Missale romanum ex decreto
Sacro-Sancti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum. Pii V. Pont.
Max. jussu editum, Clementis VIII. primum, nunc denuo Urbani Papæ Octavi
auctoritate recognitvm. In quo missæ propriæ de sanctis recentioribus
suo quæque loco & ordine ad longum sunt positæ ad majorem celebrantium
commoditatem. Tulli Leucorum: Sumptibus Joannis Eliae Höffling, 1672.
Folio (34 cm, 13.5"). A–D6 E8 2A–2E6
F–Z6 Aa–Zz6 Aaa–Ddd6 Eee4
a–i6 k4 3A2; [32] ff., 608,
cxii, 4 pp. [bound with] Catholic
Church. Liturgy & ritual. Proper masses. [Cistercian].
Proprivm missarvm de sanctis ad usum Sacri Ordinis Cisterciensis....
Tulli Leucorum: Sumptibus Joannis Eliae Höffling, 1672. Folio (34 cm,
13.5"). A–B4 C2; 20 pp.
$3500.00
• 1570 saw the first edition of the Tridentine Missal—the Roman Missal as
ordered reformed by the Council of Trent, based on the Missal’s first printed
edition (1474) and John Burchard’s more detailed one of 1502. Their common
order of mass was derived from “the Curial Missal as adopted by- the
Franciscans and imposed on the Diocese of Rome by Nicolas III in 1277” (NCE),
which was essentially that used by St. Gregory the Great (reigned 590–604) and
many of his predecessors. With minor changes, this ancient rite remained the
official one for most of the Western Church until the imposition of the
Novus Ordo Missae in 1970.
The Tridentine Missal saw a huge number of editions in the 400 years it was in
full force, and is still printed today. Tullum, or Tullum Leucorum is Latin
for Toul, a town on the Moselle River in northeastern France that was a
diocesan see until 1790. It appears to have been a fairly early printing city,
as a manual for artists was printed there in 1503. This particular edition is
uncommon: A search of OCLC revealed only one other missal printed in Toul, and
this one is not listed there, nor was it found on RLIN or in NUC Pre-1956.
The Proprium cisterciense is also unusual: a search of the above three
mentioned catalogues revealed no other copies in any edition. The Cistercians
eventually adopted the missal of Pius V after much discussion, but soon issued
their own version with Cistercian rubrics and feasts, thus giving this
Proper what was probably a short life.
The
title-page has an engraving of angels before a monstrance, two with censers.
The masses begin with a small charming woodcut initial, and the major feasts
and the Canon are each preceded by a full-page engraving, some of which are
signed by Iottain: these are the Annunciation (First Sunday of Advent),
Nativity of our Lord, Adoration of the Magi (Epiphany), Crucifixion (Canon),
Risen Christ (Easter Day), Ascension, Pentecost, Last Supper (Corpus Christi),
Assumption, and All Saints. There are more than
50
pp. of music, including the Exsultet and the prefaces,
printed with black square notes on a red four line staff, as usual.
Provenance: On the title-page below the engraved vignette is the following inscription: “Pro Monasterio B.M.V. in Plass S.O.Cist comparavit R[everendissimus] D[ominus] Benedict Engelken loci abbas . . . Anno D[omin]i 1673.” Plass or Plasy is a Cistercian abbey (now redundant) in western Bohemia, founded ca. 1144. On the verso of second front flyleaf is inscribed in ink “Sacristiæ S. Thomæ a 1 Julii 1804.”
• Mottled calf with remnants of sumptuous gilt; rebacked, leather with holes for hardware not present; stained and peeling in places. Leaves in good condition for a missal; some paper repairs in margins with loss of rules, a few small holes in bottom margins, expected soiling on most used pages and some in margins elsewhere, no obscured or lost text. Marbled endpapers. Vellum tabs for leaves of canon. Six silk placemarkers attached to a red and green silk headband (not part of binding). All edges gauffered and gilt.
