The Marquis has also a finely-illuminated missal, which belonged to a Dame de Mathan, in the fourteenth century, and which has been carefully handed down in the family, from generation to generation.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
The old illuminated missal of the monks, the fancy of the Japanese, the ever-ready taste of the French, all have been exhausted to satisfy that always hungry caprice which calls for something new.
"Manners and Social Usages"
Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
There is an old legend which tells of a certain monk who, when he was busily illuminating a page of his missal, was called away to do some service for the poor.
"Knights of Art Stories of the Italian Painters"
Amy Steedman