Canon Missae Juxta Formam Editionis Romanae. [Canon of the Roman Mass].

Item Number: 90391

Salisburgi: Typis Joannis Josephi Mayr, 1728.

Scarce 18th century example of the Canon of the Roman Mass, the oldest anaphora used in the Roman Rite of Mass. Folio, bound in full period red calf ornately decorated with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt decorated central cross within elaborate gilt ruled cornerpieces to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in, patterned endpapers, two elaborate woodcut engraved title pages, text in black and red throughout with woodcut initials, illustrated with 3 full page engravings, leather page tabs. In very good condition. Scarce with only two copies found at OCLC.

The oldest anaphora used in the Roman Rite of Mass, the Canon of the Roman Mass first appeared in 1570 during the era of Pope Pius V. Before the 1970 revision of the Roman Missal, the Canon was the only anaphora used in the Roman Rite. The Anaphora is the most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy, or the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as the body and blood of Christ. The present volume features an elaborate engraved illustration of the Eucharist, or Last Supper of Christ.