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DURANTI, Guilluame (1230-1296)

Rationale Divinorum Officiorum
Strasbourg
[Johann PrĂ¼ss]
1486
€1.200 - €1.800

In-folio (28,7 x 19 cm), [2] , 272 ff, gothic script printed in double-column, 48 lines. Traces of old damp and mould staining. Some old restorations in the margins. Lacking first leaf with only the three words of the title (Rationale Divinorum Officiorum) and the last blank. The text is complete. Nineteenth century calf binding on wooden boards, with blind tooling, title gilt on spine, marbled end-leaves, red edges

Ref. Goff D-431; HC 6491*; Pell 4508; GW 9131.
Provenance:
heraldic bookplate Robert Biddulph Phillipps, modern bookplate Lori Van Biervliet. Written around 1280, the Rationale divinorum officiorum is considered one of the main sources of Western ecclesiastical liturgy. Originally published in 1459 and frequently reprinted, this work describes the sources, forms, and symbolism of Christian ritual