Incipit ordo missalis ẜm bre-||uiarium chori eccl'e Augusteñ || Dominica prima in aduentu || domini ad missam Introitus.|| [a1r]

[H1v:] Liber missalis ẜm ritum eccl'e || Augusteñ. ꝑ Erhardū ratdolt || mira imprimēdi arte:qua nuꝑ || venecijs:nūc Auguste vinde-||licorū excellit nominatissimus || Auguste imp̃ssus finit feliciter || Año dñi.M.cccc.xcvj.idꝰ.||Junij.||

H5r: A shield upon which a naked man holds a star over his stomach and genitals with his left hand. In his right hand he holds two snakes aloft. The shield is topped with a helmet with fronds cascading down. There are two large horns on top of the helmet, between which is a six-pointed star. Above this is printed the couplet, “Erhardi Ratdolt felicia conspice signa || Testata artificem qua valet ipse manum ||”. The printer's mark is printed in black and red (c. 103 x 140 mm).

Augsburg

Liturgical book

D-Mbs 2 Inc.c.a. 3352 contains a canon printed on vellum, signed (p-gathering) and foliated continuously. D-Mbs 2 Inc.c.a. 3353 contains a variant canon printed on vellum, also signed as 'p', but not foliated. The variant canon is clearly printed by Ratdolt, as is evident from the music type and the initials. It is also clearly a canon according to the use of Augsburg. The variant canon does not match those from other editions of the Missale Augustense printed by Ratdolt. It is possible that for some unknown reason, a second canon was printed.
The copy in A-SPL is a ghost, the copy formerly in A-SF has been sold and is of unknown whereabouts.

[*3r-*3v:] Fridericus dei & apostolice sedis fratia episcopꝰ Augustñ || ex comitibus in Zollr. Uniuersis & singulis Ecclesiarum || p̃latis.Canonicis. Rectoribus. Plebanis. Uiceplanis. Uicarijs || ꝑpetuis. Altaristis. Ceterisq𝔷 presbyteris & clericis per ciuitatē || & dioc𝔷 nostras Augustñ vbilibet constitutis Salutem in dño.|| (preface)
[*4r-**1v:] Calendar.
[**2r-**2v:] calculation of Easter.
[**3r-**4v:] Registrū huius missalis quot-||to videlicet folio queuis missa || locetur ostendens.|| (register)
H2r-H4r: Negligentie & defectus in missa contin||gentes.||

[*2v:] woodcut of the enthroned Virgin and Child with the patron saints of the city of Augsburg. To her right is St. Ulrich, holding a fish, and to her right is St. Afra, holding a fiery pyre. At the bottom of the page are four shields, presumably the arms of Prince-Bishop Friedrich von Hohenzollern. RELICS gives the artist as Hans Burgkmair (162 x 257.5 mm). This woodcut was first used in the Missale Aquileiense (vdm 1083).
[**2v:] woodcut to calculate the date of Easter (160 x 175 mm).
p5v: Angus Dei, printed in black and red (41.5 x 43.5 mm).
p8r(?): woodcut of the Crucifixion (160.5 x 250.5 mm). Beneath is the text: Et famulū tuum ep̃m nostrū cum oībus sibi cōmissis: ab omni|| aduersitate custodi:& pacem ecclesie nostris cōcede temporibꝰ ||
a1r: decorated woodcut initial 'A', printed in red and black (54.5 x 62 mm).
p3r: decorated woodcut initial 'T' (unclear whether printed in red and black or hand-coloured) (72.5 x 87 mm).
b1v, b6v, g7v, k3v, l7v, m3v, n1v, n2v, q1r, t5v, t7r, V5v, B8r, E1r, E2v, G4v: decorated woodcut initials, printed in red and black and used at the beginning of important liturgical celebrations (c. 41.5 x 49 mm).

Latin

[14], I-CCXL, [4]

D-Mbs 2 Inc.c.a. 3352 and D-Mbs 2 Inc.c.a. 3353. More copies need to be inspected.

D-Mbs (1)

multiple impression

Rotunda, Uncial

multicoloured print, red initials, red staff lines, red text

The printer's mark (H5r), 17 initials, and the Agnus Dei in the canon, are printed in red and black. Space is always left for the large red uncial initials or signa congruentiae. Red double margins bound the staves to the left and the right, and the clefs and custodes are printed within these. The staves are constructed of segments of several widths: c. 21 mm, c. 4 mm, and 9 mm. A full-length staff is made up of between 9-11 of these segments (9 being the most common number).
Printed coloured woodcut of the enthroned Virgin and Child in red, green and yellor on [*2v:].

Hufnagel notation

full-length staff: 165 x 16.5 mm (fol. 101r, fourth system); double margins on left and right add c. 5.5-6 mm each.
Height of virga one: 8.5 mm; height of virga two: 9 mm; height of virga three: 12 mm; height of virga four: 14 mm.

The notation is clearly and carefully printed, with a full range of notational forms. Ratdolt favours using a double clef (f-c) wherever possible.

chant

n4r-n4v: Kyrie and Gloria intonations.
n5r-o8r: solemn and ferial prefaces (Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Vigil of Easter, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity, Blessed Virgin Mary [preceding five solemn only], Apostles, Palm Sunday/Holy Thursday/Holy Cross, Quotidiana).
o8r-o8v: solemn and ferial Pater Nosters.
p1r: Credo incipit.

*A-SF, D-As, D-Bkk, D-DI, D-LEdnb, *D-Mbs, *D-Mbs, D-MMs, D-NLk, D-OB, D-Rak, F-Pn, I-Mb, US-CHH, US-REspc, US-Wcro

[Dillingen]: Johann Sensenschmidt, 1489, vdm: 1060

Weale, William Henry James. Bibliographia liturgica: Catalogus missalium ritus latini ab anno MCCCLXXV impressorum. Edited by Hanns Bohatta. London: Quaritch, 1928 (18)
Duggan, Mary Kay. Printing and Reform. The Beginning of Music Printing in German-speaking Lands in the Fifteenth Century. (under review)