Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Vat. lat. 11254

Masses of Saints Francis and Anne Facsimile Edition

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Written entirely in gold, the Masses of Saints Francis and Anne manuscript was commissioned for François Guillaume de Casteinau de Clermont-Lodève after being named a Catholic Church cardinal in 1503. He almost certainly wore the book—which is tiny—on his person. Every page features a painted border with the saints' initials, A and F. There are full-page miniatures of the saints—Francis receiving the Stigmata and Anne with the Virgin Mary—and the cardinal's coat of arms.

We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "Masses of Saints Francis and Anne": Franz von Assisi und die Heilige Anna facsimile edition, published by Belser Verlag, 1987

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Manuscript book description compiled by Britt Boler Hunter.
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Franz von Assisi und die Heilige Anna

Zurich: Belser Verlag, 1987

  • Commentary by Moynihan, Robert
  • Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Masses of Saints Francis and Anne: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.

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