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Sometimes I find an intriguing book for sale online. This time I purchased a binding of a so called Roman Gradual (Graduale Romanum in Latin). These books are used by choirs in the Catholic Church to sing from. The larger the choir the larger the books.
When I saw the advertisement online the binding didn't seem as large as it actually is.
According to the seller the binding was purchased during a holiday 1960's in the cathedral of Palma de Mallorca in Spain.
As I understand now the seller was not able to send the binding so I collected the binding yesterday, about 50 km from my home. When I saw the binding for the first time I was flabbergasted how large is was. 75x55 cm (30x22 inches).
The binding has still an intact "furniture" (metal elements) except for 1 leather clasp. The binding weighs 22.6 kg (50 lbs)!
Article of a very similar binding at the University of Ilinois
Original use of the book
Comparison of my binding next to the Illinois copy
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