The great missals of the 15th and 16th centuries were monuments of printing—books that carried the Catholic Mass through centuries of ritual. Most were read to pieces. Very few survive complete. We are offering one of those survivors: a 1521 Roman Missal printed in Paris by Thielmann Kerver, the leading printer of liturgical texts in early Renaissance France. Printed in red and black with Gothic type, woodcuts, and musical notation, it represents the Catholic rite at the dawn of the Reformation.

At the opening ceremony of China's 15th National Games, torchbearers from Guangdong, Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR united to light the main cauldron. The flame they carried holds a special secret – it was sourced from a depth of 1,522 meters in the South China Sea! #NationalGames #GreaterBayArea #sports | CGTN