Manual for the celebrant of the services in the church of St Elisabeth at the feast of St John the Baptist. Physical condition of originals: 12 pp; 260 x 190 mm Paper; black and red ink. Cover: cardboard, leather spine. Condition: good.
Modus: Benedicendi Cruces in Sancto et Glorissimo Sepulcro
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Collection of the benedictions for the holy days. Physical condition of originals: 27 pp; 240 x 160 mm Paper; black and red ink. Cover: brown leather decorated: stamped cross. Condition: locally repaired; damaged spine; folios with water stains, moulded and eaten by mice.
Miscellanea. Physical condition of originals: 61 ff; 145 x 105 mm Paper; black ink. Cover: white parchement. Condition: book block heavily affected by insects.
Antiphonarium (excerpts). Physical condition of originals: 33 pp; 225 x 150 mm Thick paper; black & red ink; ornated initials, musical notation. Cover: red leather, stamped, marble paper on flyleaves. Condition: good.
Processionalia Terrae Sanctae, Bethlehem: In Festo Nativitatis D.N.I.C
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Processional chants of the Franciscan monastery in Bethlehem. Physical condition of originals: 9 ff; 220 x 160 mm Paper & parchement; red & black ink; ornamented initials. Cover: brown leather, stamped. Condition: good
Processional hymns chanted after Completa. Physical condition of originals: 27 pp; 220 x 150 mm Parchement; red & black ink; ornated frontispiece and initials. Decorative punctuation (some in the form of stars). Cover: black stamped leather.
Chants for church festivals. Physical condition of originals: 71 pp; 210 x 140 mm Parchement, black & red ink. Ornated frontispiece. Cover: brown leather, tooled. Condition: good, pages worn, finger marks.
Prayers for the feasts of the Visitation and for the Nativity of John the Baptist. Physical condition of originals: 22 pp; 150 x 110 mm Parchement; black & red ink. Cover: cardboard in brown, stamped leather. Condition: relatively good.
Miscellanea. Excerpts from the Old & New Testaments. Physical condition of originals: 185 ff; 220 x 160 mm Parchement; brown & red ink; Decorated initials (several not finished), scribal decorations. Cover: new, white parchement. After conservation
Sermon on the last words of Christ. Physical condition of originals: 32 ff; 250 x 190 mm Paper; black ink. Cover: red stamped leather. Condition: ink bleed-through.