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Anybody know what this says? I'm thinking maybe Psalm 21 or 22? I purchased it on the Internet for only $30, so you know it's authentic. :) According to the documentation, "This leaf is from an imperfectly identified Roman Missal printed at Christopher Plantin’s press in Antwerp, Belgium, circa 1570." Who knows how many monk's hands this passed through? Pretty neat.
Update: The very smart Henry of "Plumbline" comes to the rescue: The long scripture reading, which is continued on the other side, is the story of Jacob deceiving Isaac from Genesis 27: “In those days, Rebekah said to her son Jacob, ‘I heard your father speaking to your brother Esau, and saying to him, ‘Bring me something from your hunting, and make food, that I may eat, and bless you before the Lord before I die’…” The psalm at the end of the first column is from Ps. 18: “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is faithful, making children wise. The heavens are telling the glory of God, and the firmament announces the work of His hands.” The rest are various liturgical prayers.
Another emailer writes: The page from the Old Plantin Missal you have on your blog seems to have the Mass for the Saturday after the second Sunday in Lent. The Masses of Lent are amongst the most ancient in the Roman Missal.
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