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(MARONITE LITURGY.) Virtute et ope Trinitatis sanctissimae [etc.] . . . Officia Sanctorum juxta Ritum Ecclesiae Maronitarum . . . Pars Hyemalis. Volume 1 (of 2), pages 551-864 only. 6 woodcut illustrations, including one repeat. Syriac text, printed in Serto type in red and black. Folio, 384x248 mm, contemporary vellum; occasional browning, minor marginal worming in middle of volume not impairing legibility. Rome: Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide, 1656
first edition of the Maronite festal hymnary for the liturgical year, containing texts for Sundays, feast days, and selected saints' days. The first volume contains the winter portion; the summer portion was first published in 1666.
