MISSAL

Description: LARGE RED BOOK HAS GOLD EDGING WITH EMBOSSED CHI-RHO WITH ALPHA AND OMEGA ON FRONT COVER. CHI-RHO IS ALSO ON BACK COVER BUT BACK COVER HAS NO GOLD BORDER. SPINE OF BOOK HAS FIVE RAISED HORIZONTAL BINDINGS ALONG WITH GOLD DECORATING STRIPES. BETWEEN FIRST TWO BINDINGS IS "MISSALE ROMANUM". INSIDE COVERS HAVE GOLD HEART AND RIBBON BORDER. HAND WRITTEN ON INSIDE OF FIRST PAGE IS "ST. MICHAELS HOSPITAL". BOOK CONTAINS LATIN LITURGY FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC SERVICES. ON PAGE CLOSE TO FRONT IS "COPYRIGHT 1939 BY MAISON MAME". PAGE NEAR FRONT HAS EPISCOPAL COAT OF ARMS WITH "LICENTIA ORDINARII" AND DATES THE MISSAL'S RELEASE TO FEBUARY 22, 1948. EDGE OF PAGES HAVE GOLD FINISH AND 11 LEATHER TABS ATTACHED AT VARIOUS PLACES. MISSAL ALSO HAS EIGHT NYLON BOOKMARKS SEWN TO TOP, 2 RED, 2 WHITE, 2 GREEN AND 2 PURPLE. LEATHERETTE COVER IS WORN SLIGHTLY ALONG SPINE AND CORNERS. BOOKMARKS ARE FADED. INSIDE BACK COVER IS WHITE PIECE OF PAPER 28CM X 21.5CM WITH TYPEWRITTEN ORDER OF SERVICE IN LATIN. SHEET HAS PERSONAL NOTES AND BREATHING MARKS IN BLUE INK AS WELL.

History: MISSAL WAS REMOVED FROM THE CHAPEL AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.