A leaf from a large Missale Romanum (305x215mm), dated 1566, and printed by Giovanni Varisco in Venice. There are two columns of printed Gothic text in back ink with forty-one lines of text per column. Rubrics in red ink with woodcuts depicting various Saints, Apostles and Biblical scenes scattered throughout the manuscript in black ink. Leaves containing music consist of a four-line stave in red ink with notes in black ink This particular leaf contains the text for the Mass that is celebrated for The Feast of St Apollinaris and includes The Gospel of Luke 22, 24-30. . Apollinaris of Ravenna (Italian: Apollinare) is a Syrian saint, whom the Roman Martyrology describes as "a bishop who, according to tradition, while spreading among the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ, led his flock as a good shepherd and honoured the Church of Classis near Ravenna by a glorious martyrdom." . The verso There are two columns of printed Gothic text in back ink with forty-one line of text per column. Rubrics in red ink with various woodcuts depicting Saints, Apostles and Biblical scenes scattered throughout the manuscript in black ink. (Weale-Bohatta 1157). This particular edition is scarce. Giovanni Varisco and his family members were wealthy Venetian printers with bookshops in Rome and Naples. Varisco was also the typesetter appointed by Pope Pius V to print the missal authorized by the Council of Trent in 1570, which was quite an honor and responsibility for this Venetian family.

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