‎CLEMENT VIIII - CAEREMONIALE EPISCOPORVM - Clemens VIII :‎
‎Caeremoniale Episcoporvm Clementis VIII. primum nvnc denvo Innocentii Papae X avctoritate recognitvm. Omnibus Ecclesijs, praecipuè autem Patriarchalibus...‎

‎".: 18. Romae (Rome), Typis Reu. Camerae Apostolicae, 1651, large in-4°, 26 x 20,5 cm, engraved title+ title printed in red & black + (12) pp + 408 pp with 67 copper engraved illustrations in the text, entirely printed in red & black, all pages with typographical line border ,with some pages of printed music. Bound in contemporary full vellum. Engraved title with the upper margin slightly cropped not in the plate however, ex-library with two small oval stamps on printed title,l a fine and very well preserved crisp copy, printed on heavy paper. Roman catholic liturgy edition which contains the performance of episcopal functions (e.g. conferring of confirmation and Holy orders), It is practically an episcopal ritual, containing formularies and rubrics which existed in the old Sacramentaries and ""Ordines Romani"", and were gradually collected together to form one volume for the greater convenience of the officiating bishop. They were known under the names of ""Liber Sacramentorum"", ""Liber Officialis"", ""Liber Pontificalis"", ""Ordinarium Episcopale"", etc. The first printed edition, prepared by John Burchard and Augustine Patrizi Piccolomini, papal masters of ceremonies, was published (1485) in the pontificate of Innocent VIII. Clement VIII published a corrected and official edition in 1596. In his constitution ""Ex quo in Ecclesia Dei"" he declared this Pontifical obligatory, forbade the use of any other and prohibited any modification or addition to it without papal permission. (Catholic Encyclopedia).."‎

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