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DURANTI, Guillelmus (ca. 1237-1296). Rationale divinorum officiorum. [Strassburg: Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner?), not after 1483].
Chancery 2o (297 x 211 mm). Collation: [110 2-38 4-358.6 36-378 38-396 40-438.6 448]. 314 leaves. Gothic type 1:160 (headlines and headings), 2:91 (text), 3:91 (smaller headings). 41 lines, double column. One 6-line illuminated initial in blue with red penwork infill and red and blue penwork border extensions; 2- to 5-line Lombard initials supplied in red and blue, paragraph marks in red and blue, capital strokes in red. (Tear repaired on 1/1 crossing text on verso.)
Binding: contemporary South German blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, covers with fillet borders surrounding large central panel with tooled to saltire pattern, stamps include lions, fleur-de-lys, and branch tools, two brass catches (spine repaired at ends and joints, lacking clasps). Provenance: Bibliotheca Elseghemensis (bookplate) -- Janet and C.R. Ashbee (Essex House Press bookplate) -- Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from Maggs Bros., London, 9 December 1947) -- donated to SMS 1947.
The Rationale divinorum officiorum describes the liturgy of the Roman Rite and discusses its allegorical meaning. It is still regarded as an authority on the liturgy of the later Middle Ages and as a guide to the symbolism of rites and vestments. The work survives in a large number of manuscripts and was first printed in 1459 by Fust and Schoeffer. It was very popular in the 15th-century, and was published in numerous incunable editions thereafter.
BMC I, 130 (IB.1936); BSB-Ink. D-344; GW 9125; Hain *6469=6470=6488; Oates 240; Pr 633; Goff D-427.
Chancery 2o (297 x 211 mm). Collation: [110 2-38 4-358.6 36-378 38-396 40-438.6 448]. 314 leaves. Gothic type 1:160 (headlines and headings), 2:91 (text), 3:91 (smaller headings). 41 lines, double column. One 6-line illuminated initial in blue with red penwork infill and red and blue penwork border extensions; 2- to 5-line Lombard initials supplied in red and blue, paragraph marks in red and blue, capital strokes in red. (Tear repaired on 1/1 crossing text on verso.)
Binding: contemporary South German blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, covers with fillet borders surrounding large central panel with tooled to saltire pattern, stamps include lions, fleur-de-lys, and branch tools, two brass catches (spine repaired at ends and joints, lacking clasps). Provenance: Bibliotheca Elseghemensis (bookplate) -- Janet and C.R. Ashbee (Essex House Press bookplate) -- Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from Maggs Bros., London, 9 December 1947) -- donated to SMS 1947.
The Rationale divinorum officiorum describes the liturgy of the Roman Rite and discusses its allegorical meaning. It is still regarded as an authority on the liturgy of the later Middle Ages and as a guide to the symbolism of rites and vestments. The work survives in a large number of manuscripts and was first printed in 1459 by Fust and Schoeffer. It was very popular in the 15th-century, and was published in numerous incunable editions thereafter.
BMC I, 130 (IB.1936); BSB-Ink. D-344; GW 9125; Hain *6469=6470=6488; Oates 240; Pr 633; Goff D-427.