- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Science and Religion from the Speight Collection, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.Science and Religion from the Speight Collection
AbeBooks seller since November 23, 2025
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 3,295.94
Quantity: 1 available
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Very clean copy. Hand-written throughout in Gothic script northern European, possibly Paris) with red (and mixed red/black) capitals at the beginning of each paragraph and sentence; some words/phrases are emphasized in red. Single column, twenty-five lines per page. Some fading of the black ink as well (as expected) browning of the black ink due to oxidation of the iron salts in the ink. A very good clear and clean copy and the book is an excellent example of mediaeval work. New leather bonding with brass clasp; original board detached but available. The Breviary was the book that contained the daily service for the divine office (canonical hours) in the Roman Catholic Church. It contained the complete Psalter, lessons, antiphons, etc. for every day in the year. The Breviary may be considered in close connection with the Missal (containing the eucharistic office); the Rituale Romanorum (the official service book for administration of the sacraments such as baptism, marriage, etc.) and the Pontifical (containing prayers etc. for rites restricted to the bishop). …
Seller Inventory # ABE-1791313423188
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Breviary
- Author
- Anonymous
- Publisher
- Unknown
- Publication year
- 1440
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- Latin
- Dimensions
- 4 inches width by 5.5 inches height by 1.5 inches depth
Science and Religion from the Speight Collection
Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since November 23, 2025
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| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
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| First item | £ 19.40 | £ 24.25 |
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We have collected a wide variety of books in regard to science, art and religion dating from early 1900s to the the beginning of the 17th century.
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Science and Religion from the Speight Collection
HI, U.S.A.
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