1519 EXQUISITE Durand Rationale Divinorum Medieval Church Liturgy Ceremonies

1519 EXQUISITE Durand Rationale Divinorum Medieval Church Liturgy Ceremonies

William Durand was a 13^th-century French liturgist and canonist known for his important canonical treatises, including ‘Rationale Divinorum Officiorum’. This work was first written while Durand was in Italy, and was written as a symbolism of Christian ritual. It portrays what liturgy was like during the 13^th-century in relation to churchmen, structure of ceremonies, and the physical layout of church. Composed in eight distinct books, ‘Rationale’ also deals with the hierarchy of church officials, liturgical clothes, acceptable furniture in the church, the divine office, and the holy mass.

Today, ‘Rationale’ is considered one of the main authorities on medieval Western liturgies. This 1519 edition was published in Venice and is considered exceedingly rare. It is bound in modern embossed leather in the style of 16^th-century master printers – binding features functioning clasps.

Item number: #3883

Price: $2500

DURAND, Guillaume

Rationale divinorum officiorum Reverendissimi domini Guillelmi Duranti episcopi mimatensis marginalibus summariis refertum & quampluribus mendis & defectibus emendatum : cum tabula insigni & copiosa hactenus non impressa

Venetiis : Per Bernardinum de Vitalibus, 1519.

Details:

• Foliation: Complete with all leaves
  • [1 blank], [10], CXLVII, [1 blank]
• References: USTC 827911; Edit16 17900; ed not in FB;
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
  • Functional clasps
• Size: ~12.5in X 8.5in (31.5cm x 22cm)
• Exceedingly rare with no other example for sale worldwide

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