Editing Missal (section)

==Sections and illumination==
[[File:Archive-ugent-be-AD88306A-B841-11E8-9E3D-BC34FC05B1B6 DS-343 (cropped).jpg|thumb|An excerpt from the Missal of the Sint-Pieters abbey (Ghent), manufactured in the 13th century and preserved in [[Ghent University Library]]{{sfnp|Anon|1275}}]]
[[File:Verlucht missaal - Marie-Louise Lemaire - Sint-Baafskathedraal Gent - 1010024013.jpg|thumb|Illuminated missal - Marie-Louise Lemaire - Saint Bavo's Cathedral Ghent]]
In France, missals begin to be [[manuscript illumination|illuminated]] from the beginning of the 13th century. At this time, the missal was normally divided into several parts:<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lebigue |first=Jean-Baptiste |date=2007 |title=Initiation aux manuscrits liturgiques |url=https://cel.hal.science/cel-00194063 |journal=Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes |language=fr |pages=259}}</ref> calendar, temporal, preface and Canon of the Mass, sanctoral, votive Masses and various additions. Two principal parts of the missal are the temporal and sanctoral. The temporal contains texts for the Mass, day by day for the whole liturgical year, organized around [[Christmas]] and [[Easter]]. The sanctoral presents a liturgical year through the commemoration of saints. Finally, votive Masses (a Mass for a specific purpose or read with a specific intent by the priest), different prayers, new feasts, commemoration of recent saints and canonizations were usually placed at the end of the missal.

Iconographic analysis of the missals of the [[Diocese of Paris]] from the 13th-14th centuries shows the use of certain traditional images as well as some changing motifs. Among the former group, some types of [[initial]]s, including the [[introit]] to the [[First Sunday of Advent]]; to the preface of the Mass for [[Holy Week]]; to the Masses for saints, containing their images, but also the rich illumination of two pages of the missal in full size: the [[Crucifixion of Jesus]] and [[Christ in Majesty]]. The second group with changing scenes include some images of the clergy that are not depicted in all missals, but can be a repeating motif pertaining to only one manuscript. This can be the priest at prayer, the priest elevating the host ([[sacramental bread]]), monks in song and so forth.

Catholic missals after the [[Second Vatican Council]] (1962−1965) are only little illustrated, at least before 2002, mostly with black-and-white pictures. Since 2005, many editions of the Editio typica tertia of the [[Roman Missal]] have been illustrated in colour, especially in the English-speaking world.{{sfnp|van Bühren|2018|pp=173–181}}