AUTHOR: PRINTED BY MICHAEL WENSSLER

LANGUAGE: GERMAN

DATE: 1490

PAGE #: 556

REPRODUCTION DIMENSIONS: 11.75 X 8.75 IN

HISTORY/DESCRIPTION: THE MISSALE WORMATIENSE IS A PRAYER BOOK FOR FIRST VESPERS. IT WAS PRINTED BY MICHAEL WENSSLER IN BASEL. WENSSLER WAS ORIGINALLY FROM STRASBOURG, BUT MOVED TO BASEL AT A YOUNG AGE. HIS EARLIEST WORK IS DATED TO 1472. FOR A SHORT TIME HE LIVED IN CLUNY FRANCE WHERE HE PRINTED A BREVIARY AND A MISSAL FOR THE ABBEY AT CLUNY. IN SOME PARTS THIS MISSAL IS IDENTICAL TO THE MISSALE MOGUNTINUM.

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