-121, 130135, 137, 144, 151-156, 158-160, 186, 188, 189, 191, 201-204, 206, 207, 209–215, 217, 220, 221, 224-235, and 238-248; II.; III., 2–4, 6, 7, 9–64, 115–118, and 121; IV., 18, 23, and 25-32; several of these being imperfect. SINKER, 365, 952. 33. Missale diocesis Argentinensis denuo excusum castigatius. Impressum Hagnoe per Thomam Anshelmum Badensem. 1520. Folio. The second edition of the Strassburg Missal, and the third and last The volume consists of six parts, and contains 362 (10, 174, 4, 14, 10 and 150) ff., printed in red and black from type of six founts, the text in two columns of 34 lines (Comp., 266 m.) each, the Canon in 19-21 long lines to the full page. With Teutonic musical notation on a staff of 4 lines-7 staves to the full page; three of the staff lines are black, the fourth or fa line, red, a system peculiar to Strassburg scribes and printers. With running title, but without catchwords. The preliminary matter occupies a quire of 10 ff.; the text, fifty-four quires with signatures a (a a ij a iij a iiij)¤— z6 A6-Ƒ6 numbered 1-CLXXIIII, (+) A1 B1 C2 D4 (E) 10 without foliation, G6-X6 y1 z6 aao–gg and hh numbered, with exception of the last 22 leaves, CLXXV-CCCII. The title, at the head of the page, runs thus: Mjssale diocesis Argentinensis denuo excusum castigatius. Immediately below it is a cut (H. 269 m. B. 194 m.) divided into nine compartments; those at the sides and above being occupied by representations of the Seven Sacraments grouped around a figure of Christ on the Cross, from whose merits they derive their power of giving grace. The ninth compartment, at the foot of the page, represents William, bishop of Strassburg, vested in cope and mitre, kneeling before the Infant Christ whom the B. Virgin holds in her arms, whilst the Prophet Micheas and Saint Iude support a shield-shaped cartellino on which is printed: Micheæ VII. In fine deponet | iniquitates nostras, et proiiciet in profundum | maris omnia peccata nostra. | Sanctus Iudas Sanctorum communionem | Remissionem | peccatorum. A shield of arms, by the bishop's side, bears checky a bend sinister indented. In the uppermost compartment is the artist's cypher. (See the reduced facsimile.) The colophon (vi, f. 149 v.) is as follows: Habetis deo sacrati sacerdotes: diuinissimi sacrificij li | brum : denuo. longe autem exactiore quam antea cura elaboratum. Nos enim pro ingenii tenuitate loca que- | dam deprauata fideliter emendauimus: ea opi | nor solertia : vt si quis errorum causas: et rationes | emendationum: collato priore exemplari: se positoque liuore diligenter excusserit: pau | ca admodum sint: que ad plenam libri in- | telligentiam: desiderentur. Vos ergo laborem nostrum vel gratuitum: bo | ni equique facite. Valete. Impressum Hagnoe per industri | um virum Thomam Ans | helmum Badensem. Anno a | Christi natiuitate supra | millesimum et quin | gentesimum vi | gesimo. Below is the printer's cypher. This Missal has at the commencement of the Canon a full-page cut (H. 246 m. B. 173 m.) representing Christ on a tau-shaped |