Marianne C.E. GillionAug 15, 2023

Today is the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Some reformed communities continued to celebrate the feast after the Reformation; here’s the Alleluia Assumpta est Maria!

Source: Missale (Wittenberg: Lehmann, 1589)
Copy: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin 2” Dr 8354<a>
Link: http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0000F01A00000000

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MISSALE,|| Hoc est || CANTICA, PRECES,|| ET LECTIONES SACRAE, QVAE || AD MISSAE OFFICIVM, EX PIO PRIMAE=||vae Ecclesiae instituto, in templis Christianorum,|| cantari usitate solent, in communem Ec=||clesiae Dei usum & utilitatem col=||lectae, ac in duas partes or=||dine distributę,|| A || MATTHAEO LVDE=||CO, ECCLESIAE CATHE=||dralis Havelbergensis Decano.|| Prior Pars || DE TEMPORE.|| ... || (Posterior Pars,|| DE || Sanctis.||)

Matthäus Luidke; Luidke, Matthäus; PPN: PPN766627225; Kategorien: Historische Drucke, Theologie, Musik

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Marianne C.E. GillionAug 14, 2023

There is something very special about working with the only extant copy of an #EarlyModern book; even more so when it’s heavily used and repaired. What a lovely way to spend a Monday!

Unfortunately the book is not digitized and I can’t share my images. But picture a hand-sized octavo volume with a liberally underlined preface that contains instructions for celebrating worship and lots of notated music.

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