IM-13560: Original printed leaf from a Renaissance Pontifical. 39 lines, double columns, in Latin in red and black ink. From Pontificale Secundum Ritus Sacrosancte Romanae Ecclesie. Superb condition.
One exceptional (2 ¼ x 3 ¼ ’’) woodcut illustration depicting the Ordination of Clergy.
Recto: The music is on a four line red stave with notation in black.
Printed in Venice, c. 1503 by the press of Luc Antonio Giunta. The Giuntas are considered among the world’s great early printers.
The red illuminated ''O'' (recto) begins: “Deus qui…” (O God, who didst give to Thine Apostles the Holy Ghost, & didst ordain that by them and their successors He should be delivered to the rest of the faithful, look mercifully on the service of our humility, and grant that the hearts of those whose foreheads we have anointed with the sacred chrism, and signed with the sign of the Holy Cross, may by the same Holy Ghost descending upon them, and vouchsafing to dwell therein, be made the temple of His glory. Who with the Father and the same Holy Ghost livest and reignest, God, world without end. Amen).
The red illuminated “E” (verso) begins Psalm 127 (King James 128) 4: “Ecce sic…” (Behold, so will the man be blessed who fears the Lord…).
Pontificals are among the rarest of liturgical service books. They contain the order of service for those sacraments administered exclusively by popes or bishops. Among these sacraments are the dedication of churches and altars, the ordination of clergy, confirmation, blessing of abbots & abbesses and of holy oil, and the consecration of liturgical equipment.
A very fine strongly-printed post-incunabula example of a rare work by a premier early Italian printer. Superb condition, with a few tiny wormholes.
Shipped unmatted
