IDENTIFIERS
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id:	239393
accession number:	MS 34

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Friday 15 November 2019
updated:	Wednesday 19 July 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
title:	missal

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Cent. xv (cir. 1470). Preserved in Lord Fitzwilliam's family since that date. The last Lord Fitzwilliam recorded his name on the fly-leaf in 1768 and had the MS rebound (by Simier) in 1807.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/239393





CATEGORIES
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category: illuminated manuscript
category: manuscript

DATING
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creation date:	1465 - 1479
creation date earliest:	1465
creation date latest:	1479
culture:	15th Century#



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	The Human Touch: Making Art, Leaving Traces