Pontifical Leaf - 1503 Guinta Press - Hand-illuminated initials

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Original printed leaf from a Renaissance Pontifical. 39 lines, double columns, in Latin in red and black ink. From Pontificale Secundum Ritus Sacrosancte Romanae Ecclesie.  Superb condition. (345 x 240mm – 13 3/4 x 9 5/8'') 

Printed in Venice, c. 1503 by the press of Luc Antonio Giunta. The Giuntas are considered among the world’s great early printers.

Two exceptional hand-painted illuminated initials each 30 x 30mm.  An illuminated “D” is painted in blue and white with an internal floral design in green and red on a liquid gold ground and an external rust ground with delicate gold penwork; the illuminated “S” is painted in blue and white on a  rust ground with delicate gold penwork in a floral design.

This leaf contains instructions for a pontiff conducting Mass.

Pontificals are among the rarest of liturgical service books. They contain the order of service for those sacraments administered exclusively by popes or bishops. Among these sacraments are the dedication of churches and altars, the ordination of clergy, confirmation, blessing of abbots & abbesses and of holy oil, and the consecration of liturgical equipment.

Shipped unmatted

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