PROCESSIONARIUS secundum ordinem Cisterciensem noviter impressus: correctus auctus et emendatus. Cum multis aliis additionibus nusque impressis.

Caesar Augustae (Zaragoza), (à la fin:) Bartholomei a Nagera, 1550. Small 8vo. 222 unnumbered leaves. Full brown morocco, lined; spine gilt with raised bands, double gilt fillet on the leading edges; guilloched havana morocco lining, blind stamped, and with gilt fillets and garlands (later Spanish binding, circa 1950?). Precious edition of this collection of liturgical cants being sung during the processions of the Spanish Cistiercians. Printed in Zaragoza, it includes the noted music and can be considered the first complete edition of the Cistercian processional, since the only earlier known publication is a 64-pages booklet printed in the same city in 1516. The processionals are liturgical books which include the lyrics and music of the songs being sung during the religious processions: mostly "responses", anthems, and hymns. Processionals were usually manuscripts; nonetheless, in Spain - a country with a very strong tradition of processions - printed processionnals were available as early as the 16th century. This volume is extremely rare. We could only locate two complete copies (British Library and Washington University Pullman Library). In Spain, the public collections list only 4 copies, all incomplete. Ordiozola did not know of any complete copy. Fine gothic printing in black and red ink, with music sheets on each page. The engraving on the back of the title is slightly frayed with very minor loss. Very good copy despite the margins, a bit short in some places. Palau, 238140. Odriozola, Catálogo de libros litúrgicos, españoles y portugueses impresos en los siglos XV y XVI (1996), 649 (ne connaissait aucun exemplaire complet). Sanchez, Bibliografía Aragonesa del siglo XVI, n°298 (describes a lacking title copy).