Dat Boexken van der Missen
"The Booklet of the Mass"
Antwerp, 1507.

Descriptive text from an English edition:

The interpretacyon
and syngyfycacyon of the Masse.

¶ Here begynneth a good deuoute Boke to the honoure of god
of our lady his mother
& of all sayntes
and ryght profytable to all good Catholyke persones
to knowe howe they shall deuoutly here Masse. And how salutaryly they shall Confess them. And how reuerently and honourably they shall go to the holy Sacrament or table of our sauyour Jhesu chryste
With dyverse other profytable documents and oraysons or prayers here conteyned
Composed and ordeyned by frere Gararde
frere mynoure
of the ordre of the Obseruauntes.

London: 1532.


¶ The fyrste Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest doth make hym redy in the vestry to saye masse
and the deacon and subdeacon do helpe hym
but the preest alone doth take & caste upon hym the chesuble.

¶ The seconde artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest doth go out of the vestry towardes the aulter with the deacon and subdeacon: where he doth tary a lytel space between the with scylence.

¶ The thyrde artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest beynge betwene them sayth with great deuocyon Confiteor
and doth confesse hym selfe as a syñer
albeit that he hath confessed hym selfe afore of all his deedly syñes.

¶ The fourth artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest after Cõnfiteor gothe to the autler with great reuerence
& lowly inclynyng hym selfe doth worshyppe god almyghty.

¶ The fyfth artycle of the masse.

How the preest after that with great reuerence doth begynne the masse
betwene deacon and subdeacon at the one syde of the aulter.

¶ The .vi. Article of the masse.

Howe the preest
the deacon and subdeacon do go down from the aulter
& the priest and the deacon do sytte them down
and the subdeacon doth synge the epystell.

¶ The .vii. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the priest dothe come agayne to the aulter
where dylygently he doth rede the gospell.

¶ The .viii. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest after that he had red and herde the gospel: he goth to the myddes of the aulter and doth synge with a hygh voyce Credo in unum deum.

¶ The .ix. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest with scylece doth make redy
prepare and offre the sacryfyce: and afterwarde goth to the ende of the aulter & doth wasshe his hãdes.

¶ The .x. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest doth go to the myddes of the aulter prayeng al those that be i heuen to pray for hym: and than he doth tourne hym towardes the people desyryng them also to praye for hym.

¶ The .xi. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest beynge in the myddes of the aulter: begynneth to synge with a hygh voyce the preface
Per omnia secula seculorum.

¶ The .xii. Artycle of the masse.

Howe after that the preest hath songe the preface they do synge Sãctus Sanctus Sanctus
benedictus qui venit in noie domini.

The Mass of S. Gregory.

The secõde parte of the masse: in the whiche is declared the passyion of oure lorde Jhu christe: & ye shall rede these preayers & shall haue .mxlvi. yeres of pardon.

¶ The .xiii. Artycle of the masse.

Howe after the Sanctus
the preest begynneth wt scylence secretly the Canon hauynge the curteynes drawen: to the entêt that he be not troubled
and doth inclyne hym selfe very lowe.

¶ The .xiiii. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest after the fyrste Memento
maketh thre crosses upon the chalyce
sayenge secret wordes.

¶ The .xv. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest is in his fyrste Memento
and thã he prayeth for all his frendes lyuynge
yt god may gyue them grace and mayntayne them i all goodness.

¶ The .xvi. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest doth make fyue crosses upon the hoste afore that he do consecrate it in the sacrament.

¶ The .xvii. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest maketh clene his hãdes upon the aulter as puryfyenge them.

¶ The .xviii. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest taketh the hoste in his handes and doth mynyster it: lyftynge the chesuble upon his sholdres
& doth make hym redy to consecrate and offre the holy sacramente and body of oure lorde.

¶ The .xix. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest whan he hath consecrate the holy sacrament
he dothe lyfte the body of our lorde on hygh
afore all the people betwene his two handes
as a medyatoure betwene god the father & man.

¶ The .xx. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest after that he hathe lyfte the blyssed body of oure lorde
he doth lyfte the chalyce with the precyous blode of god.

¶ The .xxi. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest after the eleuacion doth stande upryght wt his armes spred abrode
prayenge for the people.

¶ The .xxii. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest after this dothe make .vii. crosses upon the Sacrament.

¶ The .xxiii. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest beynge in his seconde Memento
prayeth for the soules that be departed beynge in purgatorye.

¶ The .xxiiii. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the Preest after the Memeto witha hygh voyce dothe synge to the father celestyall: Pater noster qui es i celis.

¶ The .xxv. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest doth breke the holy sacramet in thre partyes and saythe thre tymes: Agnus dei qui tollis peccata mudi miserere nobis.

¶ The .xxvi. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest brekynge the sacrament doth let one peace fall in to the chalyce.

¶ The .xxvii. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest dothe take the paxe holdynge the sacrament a lytell space in his hands
and after doth lay it downe upõ the aulter.

¶ The .xxviii. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest dothe take the blyssed sacrament with both his handes
reuerently receyuynge it.

¶ The .xxix. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest dothe take all that is within the chalyce and dothe emptye it & leue it open.

¶ The .xxx. Artycle of the masse.

How the preest cõmeth with the chalyce towardes the ende of the aulter takynge wyne for the percepcyon.

¶ The .xxxi. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest in the myddes of the aulter doth tourne hym i dysioynynge and takynge his handes asondre sayth
Dominus vobiscum.

¶ The .xxxii. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest doth tourne hym sayenge
Ite missa est
that is to saye in a manner
go ye the mysterye of the masse is done.

¶ The .xxiii. Artycle of the masse.

Howe the preest
whan he hath sayd and red all: he gyueth the benedyccion upon all those that be there preset & than he doth tourne hym from the people retournynge thyther from whens he came.


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