Cerimonie piu' notabili della messa privata; Cavate dalle rubriche del Missale, ed altri autori da un Sacerdote D.C.D.M. Coll'aggiunta di quelle della messa, e vespri solenni si pei vivi, che pei defunti, col modo di servire alla messa privata. Da un'Alunno del Seminario di Torino.

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Published by Turin, Gianfranco Mairesse, 1739., 1739

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12mo, pp. [xii], 240; with one full-page woodcut illustration included in pagination, and woodcut initials; some spotting and browning in places, ownership inscription, dated 1775, on front free endpaper and title-page; in contemporary vellum, dustsoiled and worn, with some loss to spine.An apparently unrecorded edition of this uncommon treatise on the celebration of the mass and its associated rituals. Dealing both with private (low) masses and with solemn mass and solemn vespers, the work explains the meaning and performance of the non-verbal aspects of the liturgy: genuflection, the sign of the cross, the communion of the faithful, the movements of the celebrant's hands, the role of acolytes and thurifers (also during requiem masses), the office of the subdeacon and deacon, the use of incense, and instructions for serving at the missa privata. The woodcut on page 200 depicts the altar, annotated with numbers referring to the relevant parts of the text.The text itself appears first to have been published around the turn of the century; the earliest issue in SBN is a Naples printing of 1701, but that claims to be 'novamente riviste, ed accresciute', and is only of 134 pages in 12s. Other editions appeared in Pavia, Turin, and Modena, while Venetian printings were issued in 1739 and 1750. All seem very scarce. Not in OCLC, which records only a Venice printing of the same year (in the Polish Union Catalogue); ICCU does not record this edition. Language: Italian. Seller Inventory # H5465

Bibliographic Details

Title: Cerimonie piu' notabili della messa privata;...

Publisher: Turin, Gianfranco Mairesse, 1739.

Publication Date: 1739