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Recto Translation:

[Psalms 118:148-158]

148 My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might meditate on thy words.149 Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken me according to thy judgment. 150 They that…

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[1 Timothy 1:9-4:10]

...the just man, but for the unjust and disobedient, for the ungodly, and for sinners, for the wicked and defiled, for murderers of fathers, and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 For fornicators,…

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[Judith 16:31]

...the festivity of this victory is received by the Hebrews in the number of holy days, and is religiously observed by the Jews from that time until this day.

Here begins the prologue of the blessed…

France (Beauvais); Late 13th Century. Latin Text; Transitional Gothic Script.

This manuscript, a special gift to a church in the city of Beauvais, was written for Robert de Hangest, a canon, about 1285 A.D. At that time, Beauvais was one of the…

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[Psalms 93:6-16]

...murdered the fatherless. 7 And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand. 8 Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last. 9 He that…

France; Late 13th Century. Latin Text; Angular Gothic Script.

The Breviary is one of the six official books used by the Roman Catholic Church in its liturgy. It is a book of prayer for the clergy, giving the directions for all of the various…

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[3 Esdras 9:14-56]

9: And do his will, and separate yourselves from the heathen of the land, and from the strange women. 10: Then cried the whole multitude, and said with a loud voice, Like as thou hast spoken, so will we…

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[Psalms 21:26-30]

26 With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my vows in the sight of them that fear him. 27 The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their hearts…

France; Early 14th Century. Latin Text; Angular Gothic Script; Gregorian Notation.

At important festival services such as Christmas and Easter these small hymnals were generally used by the laymen as they walked in procession to the various…

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,…