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Catholic Church -- Prayers and devotions

 Subject

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Book of hours: use of Paris

 Item — Volume MSS16936-M.Ms.AE: [Barcode: X032762827]
Identifier: MSS 16936-M.Ms.AE
Content Description This collection contains a highly illuminated medieval vellum Book of Hours in Latin and French, from the 1500s. It is housed in a deluxe, custom-made red morocco folding box, with gilt lettering on the spine: “Horae France Early 16th Cent.” The book has 19th-century red velvet over wooden boards, endpapers composed of a vellum document dated 1467, with a notarial signature, pastedowns removed. The book itself measures 7 7/8 x 5 ¾ inches (200 x 145 mm) in a single column, with 26 lines per...
Dates: c.1500

Explications des Ceremonies de l'Eglise avec les Prieres

 Unprocessed Material — Folder ViU-2026-0033_001: [Barcode: X032687431]
Identifier: ViU-2026-0033

Explications des Ceremonies de l'Eglise avec les Prieres

 Collection — Folder ViU-2026-0033_001: [Barcode: X032687431]
Identifier: MSS-16953
Content Description This collection contains a contemporary red morocco-bound calligraphic manuscript prayer book in three parts. The cover has elaborate gilt borders, and the spine has gilt compartments and lettering, with marbled endpapers. The first and largest section, Explications des Cérémonies de l'Église avec les Prières, contains prayers keyed to specific moments of the Mass, accompanied by twelve colored vignette illustrations. The two shorter appended sections are "Les Sept Psaulmes de la Pentience"...
Dates: c.1765-1861