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Les misteres de la saincte Messe

Le Roy, Guillaume, active 1473-1493 printer, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) · 1490 · [Lyons, Guillaume Le Roy, ca. 1490] · 2 pictures

A devotional book on the Mass, printed in Lyon around 1490 by Guillaume Le Roy for lay Catholic readers. Its two woodcuts, framed in black rules on cream paper, show a crucifixion scene with the Virgin and Saint John flanking the cross, and an angel with a kneeling woman beside a flowering plant; the bold outlines and simple figures suggest a model for block-cut devotional illustration with clear silhouettes and framed vignettes.

Catholic Church · Early works to 1800 · France · Incunabula · Liturgy · Lyon · Mass

Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division · No known copyright restrictions · More from this library