Missale Romanum, ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum S.PIIV. Pontificis Maximi Jussu Editum: Clementis VII. Et Urbani PP. VII.

$2,000.00

Item Number: 103526

Augsburg: Philippi Jacobi Veith, 1739.

Rare 18th century printing of the Roman Missal. Folio, bound in full contemporary black morocco with gilt tooling to the spine in seven compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, brass edges and engraved clasps, gauffered edges, marbled pastedowns and green, blue, and purple silk ribbons laid in. Illustrated with numerous full page engravings including title page vignette, full page engravings of the Annunciation and Crucifixion, headpieces, tailpieces, woodcut initials, text in two columns in black and red ink, printed sheet music and lyrics, index. In very good condition. An exceptional example.

The Roman Missal, or Missale Romanum, contains the complete texts and rubrics for the celebration of the Mass in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church. Before the high Middle Ages, several books were used at Mass: a Sacramentary with the prayers, one or more books for the Scriptural readings, and one or more books for the antiphons and other chants. Gradually, manuscripts came into being that incorporated parts of more than one of these books, leading finally to versions that were complete in themselves. The first printed Missale Romanum, containing the Ordo Missalis secundum consuetudinem Curiae Romanae (Order of the Missal in accordance with the custom of the Roman Curia), was produced in Milan in 1474. From this first appearance, the Missal saw numerous revisions under each succeeding Pope and Vatican Council including Pope Leo XIII's 1884 new typical edition that took account of all the changes introduced since the time of Pope Urban VIII, Pope Pius XII's obligatory 1955 revision which removed from the Vigil of Pentecost the series of six Old Testament readings, and Pope John XXIII's new typical edition of 1962 which incorporated the revised Code of Rubrics.