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DURANTI, Guillelmus (1237-1296).

Lot 110
22.11.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 110 | DURANTI, Guillelmus (1237-1296).
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DURANTI, Guillelmus (1237-1296).

Rationale divinorum officiorum. Vicenza: Hermannus Liechtenstein, 1478.

Exemplaire richement décoré et abondamment annoté.

Le Rational des divins offices est l'ouvrage fondamental concernant l'histoire de la lithurgie occidentale. Il décrit les sources, formes et symboles du rituel chrétien.

La première édition date de 1459 et est donc l'un des tous premiers textes à avoir été imprimé.

Cette édition donnée par Hermann Liechtenstein, imprimeur originaire de Cologne et installé à Vicence en Italie.

Goff D-417 ; H 6480* ; Bod-inc D-195 ; ISTC id00417000.



In-folio (265 x 181 mm). [*2] A10 B–O a–o8. Feuillet A2 finement et magnifiquement enluminé, exemplaire rubriqué et très abondamment annoté par plusieurs mains anciennes. (Manque feuillet A3, feuillets *1et *2 réemmargés et ensemble avec A1 et A2 détachés, quelques taches et mouillures marginales plus prononcées aux feuillets a6, b2, b3, b6, b7, f6, k7 ; beaucoup de notes ont subi le couteau du relieur). Reliure du XVIIIe siècle : basane brune, dos à nerfs, caissons ornés, tranches peintes. (Charnières usées et partiellement fendues, coiffe supérieure manquante et inférieure endommagée).

Provenance : noms caviardés au feuillet *1 ; note manuscrite sans date "acheté sous la halle d'Orange" ; Paul de la Bigne Villeneuve (note manuscrite à la garde "acheté chez Ganche, libraire à Rennes, rue de la visitation en 1866").



Incunabula edition by Hermann Liechtenstein in 1478 of the Rationale divinorum officiorum, the fundamental authority for the history of Western liturgy, originally published in 1459 and frequently reprinted. This work describes the sources, forms, and symbolism of Christian ritual. Unperfect copy with with a richly illuminated first page, rubricated and annotated by several hands. Bound in a 18th-century modest calf.

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