{"product_id":"1693-monumental-massive-folio-antique-illustrated-brevarium-missale-psalterium","title":"1693 MONUMENTAL MASSIVE FOLIO antique ILLUSTRATED BREVARIUM MISSALE PSALTERIUM","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'gotham ssm a', 'gotham ssm b', Arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-style: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 11px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eOrdo Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum - Breviarium, Missale, \u0026amp; Diurnale Fratrum Minorum Capucinorum \u003cbr\u003ew\/PSALTERIUM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Paris; 1693]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated with 7 full page engravings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMONUMENTAL WORK, weight over 30 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSize 12.5 by 18\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThickness 6\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginal leather binding over wooden boards (with some damages and repairs), thick leather straps with brass clasps.\u003cbr\u003eThickness of each wooden board is 1\/2\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLACKS TITLE. \u003cbr\u003eSome leaves are damaged, some with old repairs to the margins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe text exposes the \"Decretum Reverendissimi Patris Ministri Generalis\", where the Minister General of the Order grants the official faculty to print the volume in Paris to the famous printer Dionysius Thierry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs it is the last decree printed chronologically on its pages, this ecclesiastical document stamps the final date of the edition. It is the authorization that gave the green light to the presses, dated and stamped in the convent of the Assumption in Paris, exactly on April 29, 1693. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt exhibits with splendor the \"Proprium Sanctorum\" with specific offices for the saints of the Franciscan orders. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHighlights include the majestic Masses of the Nativity, Epiphany, Pentecost, Corpus Christi and the double rite of primera class for the patriarch St. Francis (\"In Festo Seraphici Patris Nostri Sancti Francisci\"), etc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKing David: \u003cbr\u003eAn imposing initial picture where the elderly monarch plays a giant harp to write the Psalms, inspired by cherubs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Nativity: \u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary play of light where the radiance emanates from the Child Jesus in the manger, illuminating the Virgin and the shepherds under the song of the angels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Epiphany: \u003cbr\u003eSuperb architectural depth where the Three Wise Men prostrate themselves before the Child giving up their chests of riches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePentecost: \u003cbr\u003eUnsurpassed dramatic tension; the dove of the Holy Spirit descends breaking the sky, pouring tongues of fire on an enthroned Virgin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Last Supper: \u003cbr\u003eChrist at the center of a round and luminous table, blessing the chalice surrounded by the apostles in a scene of profound intimacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMonastic Ecstasy: \u003cbr\u003eA Hypnotic Image; It shows a saint levitating in deep mystical rapture, while his astonished brethren in habit fall to their knees carrying large lighted candles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Celestial Glory: \u003cbr\u003eAn overwhelming composition of the Holy Trinity next to the Virgin Mary, presiding over an ocean of clouds filled with cherubim, saints, and martyrs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA slightly later Propium Sanctorum probably from the eighteenth century bound in at the end of the work in addition to the Original Propium Sanctorum (corresponds to pages \"71\" of the pagination section).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eText in Latin\u003cbr\u003e========================================================\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease see my other auctions \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThank You \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRefund Policy: We will issue a FULL REFUND, 100% money back if you are not satisfied with your purchase. 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