Missale Bambergense.
Publisher: Johann Pfeyl
Published: 1499
Place of publication: In civitate Bambergense
Language: lat
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Missals
Work titles: Missal (Bamberg).
Notes: Woodcuts: initials and type designs.

Printed in black and red.

Contains music.

HC 11265+; Stillwell M 555; Goff M-647.

Fisher copy: Imperfect copy: lacks leaves 8, 139, 164, and an undetermined number of unnumbered leaves of music.  Leaf [1] is mutilated.  Initials supplied in red, gold and blue.

Fisher copy: Contemporary blind tooled binding, sewn on 4 double cords forming raised bands. Full bound tawed pigskin over wooden boards with partially bevelled outer edges. Traces of clasps (hinged on lower cover), and of centre and corner bosses. Spine finished with blind lines carried on to covers, forming "tie-downs". Upper cover finished with 4-line roll forming panels containing blind tooling; the outer panel contains a series of circular rose and leaf stamps, with a lozenge stamp of a dragon in each corner; smaller panels at top and bottom contain a series of lozenge stamps of a heart pierced by an arrow, in the top panel the word "Missale" is stamped;  the central panel contains a floral diaper of ogees enclosing sprays. Lower cover finished with 4-line roll forming panels, the outer containing the same circular rose and leaf stamp the central panel divided into lozenge compartments containing the same dragon and heart-and-arrow stamps, flanked by a banner with the name "Maria".