Liber Cantus Pro Ordine Hebdomadae Sanctae Instaurato Ritui Ordinis Cisterciensis Accomodato: Ad Usum Chori

By Ordo Cisterciensis

In Latin. 1960 Typis Ordinis Cisterciensis (Westmalle, Belgium), 6 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches tall embossed black pebbled finish hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), gold lettering to front cover, all page edges red, printed in black and red ink, 60 pp. Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers. Prior owner name to upper margin of blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce issue. 

A liturgical book produced by the Cistercian monastic order, containing some of the Gregorian chants used by the order. The Order of Cistercians is a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. They are also known as Bernardines, after the highly influential Bernard of Clairvaux, or as White Monks, in reference to the color of the 'cuculla' or cowl (choir robe) worn by the Cistercians over their habits, as opposed to the black cowl worn by Benedictines.