MISSAL

Description: 1. BLACK BOOK WITH CLEAR PLASTIC COVERING. BOOK HAS "ALTAR PRAYERS" EMBOSSED ACROSS FRONT IN GOLD COLORED LETTERING. BOOK HAS FOUR GREEN NYLON BOOKMARKS WITH FRAYED ENDS. PAGES OF BOOK HAVE TWO LEATHERETTE TABS. INSIDE COVER PAGE IS "NIHIL OBSTAT ARTHUR J. SCANLAN, S.T.D. CENSOR LIBRORUM" AND "IMPRIMATUR PATRICK CARDINAL HAYES ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORL FEBRUARY 11, 1933". AT BOTTOM OF PAGE IS "COPYRIGHT, 1933, BY BENZINGER BROTHERS PRINTED IN U.S.A.". BOOK CONTAINS LATIN AND ENGLISH PRAYERS IN BLACK AND RED PRINT. PLASTIC COVER ON BOOK IS TORN AND HAS NUMEROUS SMALL HOLES AND TEARS. PLASTIC IS TAPED TO INSIDE PAGES OF BOOK. SPINE OF BOOK IS HEAVILY DETERIORATED AND MANY PAGES ARE LOOSE. MANY PAGES HAVE SMALL TEARS AND ARE DOG-EARED. LEATHERETTE COVERING IS WORN ALONG SPINE AND CORNERS. MANY PAGES HAVE BEEN WRITTEN UPON IN BLUE AND RED INK. *UPDATE* AS OF 2011 INVENTORY, NO. PIECES HAS BEEN INCREASED FROM 1 TO 2, AS ADDITIONAL MATERIAL WAS FOUND IN THE BOOK. SEE BELOW FOR DESCRIPTION: 2. FOLDED PRAYER SHEET, FOLDED PIECE OF CREAM COLORED PAPER MEASURING 7.0 CM WIDE BY 10.6 CM LONG (FOLDED). FRONT MARKED "LEAGUE OF PRAYER FOR UNITY... FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN." IN BLACK TYPEFACE. INSIDE MARKED "PRAYERS IN TRIALS (KEEP IN YOUR PRAYER BOOK)... DEVOTION TO THEE. AMEN." IN BLACK TYPEFACE. SHEET IS LOCATED IN BETWEEN PAGES 80 AND 81 OF MISSAL.

History: PRAYER BOOK 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.