1.0Homehttps://praytellblog.comFr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghuehttps://praytellblog.com/index.php/author/nxodonoghue/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="GJoTK6wHTo"><a href="https://praytellblog.com/index.php/2023/04/28/handwritten-liturgical-manuscripts/">Handwritten liturgical manuscripts</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://praytellblog.com/index.php/2023/04/28/handwritten-liturgical-manuscripts/embed/#?secret=GJoTK6wHTo" width="600" height="338" title="“Handwritten liturgical manuscripts” — Home" data-secret="GJoTK6wHTo" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://praytellblog.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://praytellblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/post-cover-copy-scaled.jpeg25601938All of us are familiar with the liturgical books of earlier centuries and, in particular, from centuries predating the invention of the printing press.  The scholarly editions of such works as the Ordines Romani are mainstays of liturgical scholarship. Yet once liturgical books began to be printed, the custom of having handwritten manuscripts fell out […]