Last BENEDICTINE Monastic Breviary Latin Vulgate 1963

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The very last edition ever published, while the first session of Vatican II was meeting, but before any changes had been introduced into the Breviary in general or the Benedictine Office in particular AND MAINTAINING INTACT THE LATIN VULGATE PSALTER ! BREVIARIUM MONASTICUM THE MONASTIC BREVIARY complete in TWO volumes bound in the incomparably supple morocco leather of Europe, 4" x 6.5" - six ribbon markers NEAR MINT CONDITION beautifully printed in two colors throughout on that Missal-Breviary paper known only to the Italians ROME: Marietti, 1963 by order of then Abbot-Primate and later Cardinal + Benno Gut. OSB San Anselmo, Rome This is the pre-Vatican II cursus of Hours, of course: Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, Compline with all of the additional material such as Litanies, Commendation of the Dying, Prayers before and after Mass, that you would find in the Roman Breviary of the day with excerpts from the Monastic Ritual as well: the blessing of table servers and readers in the Refectory, and a host of unusual "Benedictine Blessings" - of St. Benedict's Medal, of the Sick with St. Maurus' blessing, etc: see our scan of the Appendix Contents for a full listing. INCREASINGLY RARE IN ANY EDITION OR CONDITION: and you have *the last pre-Vatican II edition *in near MINT condition! BID EARLY read more

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