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Germany; Middle 15th Century. Latin Text; Angular Gothic Script.

The Missal, written for the convenience of the priests, combined the separate books formerly used in different parts of the service; namely, the Oratorium, Lectionarium,…

Italy (Florence); Middle 15th Century. Latin Text; Rotunda Gothic Script, square notations.

A Gradual contains the appropriate antiphons of a mass sung by the choir of the Latin Church on Sundays and special holidays. The text was furnished…

Recto Translation:

[Luke 2] ...thy word in peace. Because mine eyes have seen: thy salvation. Which thou hast prepared: before the face of all peoples. A light to the revelation of the gentiles: and the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be to the…

Recto Translation: [Responses not yet translated.] Hymn.

O how glorious art thou, dazzling with light,
stock of David, royal offspring!
Thou dwellest in a sublime height, O Virgin Mary,
Looking down on all the heavenly regions.

Thou, with…

Italy; Early 15th Century. Latin Text; Rotunda Gothic Script, Gregorian Notation.

The chanting of hymns during ecclesiastical rites goes back to the beginning of Christian services. Antiphonal or responsive singing is said to have been introduced…

France (Rouen); Late 14th Century. Latin Text; Angular Gothic Script.

The fact that this Missal honors particular saints by its calendar and litany indicates that it was made by friars of the Franciscan order. This was established in 1209 by St.…

France; Late 14th Century. Latin Text; Gothic Script.

The Psalter with its one hundred and fifty psalms is the best collection of religious lyrics which the world possesses. It is no wonder, therefore, that it forms an important part of so many…

England (?); Middle 14th Century. Latin Text; Angular Gothic Script.

This particular Book of Hours, a devotional prayer book for the layman, was made for the use of Sarum, the early name for Salisbury, England. This text was accepted throughout…

France; Middle 14th Century. Latin Text; Angular Gothic Script.

In the middle of the 14th century many of the manuscripts show influences from other countries. Illuminators, scribes, and other craftsmen traveled from city to city and even from…

Germany (Würzburg); Early 14th Century. Latin Text; Gothic Script; Transitional Early Gothic Notation.

The Missal has been for many centuries one of the most important liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church. It contains all the directions,…