While this is interesting enough in its own right of course, as we haven't had the opportunity to feature much in the way of contemporary liturgical book arts here to date, this new offering presents us with an opportunity to both show what remains possible within the realm of liturgical publishing today, while at the same time letting people know about this new edition of the monastic missal.
The reader who sent this information (and photos) along to LAJ is known to us and he is someone quite well-versed in both antique and contemporary liturgical bookbinding. For that reason, we have no reason to doubt him when he tells us that this is "by far the best quality contemporary altar Missal I have come across." High praise indeed, so let's take a look.
We being with the binding which appears to be done in a traditional burgundy red leather, further ornamented by a gilt Latin cross -- a typical design element found traditional altar missals.
The edges of text block have been dyed in red and leather tabs have been affixed to the most commonly utilized pages of the missal (e.g. the Canon of the Mass).
Looking to the interior, I am impressed by what appears to be high quality paper and coloured plates. The missal is also characterized by its typography, which is as beautiful as it is legible.
