Incipiunt vesp[er]e defunctoru[m] sup[er] ps[almis] an[tiphona] ...
Contributors: Wenssler, Michael, active 1472-1497, printer; Spindler, Jakob, binder; Saen, Udalricus, active 1576, former owner; Abtei Friedenweiler; Fürstlich Fürstenbergische Hofbibliothek (Donaueschingen, Germany)
Publisher: Michael Wenssler
Published: 1486
Place of publication: Basel
Language: lat
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Liturgy; Texts; Funeral service; Catholic Church; Funeral music; Prayers for the dead
Other titles: Incipiunt vesperae defunctorum super psalmis antiphona
Work titles: Officium pro defunctis
Notes: Contains Vespers, Matins, Lauds, prayers for masses of the dead, and Psalms 54, 57, and 70.

Title from red-printed text incipit (leaf a2r).

Imprint derived from the text type (13:156G), which BM 15th cent. (III, 718; there measured as 158G) assigns to Michael Wenssler in Basel and dates to "1486-88 and later".

Signatures: a-e⁸ f¹² (a1, f12 blank).

Printed in red and black.

Maiblumen metalcut, calligraphic and 2-line lombard initials.

Music printed letterpress, employing a font of black-printed German neumes and red-printed 4-line staves.

Printed on sheets of "Chancery"-size paper.

Haegen, P.L. van der. Basler Wiegendrucke, p. 271, no. 36.

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