Stanley Morison (1889–1967)

A short but lovely keepsake containing bits from Morison's text on typography. A favorite passage: "There are two features of organization common to architecture and building, typography and printing which must be respected as a primary principle and obeyed as such by both arts: that of respect for the materials used, and their use consistently with the essential social purposes of both arts. The typographical activity, like architecture, is a servant art. These are the arts which, by their nature, are predestined to serve civilization."… (más)

This is a valuable and informative pocket-sized introduction to the history, content and use of the various prayer books, missals, antiphoners and other liturgical resources used by the various ecclesial bodies in England from the beginnings of Christianity in the British Isles to the time of writing. With valuable discussions of liturgical draughtmanship, printing and chant and sources. Not absolutely without error (it can usefully be supplemented by consideration of Mark Dalby's "Anglican Missal and their Canons) it is nonetheless an indispensible work on a recondite subject.… (más)