1604 London
LIBER PRECUM PUBLICARUM
(LATIN BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER)
Seu ministerii ecclesiasticae administrationis sacramentorum, aliorumque rituum, & caeremoniarum in Ecclesia Anglicana. An elegant Jacobean reissue of the Latin Book of Common Prayer: a compact service-book that carries the English Reformation into the language of scholarship. First issued in 1560 for use in colleges, schools, and universities, the Liber offered an authorised Latin form of worship for learned institutions while remaining firmly within the post-Reformation settlement of the Church of England. In this 1604 John Norton reissue, it survives as both devotional manual and academic artefact: a book meant to be handled, consulted, and used.
By Church of England
Author Bio: The Church of England’s Liber precum publicarum is the authorised Latin version of the reformed prayer book, first issued in Elizabeth I’s reign for use especially in scholastic settings. Modern catalogues and recent scholarship describe it as a revised Latin translation associated with Walter Haddon, the Tudor humanist and civil lawyer long linked with the text.
Synopsis: A Latin Book of Common Prayer with the Psalter appended, designed for use where Latin remained the working language of devotion and learning. The work stands at the intersection of liturgy, pedagogy, and confessional statecraft: not a survival of the medieval rite, but a consciously Protestant service-book recast in classical dress. The 1604 Norton issue continues the octavo form seen in the 1574 edition and later reissues.
Format: Vellum, Medium octavo (8vo 6 1⁄2 × 9 1⁄4 in 165 × 235 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Language: Latin
Published By: John Norton, London
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Very Good - Contemporary vellum binding with expected age-wear and handling marks. A sound early seventeenth-century service-book copy, retaining the strong practical character such books acquire through use.
Binding:
Vellum, octavo (8vo approx. 6 1⁄2 × 4 3⁄8 in / 165 × 110 mm). The 1604 Norton reissue is recorded at approximately 16.5 × 11 cm, with 28 unnumbered and 299 numbered leaves.
Collation: 28 unnumbered leaves, 299 numbered leaves; title, preliminaries, Psalter, and final leaves.
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
SKU: BTETM0001743
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
1604 London
LIBER PRECUM PUBLICARUM
(LATIN BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER)
Seu ministerii ecclesiasticae administrationis sacramentorum, aliorumque rituum, & caeremoniarum in Ecclesia Anglicana. An elegant Jacobean reissue of the Latin Book of Common Prayer: a compact service-book that carries the English Reformation into the language of scholarship. First issued in 1560 for use in colleges, schools, and universities, the Liber offered an authorised Latin form of worship for learned institutions while remaining firmly within the post-Reformation settlement of the Church of England. In this 1604 John Norton reissue, it survives as both devotional manual and academic artefact: a book meant to be handled, consulted, and used.
By Church of England
Author Bio: The Church of England’s Liber precum publicarum is the authorised Latin version of the reformed prayer book, first issued in Elizabeth I’s reign for use especially in scholastic settings. Modern catalogues and recent scholarship describe it as a revised Latin translation associated with Walter Haddon, the Tudor humanist and civil lawyer long linked with the text.
Synopsis: A Latin Book of Common Prayer with the Psalter appended, designed for use where Latin remained the working language of devotion and learning. The work stands at the intersection of liturgy, pedagogy, and confessional statecraft: not a survival of the medieval rite, but a consciously Protestant service-book recast in classical dress. The 1604 Norton issue continues the octavo form seen in the 1574 edition and later reissues.
Format: Vellum, Medium octavo (8vo 6 1⁄2 × 9 1⁄4 in 165 × 235 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Language: Latin
Published By: John Norton, London
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Very Good - Contemporary vellum binding with expected age-wear and handling marks. A sound early seventeenth-century service-book copy, retaining the strong practical character such books acquire through use.
Binding:
Vellum, octavo (8vo approx. 6 1⁄2 × 4 3⁄8 in / 165 × 110 mm). The 1604 Norton reissue is recorded at approximately 16.5 × 11 cm, with 28 unnumbered and 299 numbered leaves.
Collation: 28 unnumbered leaves, 299 numbered leaves; title, preliminaries, Psalter, and final leaves.
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
SKU: BTETM0001743
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
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