Missal of Jean Rolin

The Missal is a liturgical book containing the fixed and changing texts of the Mass for the liturgical year. It was commissioned by Jean Rolin (1408-1483), Bishop of Autun. He was the son of Nicolas Rolin (1376–1462), a leading figure in the history of Burgundy and France, who became chancellor to Philip the Good. The manuscript is decorated by 2 full-page and 7 smaller miniatures, attributed to an anonymous master called the Rolin Master.

The first page of this Missal announces the text as being of the Use of the Cathedral of Autun. The miniature on folio 8r shows Mass being said. In the margins of the page are the arms and devices of Jean Rolin, bishop of Autun 1446-83, who is recorded in a contract of 1448 as commissioning the Missal.