[Rarebooks] FS: Medieval text by Duranti. Vicenza, 1478

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(INCUNABULA) Duranti, Gulielmus (or, Durandus). RATIONALE DIVINORUM 
OFFICIORUM. Vicenza: Hermannus Liechtenstein. 1478. Folio. 227(of 228) leaves, 
lacking the initial blank. 56 lines, double column text. Initials and paragraph 
marks in red & blue. Edited by Johannes Aloisius Tuscanus. Bound in modern 
full pigskin, finely blind-tooled in numerous panels, in period style, spine 
with 3 raised bands. First two leaves lightly chipped at fore-edge. Two old 
library stamps on blank lower margin of first leaf, one being a "duplicate 
sold" stamp from the University of Konigsberg.     $10,000.00 (trade discount 
allowed)
The RATIONALE is the most complete medieval (written in 1286) treatise of 
its kind. It is the standard authority for the ritual of the thirteenth 
century and for the symbolism of rites and vestments. It contains a detailed 
account of the laws, ceremonies and mystical interpretation of the Roman Rite. 
Goff D417; BMC VII 1037; Hain 6480.

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