Missale romanum
Subtitle: ex decreto sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum, Pii V. Pont. Max. jussu editum, et Clementis VIII primum, nunc denuo Urbani Papae octavi auctoritate recognitum...
Publisher: Ex typographia Plantiniana, Apud viduam B. Moreti
Published: 1701
Place of publication: Antverpiae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 620
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Texts -- Early works to 1800; Missals -- Texts -- Early works to 1800
Work titles: Missal.
Notes: 42 lines, with headlines, printed in black and redin two columns, music notations in black on red staves.

Title page:1/2 engraving of angels adoring host in monstrance (closely modelled after, but more fine than the Lyon 1685 engraving); red engraving of angels placing crown on cross; 8 full-page engravings (after Rubens, modelled after but more fine than, the Lyon 1685 engravings above), each facing a full-page engraved border, as follow: p. 1: Annunciation, facing border of Mary and Child surrounded by crowned monarchs; p. 21: Nativity, facing border of shepherds, Christ Child, Visitation, and betrothal of Mary; p. 50: Adoration of Magi, facing border of Flight to Egypt, Baptism of Jesus, and putti; p. 280: Crucifixionl, facing border of gifts for mass, putti; p. 320: Ascension of Christ, facing borders of Barque of Peter, Keys of Kingdom, and angels; p. 350: Last Supper, facing border of sheaves of wheat and grape clusters, putti; p. 548: Assumption of Mary, facing border of God the Father crowning Mary and St. John; p. 604: All the Saints, surmounted by Holy Trinity, facing border of angels lifting the dead up to heaven; Second t.p.: Saint Francis receiving stigmata from Seraph; smaller engravings and initials, coloured red by hand throughout. .

19th-cent. rebacked full calf, noir glacé, stamped with gold borders and fleurons at corners and on spine; 18th-cent. engraved silver bosses (one of Mary, the other of Christ) and silver-plated sculpted clasps, with hasps, the bosses bearing the inscription 'Ce livre appartient °a l'église de Soumaigne' surrounded by wreath of leaves.

The church at Soumaigne (10 km. from Li°ege) acquired the missal ca. 1830 from another village in the region.

Ourchased from A. Leclercq (Brussels), 28 June 1976.