Missale romanum ordinarium
Subtitle: Misale romanum nuper adoptatum co[m]modu[m] quoru[m]cu[m]q[ue] sacerdotu[m] summa diligentia distinctu[m]: atq[ue] ita ex nouo ordine digestu[m] vt apposit[is] introitib[us], gradualib[us], offertorijs [et] co[m]munionibus o[mn]es miss[a]e sint in suis loc[is] integre. In quo etia[m] adiunct[a]e sunt mult[a]e miss[a]e uou[a]e [sic], [et] alia plurima sup[er]addita, q[uae] in missalib[us] hacten[us] i[m]p[re]ssis d[e]sideraba[n]tur. 1561
Contributors: Espinosa, Antonio de, d. 1578; León, Nicolás, 1859-1929
Publisher: ill., music
Published: 1561
Place of publication: [8], 330 leaves
Language: lat
Subjects: Texts; Liturgy; Missals; CSAIP; Gregorian chants; Catholic Church
Work titles: Missal (Pre-Vatican II)
Notes: Imprint from colophon.

"Missale secundu[m] romane curi[a]e ritum: optime [et] recenter correctum: f[a]elici fine clauditur. Solerti cura ingenio [et] diligentia magistri Antonij de Espinosa in pr[a]eclara ciuitate Mexicana impr[a]essum anno human[a]e reparationis. 1561. Mense Septe[m]bri. Ad eius laudem [et] gloriam qui omniu[m] est finis [et] principium. Laus deo. Registrum ...."--colophon.

Signatures: [cross] [a] b-q r¹° s-z Aa-Ss (h3-4, Gg3, Hh1 Ii2 and Ii3 missigned as g3-4, Gg2, Ff, Ii3 and ii3 respectively; i2 and r1 lack signatures)

Leaves printed on both sides with gothic type in double columns of 38 lines. Red rubrics and music staves. Historiated borders and ornamented capitals. Scriptural references in margins.

Full page woodcut illustration of crucifixion on leaf 134v.

Includes music: red staves with black notes.

Includes calendar and Tabula dominicarum on preliminary leaves.

Printer's corrections: double color (printed over) on leaves 159v, 165r, 169, 188v, 210; text pasted over with new piece on leaf 131v.

Numerous errors in foliation.

Numerous errors in month headings between leaves 206-266 (in the Proper of the saints)

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, I:212.

Medina, J.T.  Mexico, 44.

Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.) 173061.

John Carter Brown Library copy lacks t.p., preliminary unnumbered leaves, numbered leaves 1-7, 10-15, and bottom half of 330 (with colophon). Leaves through no. 1 provided in facsimile (facsim. BA561 C363m 1-SIZE) from copy in New York Public Library. Photocopies of remaining leaves from Huntington Library copy are in bibliographic file.

John Carter Brown Library copy has ms. annotation or underlining on leaves 155, 156, 269v-273v. There are 6 ribbon markers at outer margins, and evidence of 2 more.

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Nicolás León: bookplate.