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Varius pages. "Proprium Missarum De Tempore," "Intonationes Hymni"

Various pages characteristic of the book.

The first page of the Canon Missale.

I.N R.I on the top of the cross stands for "Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum".

In English it means Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.

"Supplementum Missalis Premonstratensis..."

Preface page.

The phoenix is a unique bird.

The phoenix is able to rise from the ashes after it burns itself to death.

According to ancient legends,phoenix is a unique bird, since it did not eat any forbidden fruits from the Garden of Eden; therefore the…

Pelican "represents atonement and charity."

Pelican wounded the breast in order to feed her children with her blood.

"The pelican cutting open its own breast represents Christ's death on the cross, and the shedding of his blood to revive us…

Ornament with I.H.S. on the page.

Decorative ornament with a seal on one of the pages.