Missal. Cistercian use

8vo (183 x 123mm.), printed in red and black, woodcut printer's device of Ambroise Girault on title-page, woodcut initials and illustrations (some full-page), CONTEMPORARY SPANISH CALF GILT with plateresque decoration, the cross of the Order of Alcántara in centre of covers with the initials C.F.I.O., a smaller cross at corners, roll-tooled borders of military trophies and animals, with small stamps of a church building, a tree and various animals, remains of gilt and gauffered edges, a few small wormholes in first and last few leaves repaired with slight loss of text, small repaired tear in A6, occasional light staining, neatly rebacked, lacking two pairs of ties, binding slightly worn

Weale-Bohatta 1765 (with Marnef's device on title-page)

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The calendar has a single manuscript entry, for St Mary of Alcántara. The Order of Alcántara used Cistercian regulations, and the church stamp on the cover implies that this binding may have been made for the priory of the Order, San Benito de Alcántara.

The tree stamps on the binding may represent pear trees, as the Order was first founded near a church dedicated to St Julian which had pear trees growing nearby, and was therefore known as San Julián del Pereiro.