Devotions for a priest

Description

Title: Devotions for a priest
Published / Created: 1649.
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of prayers for priest and bishop to say before and during Mass
Description: In Latin.
Script: Written in imitation of Roman font, upper and lower case, with cursive for headings and rubrics, by N. Jarry in Paris, 1649.
Title page (p. 1), p. 31 (Gratiarum actio) and p. 40 (orationes) with finely executed headpieces and 3- or 2-line initials, gold edged in red, with flowers. 2-line initials gold edged in red or blue; 1-line initials in red. Running titles and headings in red. On p. 73 a monogram that incorporates the alphabet inside a wreath tied with a pink ribbon.
Binding: 17th-18th centuries. Red goatskin, gold-tooled, with two gold-plated clasps which may be later additions. Gilt edges.
Provenance: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Fisher in 1936.
Extent: ff. ii + 36 + iv : 121 x 83 (87 x 56) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Prayers and devotions
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Catholic Church > Prayers and devotions
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Devotions for a Priest. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.