- Object type
- Manuscripts
- Date
- Production: 1504
- Artist
- French School
- Subject(s)
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Bearers of the Cross
Ceremony
Knights Hospitaller
Knights of Malta
Religion and Devotion - Associated person
- Charles Aleman De Rochechenard (active c. early 16th century)
- Dimensions
- Height x width x depth: 353 x 260 x 75mm
- Materials and technique
- Vellum bound manuscript with ink and gold leaf
- Production place
- France
- References
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Alliott, Eustace A. The Rhodes Missal: A Illustrated Commentary. London: Order of St John, 1980.
Hatzaki, Myrto. The Nativity Stories. Nicosia: A.G. Leventis Gallery, 2014.
Pages 26, 30, 96
Catalogue number 10 - Provenance
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In 1504, the Missal was gifted to Amaury d’Amboise, the Grand Prior of France who had just been elected Grand Master of the Order, by Charles Aleman de Rochechenard, the Prior of St Gilles in France.
Purchased in 1929 by the Order of St John, funded by subscriptions, from antiquarian bookseller Leo S. Olschki. - Exhibition history
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The Nativity Stories, A.G. Leventis Gallery, 5 December 2014-2 March 2015
Antiques and Fine Art Fair, British Antiques Dealers Association, 25 March 2009-31 March 2009
Holy City, Holy War: Devotion to the Sacred in Crusader Jerusalem, Museum of the Order of St John, 2 September 2017-22 December 2017 - Catalogue number
- K100
The Rhodes Missal
The Missal has two main parts: the first is called the Ordinary and contains the sacred words for the consecration of the bread and wine, used throughout the year. The second is called the Proper and contains the wording for celebrating particular festivals.