Misal Romano - Epistolæ quæ per totum annum leguntur tam de tempore quam de sanctis - 1675

Epistles in Latin for liturgical reading, printed in red and black with modus cantandi in Gregorian chant.
260 pages on 130 leaves, handmade rag paper with deckle edges. Foxing on some leaves (very few).
204 pages numbered in Arabic and 56 end-pages in Roman numerals.

A seventeenth-century liturgical book.

"Epístolas quæ per totvm annum leguntur, tam de tempore, quàm de sanctis. Ex Missali Romano, ex decreto Sacrosancti Concilij Tridentini restituto, & Pij V. Pont. Max. iussu edito. Clementis VIII. primum, nunc denuo Urbani Papae VIII. auctoritate recognito. Matrìti, Ex Typographia Sanctae Cruciatae & iuini Officij. Anno http://M.DC.LXXV."

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"Epistles read throughout the year, both for the liturgical seasons and for the saints. Taken from the Roman Missal, restored by decree of the Sacred Congregation of Trent and published by order of Pius V, Supreme Pontiff. First recognized under the authority of Clement VIII and again under Urban VIII. In Madrid, at the Printing House of the Holy Crusade.

- M.DC.LXXV = 1675.
- Printed in Madrid.
- Printing House of the Holy Crusade: the official printer of the Bull of the Holy Crusade, with royal privilege. Very important in the era.
- Printing in red and black: typical of liturgical books to highlight feasts and rubrics.
- Central engraving: a Eucharistic monstrance adored by angels, very Baroque.
- The manuscript below, "MDCCCXXII", seems to be a later owner’s annotation: 1822.

It is a book of historical value."