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John William Waterhouse - The Missal
"The Missal", by John William Waterhouse

In the western-rite Church, the term Missal is used for a text that describes the different types of Mass there are, as well as how to celebrate a given type Mass. Pope Pius V published the first missal for the Roman Catholic Church 1570.

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  • F. 1r. Sherbrooke Missal

    A page from the Sherbrooke Missal, one of the earliest surviving missals of English origin

  • The Anglican Missal

    The Anglican Missal sitting on an altar desk in an Anglican parish church.

  • Archive-ugent-be-AD88306A-B841-11E8-9E3D-BC34FC05B1B6 DS-343 (cropped)

    Excerpt from the Missal of the Sint-Pieters abbey (Ghent), manufactured in the 13th century. Manuscript preserved in the Ghent University Library.

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