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[Rituel romain. Latin. 1933]
RITUALE ROMANUM : PAULI V PONTIFICIS MAXIMI, jussu editum aliorumque pontificum cura recognitum atque auctoritate sanctissimi D.N. Pii Papæ XI ad normam Codicis juris canonici accommodatum - Editio Juxta Typicam- 1933-39 -
Romae, Tornaci, Parisiis Typis Societas S. Joannis Evangelistae, DESCLEE & Socii 1933 -in-8 plein-chagrin un volume, reliure plein chagrin noir in-octavo (binding full shagreen in-octavo) (20,7 x 14,2 cm), dos à 4 faux-nerfs (spine with raised band,) - titre frappé "or" (gilt title) au centre du dos, 2 faux nefs jumelés répartis de part et d'autre du titre, avec un filet large à froid au milieu des faux-nerfs et un filet fin à froid de part et d'autre des faux-nerfs, mors légèrements fendus mais la reliure reste bien solide, toutes tranches lisses dorées, garde imitation bois, page de titre et pages de texte imprimés en rouge et noir dans un encadrement d'un filet rouge, musique imprimée in-texte (chant grégorien - notes carrées), texte non illustré excepté des fronts de chapitres et des lettrines historiées en noir, [VI + 388 + 238 (appendix) + 72 (cantus varii) + 3 (benedictio)] pages, 1933-39 Romae (Rome), Tornaci (Tournai), Parisiis (Paris) Typis Societas S. Joannis Evangelistae, DESCLEE & Socii Editeur,
Bookseller reference : 26262
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[ROVIGO] LEMAIRE (Nicolas-Eloi)
Carmen in proximum et auspicatissimum Augustae praegnantis partum (...).. - Poëme sur l'heureuse grossesse de S.M. Marie-Louise, Impératrice des Français et Reine d'Italie, traduit en vers français par M. Legouvé
[Paris], Fain, janvier 1811 in-4, 25 pp., texte latin et traduction française en regard, maroquin cerise à long grain, dos lisse orné de filets et fleurons dorés, double encadrement de double filet doré enserrant une guirlande florale sur les plats, tranches dorées, dentelle intérieure, gardes doublées de tabis azur (Bradel l'aîné). Coiffe inférieure un peu frottée, mais très bel exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 161288
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[RUDDIMAN (Thomas)]
Grammaticae Latinae Institutiones, facili, et ad puerorum captum accommodata, methodo perscriptae.
12mo, [2], 296pp., text browned, lacks free endpapers, printed label of B. Tabart's Juvenile Library to front -paste-down, near contemporary ownership signature of Paul Francis, Benfield 1809, cont. sheep, rubbed, upper cover just holding by cords.
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[SAINT-CÔME-D'OLT - AVEYRON]
ACTE NOTARIE SUR PARCHEMIN DE 1381 : SUCCESSION - PETRONILLE BERNARD DEMANDEUR ET PHILIPPE MAUBALY DEFENDEUR, SONILHAC PAROISSE DE SAINT-COSME - (SAINT-CÔME-D'OLT) - AVEYRON - 1381 -
SAINT-CÔME-D'OLT 1381 UN DOCUMENT AUTHENTIQUE D'EPOQUE : Succession aprés décès - sur parchemin, écrit d'un seul côté, format : 25,2 x 53 cm de 1 feuillet , manuscrit à l'encre brune EN LATIN , daté du 17 février 1381 avec une très belle lettrine calligraphiée, texte en Latin, fait à SAINT-CÔME-D'OLT - AVEYRON - signature illisible..
Bookseller reference : 20014
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[SALLUSTE] - CAII SALLUSTII CRISPI.-
Caii Sallustii Crispi Quae extant opera.
1774 Paris, Barbou, 1774, in 12 relié plein veau marbré de l'époque, dos lisse très orné, plats encadrés d'un triple filet doré, toutes tranches dorées, XXXVI-346 pages ; petits frottis d'usage.
Bookseller reference : 86202
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[SAUNIER (Chanoine Joannès)].-
Mélanges J. Saunier.
Lyon, Facultés Catholiques (Bibliothèque de ma Faculté Catholique des Lettres de Lyon, Vol. 3), 1944, in 8° broché, 253 pages ; 3 cartes dépliantes ; couverture légèrement fanée.
Bookseller reference : 29998
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[SAINT-MARTIAL D'AVIGNON]
Reverendissimo Domino Alexandro Codebo. auditore generali hujus Legationis Avenionens[is] spolli. Pro Serenissimo Principe Emanuele Theodosio a Turre Averniae cardinali Bullionio [Emmanuel-Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, cardinal de Bouillon], Sacri Collegii decano, abbate Cluniacensi. Contra dominum advocatum fisci & Rev. Camerae Apostolicae in hac Legatione. Responsio
Avignon, François Sébastien Offray, 1704 in-4, titre, 29 pp., en feuilles, cousu.
Bookseller reference : 207344
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[SCOTTI Vincenzo Natale; AINSWORTH Robert]:
Breve metodo per distinguere facilmente la rarita delle medaglie antiche di tutti i metalli tanto consolari che imperiali si greche che latine ed in colonie [relié avec] Explicatio literarum et notarum frequentius in antiquis romanorum monimentis occurrentium.
Sans lieu / Florentiae, sans nom / Joseph Molini, 1803 / 1822. In-12 de 56-[4]-94 pages, demis-veau vert à petits coins, dos lisse muet orné de filets, roulettes et fleurons dorés. Inscription à la plume à la page de titre.
Bookseller reference : 9506
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[STRABON]
Augustissimi Regis Württembergiae Guilielmi festum natalitium. die XXVII. Septembris post concionem sacram in aula nova oratione solenni celebrandum indicit Rector et Senatus literarum Universitatis Tubingensis. Praemittuntur Fragmenta libri VII geographicorum Strabonis palatino-vaticana novis curis emendata et illustrata
Tübingen, typis Fuesianis, 1844 in-4, 42 pp., texte grec et traduction latine en regard, demi-veau bouteille, dos lisse cloisonné en long, pièce de titre blonde en long, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque). Bon exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 182433
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[TERENCE].-
Publii Terentii Afri Comdiæ.-
Birminghamiae: Typis Johannis Baskerville. 1772. Gd in-4 plein maroquin rouge à grains fins, dos à 5 nerfs, caissons ornés, filets or sur les plats, frises sur les contreplats, titre, 364pp. Bel exemplaire sans rousseurs, à grandes marges (dimensions des ff. 23x29cm). (Petit accroc au bas du mors inférieur du 2°plat).
Bookseller reference : ORD-10286
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[TEXTE LATIN] - CHOMBRÉ (Pierre) -
Selecta LATINI SERMONIS EXEMPLARIA.
LUTETIAE PARISIORUM, Apud Fratres Guerin & LUp. Fr. Delatour, via Jacobea, 1751; in-12, 304 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. È scriptoribus probatissimis - reliure plein cuir noirci, coiffe manquante dos muet coins usagé texte en très bon état - PRIMA POETICAE ORATIONIS EXCERPTIO ; PLAUTI & TERENTII fabula, as Christiane juventutis ufum contracte. EDITION ALTERA.
Bookseller reference : 201211934
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[THEOLOGIE] - GURY (P. Joanne Petro) -
CASUS CONSCIENTIAE in praecipuas quaestiones THEOLOGIAE MORALIS.
Lugdn, Apud J.B. Pelagaud, 1869; in-12, 678-699 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. Les 2 volumes. Demi-cuir, coins un peu tassés état d'usage bon état.
Bookseller reference : 201905826
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[THEOLOGIE] - GURY (P. Joanne Petro) -
COMPENDIUM THEOLOGIAE MORALIS.
Lugduni, Apud J.B. Pelagaud, 1868-1866; in-12, 615-680 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. BON ÉTAT demi-cuir rousseurs.
Bookseller reference : 201905827
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[THEOLOGIE] - [POITOU].-
Compendiosae Institutiones Theologicae ade usum seminarii pictaviensis, jussu et auctoritate Illustrissimi ac Reverendissimo Dom. D. Joannis-Claudii de La Poype de Vertrieu, Pictaviensis Episcopi. Editio ultima. Tom. I (seul).
Pictavii (Poitiers), Faulcon, 1731, in 12 relié plein veau de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné (à la toile d'araignée), 544 pages ; quelques rousseurs ; menus frottis.
Bookseller reference : 34270
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[TITE LIVE] - TAINE (H.).-
Essai sur Tite-Live. Deuxième édition.
1860 Paris, Hachette, 1860, in 12 relié demi-chagrin vert bouteille, dos à nerfs, VIII-348 pages ; frottis d'usage.
Bookseller reference : 31746
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[TITE LIVE] - BORNECQUE (Henri).-
Tite Live.
1933 Paris, Boivin, 1933, petit in 8° broché, 216 pages.
Bookseller reference : 76395
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[VIRGILE] HEROUVILLE P. d'.
A LA CAMPAGNE AVEC VIRGILE.
Paris, Les belles lettres, 1930. In-12, broché.
Bookseller reference : 8964
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[VICTOR DE VITE ]
Historia persecutionis Vandalicae in duas partes distincta. Prior complectitur libros quinque Victoris Vitensis episcopi, & alia antiqua monumenta, ad codd. mss. collata & emendata, cum notis & observationibus. - Posterior commentatrium historicum de persecutionis vandalicae ortu, progressu & fine. Opera & studio Domni Theoderici Ruinart (...)
Paris, Théodore Muguet, 1694 in-8, [24] ff. n. ch. (titre, dédicace au cardinal de Fürstenberg, préface, tables), 600 pp., [26] ff. n. ch. d'index et d'errata, veau brun granité, dos à nerfs cloisonné et fleuronné, tranches mouchetées de rouge (reliure de l'époque). Légers accrocs en coiffe supérieure.
Bookseller reference : 188228
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[VIRGILE] - BRASILLACH (Robert).-
Présence de Virgile.
P., Plon, 1960, in 12 broché, 245 pages.
Bookseller reference : 68483
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[VIRGILE] - PERRET (Jacques).-
Virgile, l'homme et l'oeuvre.
1952 Paris, Boivin (Connaissance des Lettres), 1952, in 12 broché, 196 pages.
Bookseller reference : 76243
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A BULSANO Rev.Mo P. ALBERTO
INSTITUTIONES THEOLOGIAE DOGMATICAE GENERALIS SEU FUNDAMENTALIS
Eq. Petrus Marietti, Taurini. 1882. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Tâchée, Dos fané, Non coupé. 526 pages. Texte sur 2 colonnes. Papier muet et étiquette de code collés sur le dos. 1er plat manquant.. . . . Classification Dewey : 470-Langues italiques. Latin
Bookseller reference : RO40168915
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A BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED AND DATED HUMANIST ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT IN ITALIAN AND LATIN
NOTABILI ET SENTENTIE DI QUATTRO DOCTORI: GERONIMO GREGORIO AGUSTINO ET AMRUGIO
Italy Florence colophon dated 1456-57. 268 x 187 mm. 10 1/2 x 7 3/8". 176 leaves COMPLETE single column 31 lines alternating red ink for Latin and dark brown ink for Italian translation in a very fine humanist hand. Contemporary Italian panelled calf over wooden boards cover with mitered frame of blind rules inner arabesque roll frame and central panel diapered in ogival compartments formed by interlacing semi-circular rope tools raised bands original clasps replaced with modern hardware edges gilt and gauffered with chevrons and flowers expertly rebacked to style. Paragraph marks in red or blue initial letters of each sentence in contrasting color to main text running titles in red 10 ORNATE WHITE VINE INITIALS the first two very large and extending quite far down the page the letters burnished gold and skillfully linked with white vines against a pink and green background outlined with blue and further decorated with clusters of white dots the drawing of a crowned female head in the margin of one page. Front endleaf with 17th or 18th century signature of Eduardo Lopez dated colophon on final page rear pastedown with a 19th century English price code in pounds and shillings. Front joint cracked but no looseness leather with a few small wormholes binding with general wear and significant careful restoration but still retaining much of its original appeal; red ink not infrequently faded to varying degrees though never illegible a few light scuffs or thumb smudges on the title and the occasional leaf otherwise in thoroughly excellent condition entirely fresh quite clean and with ample margins. This beautifully crafted work contains a dated but unpublished text that was compiled for the private edification and elevation of an unknown patron obviously with considerable means clearly with a desire to attain greater understanding and apparently without the classical learning typically needed for ready access to it.� The manuscript contains excerpts from five books of the Bible Isaiah Jeremiah Job Psalms and Proverbs as well as various texts written by four of the Latin Church Fathers. These include Jerome "Epistles" ff. 46r-130v and "Homilies on Ezechiel" ff. 130v- 53r; Augustine "City of God" ff. 135r-140r and "Confessions" ff. 140v-146v; Ambrose "De Iacob et Vita Beata" ff. 146v-150r; and Cyprian "Ad Donatum" ff. 150v-151r. Each excerpt is presented in the original Latin followed by the Italian translation in contrasting ink making this not only an object of great interest from a scholarly standpoint but also aesthetically very pleasing to look at. While the compiler of the text remains anonymous the manuscript has recently been identified as a sister copy of Rossi MS 88 at the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and MS 335 of the Biblioteca Riccardiana both of which manuscripts are without dates. The Riccardiana MS can be placed at the Dominican convent of San Marco in Florence by the mid-16th century at the very latest. Given this early association it seems quite possible that the editor here would have been connected to the convent in some significant way. The Riccardiana manuscript is notably smaller than the present one and its more modest dimensions would have been suitable for an inmate at the convent. By contrast the larger more opulent version seen here and in the Rossi MS would have been more appropriate for the use of a wealthy patron. The convent of San Marco did not lack for illustrious connections and was itself an important center for art and culture in the Medici-ruled Florence of the 15th century. Its status was in no small way bolstered by the efforts of the great patron of the arts Cosimo il Vecchio de' Medici also known as "the elder" who not only kept a cell on the premises but also took it upon himself to renovate the aging structure. Among the notable artists who contributed to its renewal were the sculptor and architect Michelozzo d. 1472 and painter Fra Angelico d. 1455; it was also the site of the first public library in Florence. The Medici connection is further evident in the Rossi MS which contains an ownership inscription of a senior Medici court official. Being a match for our copy in both size and lavishness it is entirely possible that the manuscript offered here was destined for similarly noble hands. The fact that our text appears both in Latin and the vernacular further indicates an original owner whose birth may have been high but whose education might not have included the exacting Latin study of the ecclesiastic in any case the diglot text is an unusual feature of the manuscript whoever owned it. The materials and decoration of our binding indicate an Italian origin. The binding design here is identical to that on a manuscript of the "Libellus contra Legem Saracenorum" a refutation of Islam dated 9 April 1442 Sotheby's 18 June 1991 lot 82 which had a partially-effaced early ex-libris inscription suggesting a Milanese owner. With an interior that has retained its freshness and visual appeal including a fine hand skillfully designed glittering initials and wide margins this particular manuscript provides both an excellent specimen of the Italian Humanist period and a testament to this extraordinary time with its extraordinary patrons. unknown
Bookseller reference : ST13058
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A BEAUTIFUL ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BREVIARY ON VELLUM IN LATIN WITH FINE HISTORIATED INITIALS AND MINIATURE
USE OF PARIS
Paris after or in 1398 and before ca. 1405. 195 x 135 mm. 7 3/4 x 5 1/4". 587 leaves COMPLETE double column 32 lines in a lovely gothic script by more than one hand. A full list of contents available upon request. Two volumes. HANDSOME DARK RED MOROCCO BY W. H. SMITH AND SON stamp signed "WHS" in gilt on rear turn-ins covers sem� with gilt fleurs-de-lys tools gilt Celtic-inspired knot centerpieces raised bands spine compartments with rows of fleurs-de-lys gilt titling plain morocco turn-ins vellum doublures and endleaves all edges gilt. In fleece-lined slipcases. Rubrics in red line-enders in blue gold and red numerous one- or two-line initials in gold with dark blue penwork or bright blue with red penwork a total of 19 three-line initials painted blue and pink on gold ground with ivy leaf extenders three six- or seven-line initials similarly decorated and NINE SIX- OR SEVEN-LINE HISTORIATED INITIALS AND ONE 10-LINE MINIATURE THREE OF THESE WITH FULL RINCEAUX BORDERS WITH DECORATIVE U-SHAPED BARS each image with the figures portrayed against a tessellated background the letter painted blue or pink on contrasting ground within a thin gold border. With a few contemporary and later notations and pen-trials; old bookseller's description tipped onto front free endpaper of volume I. Bernard Quaritch "Illuminated and other Manuscripts" 1931 no. 21. Bindings with very trivial imperfections but especially lustrous and very fine. The full borders just slightly trimmed the six Calendar leaves with small modern marginal repairs text not affected trivial rubbing to paint in a few places the silver tarnished as usual burnished gold worn away in a few places occasional small smudges to ink and other minor mostly marginal blemishes but generally showing few signs of use and in all A LOVELY MANUSCRIPT VERY CLEAN AND ATTRACTIVE AND THE HISTORIATED INITIALS ESPECIALLY WELL PRESERVED. This beautifully bound Breviary is both impressively voluminous and handsomely decorated with an explosion of small gilt and painted initials and ten figural scenes painted with remarkable skill. Although the historiated initials stand less than 30 mm. tall or in the case of the single miniature 42 mm. the level of detail--from the finely molded faces to the tessellated backgrounds that glisten like snakeskin-indicate they were executed by a highly competent atelier. All nine initials occur in volume I with subjects that include five depictions of David in prayer or playing music ff. 7r 16v 24r 35r and 42r; a fool with a staff f. 29v; a scene with four tonsured clerics at a lectern f. 49r; the Father and Son in matching robes and haloes seated and facing each other f. 56v; and a holy man censing an altar as God looks down from a cloudburst f. 77r. Volume I also contains a miniature of the Trinity depicting God the Father seated and supporting a crucified Christ while a dove the Holy Spirit gracefully descends from the Father's mouth to the Son. The scene is adored by a kneeling cleric dressed in red-tinged robes a white surplice and a long amice. Dr. Patricia Stirnemann initially proposed the intriguing possibility that the cleric might be pseudo cardinal Pierre de F�tigny d. 1392 apostolic protonotary and canon of Paris who was named cardinal by the anti-pope Clement VII in 1383; however his dress does not seem to indicate the rank of cardinal and thus this identification remains uncertain. The excellence of the historiation and the fine quality of the hand alone make it likely to have originated in Paris and the contents further connect it to the Benedictine abbey of St. Germain des Pr�s particularly because of the presence in the Sanctorale of a major initial for the feast of St. Germain or Germanus the only initial of its type in the entire Sanctorale. The earliest proposed date for this manuscript is 1398 the year of the donation by Jean de Karoulay canon of Notre-Dame to the diocese of Paris for the celebration of the feast of St. Ivo or Yves. The proposed date for the completion of work on this Breviary ca. 1405 is suggested by the style of the decoration which includes tessellation in the backgrounds of the historiated initials and floral sprays in the borders of a particular type. We are grateful to Dr. Stirnemann for this dating and to Dr. Consuelo Dutschke for her thorough work on the manuscript's contents and localization. We could not find a record of our Breviary at auction but it appeared as item no. 21 priced at �110 in Quaritch's important 1931 catalogue of "Illuminated and other manuscripts" where it is described as "beautifully written" and featuring "very delicate miniatures with elegant ivy-leaf borders." The extremely well-preserved state of the manuscript makes it clear that this book was lovingly cared for by its previous owners for generations. unknown
Bookseller reference : ST15198a
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A BULSANO REV.MO P. ALBERTO
INSTITUTIONES THEOLOGIAE DOGMATICAE GENERALIS SEU FUNDAMENTALIS
Eq. Petrus Marietti, Taurini. 1882. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Tâchée. Dos fané. Non coupé. 526 pages. Texte sur 2 colonnes. Papier muet et étiquette de code collés sur le dos. 1er plat manquant. Editio 7a.
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a cura di A. Grignani.
Rime di Filenio Gallo. Edizione critica
cm. 17 x 25, 448 pp. Accademia toscana di scienze e lettere ?La Colombaria? - Serie Studi 824 gr. 448 p.
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A cura di G. Bernardi Perini.
Latino (Il) nell?et? dell?Umanesimo. Atti del Convegno (Mantova, 26-27 ottobre 2001).
cm. 17 x 24, viii-210 pp. Accademia Nazionale Virgiliana di Scienze Lettere e Arti - Miscellanea I contributi qui raccolti sono dedicati a una disciplina che, se pu? considerarsi tuttora allo stato nascente per l'insufficienza di edizioni critiche e di strumenti d'indagine - ancora inadeguati - tuttavia presenta un'affascinante prospettiva epistemologica e una variet? di obiettivi storici, linguistici, letterari, in dimensioni veramente europee. Intervengono Alejandro Coroleu, Jean-Louis Charlet, Vincenzo Fera, Paolo Mastandrea e Manlio Pastore Stocchi, Aires A. Nascimento, Giuseppe Patota, Silvia Rizzo. The essays gathered in this volume are all dedicated to a discipline which, due to the lack of a sufficient number of critical editions and of adequate research tools, should be considered in its nascent stage. In spite this, it opens a fascinating epistemological perspective and points the way towards a variety of historical, linguistic and literary objectives on a truly European scale. The contributors are Alejandro Coroleu, Jean-Louis Charlet, Vincenzo Fera, Paolo Mastandrea & Manlio Pastore Stocchi, Aires A. Nascimento, Giuseppe Patota and Silvia Rizzo. 408 gr. viii-210 p.
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A FLORIANA Felicianus O.F.M.Cap.
De natura theologiae ad mentem sancti Bonaventurae S.R.E. cardinalis et doctoris
Rome, Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana 1956 87pp., 24cm., text in Latin, dissertation (Excerpta ex dissertatione ad Lauream in Facultate Theologica Pontificiae Universitatis Gregorianae), softcover, stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, good condition, R112222
Bookseller reference : R112222
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A FINE MINIATURE PAINTING OF A FUNERAL SCENE FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN
BEGINNING OF THE OFFICE OF THE DEAD
Paris early 15th century. 178 x 125 mm. 7 x 5". Text in single column four lines on recto 15 lines on verso in an excellent gothic book hand. A FINE SQUARE MINIATURE SHOWING A FUNERAL SERVICE two priests reciting from an elevated lectern and next to a large draped coffin mourners in black seated to the left the activity taking place inside a space enclosed by elegant columns and under a vaulted ceiling a lovely four-line initial beneath it in burnished gold and several colors infilled with ivy leaves in white and orange other one- or two-line initials in blue with red penwork or on the verso in burnished gold and colors THE MINIATURE SURROUNDED BY AN EXQUISITE FULL BORDER OF IVY LEAVES in colors or gold on painted and hairline stems. Remains of mounting hinge at top a few speckles a bit of yellowing and slight wrinkling in margins but the leaf very well preserved in general with no significant flaking of paint and with the gold still bright. Apart from those relatively few copies with illustrated calendars the miniatures found in Books of Hours are almost entirely devoted to retrospective Bible scenes that are obviously outside the experience of the illuminator; it is only in the present kind of funeral scene at the beginning of the Office of the Dead that we can see a contemporaneous rendering of a scene from the daily life of the Middle Ages. Miniatures that begin the Office of the Dead vary more in iconographic terms than any of the others that recur in the Book of Hours and while our painting is typical in subject matter and design it is noteworthy in at least a couple of ways. The frame and border here are beautifully executed in the style of the Boucicaut Master with much delicate and very elaborate painting all of which is shown to good advantage inside unusually comfortable margins. And although the miniature itself shows in general a relatively primitive attempt at perspective for example the pews and the altar are steeply raked the presence of the lovely slender column in the foreground in concert with the darkened vaulting behind the altar gives the painting a convincing sense of depth.The work here was done by an artist under Parisian influence and the developed architecture suggests that the painter was familiar with the Burial Services compositions created by Parisian illuminators in the 1410s. see Millard Meiss "French Painting in the Time of Jean de Berry: Boucicaut Master" London 1968 figs. 135-50 and 172-74. unknown
Bookseller reference : ST12829
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A FLORIANA Felicianus O.F.M.Cap.
De natura theologiae ad mentem sancti Bonaventurae S.R.E. cardinalis et doctoris
87pp., 24cm., text in Latin, dissertation (Excerpta ex dissertatione ad Lauream in Facultate Theologica Pontificiae Universitatis Gregorianae), softcover, stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, good condition, R112222
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A FRAGMENT FROM A GIANT VELLUM BIBLE IN LATIN WITH AN IMPRESSIVE DECORATED INITIAL
TEXT FROM THE FIRST EPISTLE OF SAINT PETER
Germany ca. 1150. With edges unfolded: 224 x 185 mm. 8 3/4 x 7 3/8". 27 lines in a clear proto-gothic hand. Matted and framed. Rubrics in red one three-line initial in red with blue decoration the verso with two similar two-line initials MOST OF AN IMPRESSIVE "P" with vine-stem work painted red and green on a blue ground and with the face of a beast prominently displayed on the descender. Recovered from a binding and thus the vellum a little darkened the paint in the initial just slightly faded the word "Bassus" boldly penned by a later hand above the first line of the main text touching two lines though not obscuring the meaning; even with these imperfections an excellent specimen overall the initial still very dramatic and with no major damage and except for one line at the top the text entirely legible. With a zoomorphic initial that is both dramatic and charming this is an attractively decorated fragment from a so-called "Atlantic Bible" named for its immense size like an Atlas with both the ocean and the cartographical book deriving their names from Atlas the Titan. These vast Bibles were very costly and time consuming to produce making them among the most prized possessions of the church or monastery in which they resided. According to Christopher de Hamel "Twelfth-century giant Bibles are not just particularly grand books or the most beautiful Bibles of their time but are among the most ambitious artistic enterprises surviving from the twelfth century in any medium." "The Book: A History of the Bible" p. 80 Because of their size these volumes were often targets for reuse as binding scrap. This fragment is one such case but it happily retains most of the "P" as well as the opening lines of text from this section which begins the First Epistle of St. Peter "Petrus apostolus Iesu Christi electis". unknown
Bookseller reference : CBM1701
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A GASPARE DE LUISE
CODEX DOGMATUM ECCLESIAE CATHOLICAE - quae a pontificibus romanis sive in conciliis sive per se fuerunt definita .
MARIETTI PETRI Eq.. 1875. In-8 Carré. Relié demi-cuir. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 307 + 376 pages - 1 petite etiquette de bibiotheque rouge sur la page de titre - Plats et contre-plats jaspés - Etiquette collée en coiffe en pied - Dos legerement frotté. OUVRAGE LATIN.
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A LAPIDE Cornelius S.J. [= VAN DEN STEEN Cornelis]
Commentarius in Josue, Judicum, Ruth, IV. Libros Regum et II. Paralipomenon, con Triplice Indice [2 parts]
Antverpiae [Antwerpen], Apud Henricum & Cornelium Verdussen 1700 Complet in 2 parts bound in one physical volume: [iv],359,[1] + 400,[23] pp., including extensive index, with engraved printer's device on title pages, engraved tailpieces and some illustrated initials, with engraved vignette on verso of last page of part 1, in folio (36x23cm.), text in Latin, text clean and bright except for some minor foxing and few small stains, old handwritten ex-libris on first title page, contemporary full leather binding, spine with 6 raised bands and compartments with gilt decorations, front joint cracked at extremeties (for ca. 6cm.), some smaller defects on corners and edges of covers, overall in near good condition, [Cfr. De Backer & Sommervogel, IV col.1521-1522 no.10], R96568
Bookseller reference : R96568
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A LAPIDE Cornelius S.J. [= VAN DEN STEEN Cornelis]
Commentaria in Proverbia Salomonis, indicibus necessariis illustrata [& bound with:] Commentarius in Esdram, Nehemiam, Tobiam, Judith, Esther, et Machabaeos, cum triplici indice
Antverpiae [Antwerpen], Apud Henricum & Cornelium Verdussen 1714 & 1703 2 works bound together in one physical volume, [6],903,[81] + pp. & [4],314,[34] pp., including extensive index, the first work has a second full-page engraved title page (the same engraving as in the 1645 Meursius-edition), engraved printer's device on title pages, with some illustrated initials, folio (36x24cm.), contemporary full leather binding, spine with 5 raised bands, compartments with gilt decoration, gilt title on red label on spine, front joint slighly cracked at extremities, some use and minor defects on corners and edges of covers and joints, text clean and bright with few occasional foxing and browning, text in Latin, good condition, [Cfr. De Backer & Sommervogel, IV col.1519 no.7 & col.1522 no.11], weight: 4kg., R96569
Bookseller reference : R96569
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A LAPIDE Cornelius S.J. [= VAN DEN STEEN Cornelis]
Commentarius in Ecclesiasten, Canticum Canticorum, et Librum Sapientiae
Antverpiae [Antwerpen], Apud Henricum & Cornelium Verdussen 1694 3 works in 1 physical volume: [4],360,[26] + [12],376,[30] + [4],336,[20] pp., including extensive indices, with engraved printer's device on each of the 3 title pages, engraved tailpieces and some ornamented initials, with engraved vignette on last page of each work, in folio (36x23cm.), text in Latin, text clean and bright except for some minor foxing and few small stains, contemporary full leather binding, spine with 6 raised bands and compartments with gilt decorations, joint cracked at extremeties (for ca. 6cm.), some minor defects on corners and edges of covers, good condition, [Cfr. De Backer & Sommervogel, IV col.1519-1520 no.8], R96642
Bookseller reference : R96642
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A LAPIDE Cornelius S.J. [= VAN DEN STEEN Cornelis]
Commentaria in omnes divi Pauli epistolas, indicibus necessariis illustrata
Antverpiae [Antwerpen], Apud Henricum & Cornelium Verdussen 1694 [8] + 976 + [86] pp., including extensive indices, with engraved printer's device on title page, engraved tailpieces and some ornamented initials, in folio (36x23cm.), text in Latin, text clean and bright except for some occasional foxing and stains, contemporary full leather binding, spine with 6 raised bands and compartments with gilt decorations, both joints broken (though not detached), some minor defects on corners and edges of covers, reasonably good condition despite the defects mentioned, [Cfr. De Backer & Sommervogel, IV col.1511-1512 no.1], R96643
Bookseller reference : R96643
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A LAPIDE Cornelius S.J. [= VAN DEN STEEN Cornelis]
Commentaria in omnes divi Pauli epistolas, indicibus necessariis illustrata
[8] + 976 + [86] pp., including extensive indices, with engraved printer's device on title page, engraved tailpieces and some ornamented initials, in folio (36x23cm.), text in Latin, text clean and bright except for some occasional foxing and stains, contemporary full leather binding, spine with 6 raised bands and compartments with gilt decorations, both joints broken (though not detached), some minor defects on corners and edges of covers, reasonably good condition despite the defects mentioned, [Cfr. De Backer & Sommervogel, IV col.1511-1512 no.1], R96643
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A LAPIDE Cornelius S.J. [= VAN DEN STEEN Cornelis]
Commentaria in Proverbia Salomonis, indicibus necessariis illustrata [& bound with:] Commentarius in Esdram, Nehemiam, Tobiam, Judith, Esther, et Machabaeos, cum triplici indice
2 works bound together in one physical volume, [6],903,[81] + pp. & [4],314,[34] pp., including extensive index, the first work has a second full-page engraved title page (the same engraving as in the 1645 Meursius-edition), engraved printer's device on title pages, with some illustrated initials, folio (36x24cm.), contemporary full leather binding, spine with 5 raised bands, compartments with gilt decoration, gilt title on red label on spine, front joint slighly cracked at extremities, some use and minor defects on corners and edges of covers and joints, text clean and bright with few occasional foxing and browning, text in Latin, good condition, [Cfr. De Backer & Sommervogel, IV col.1519 no.7 & col.1522 no.11], weight: 4kg., R96569
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A LAPIDE Cornelius S.J. [= VAN DEN STEEN Cornelis]
Commentarius in Ecclesiasten, Canticum Canticorum, et Librum Sapientiae
3 works in 1 physical volume: [4],360,[26] + [12],376,[30] + [4],336,[20] pp., including extensive indices, with engraved printer's device on each of the 3 title pages, engraved tailpieces and some ornamented initials, with engraved vignette on last page of each work, in folio (36x23cm.), text in Latin, text clean and bright except for some minor foxing and few small stains, contemporary full leather binding, spine with 6 raised bands and compartments with gilt decorations, joint cracked at extremeties (for ca. 6cm.), some minor defects on corners and edges of covers, good condition, [Cfr. De Backer & Sommervogel, IV col.1519-1520 no.8], R96642
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A LAPIDE Cornelius S.J. [= VAN DEN STEEN Cornelis]
Commentarius in Josue, Judicum, Ruth, IV. Libros Regum et II. Paralipomenon, con Triplice Indice [2 parts]
Complet in 2 parts bound in one physical volume: [iv],359,[1] + 400,[23] pp., including extensive index, with engraved printer's device on title pages, engraved tailpieces and some illustrated initials, with engraved vignette on verso of last page of part 1, in folio (36x23cm.), text in Latin, text clean and bright except for some minor foxing and few small stains, old handwritten ex-libris on first title page, contemporary full leather binding, spine with 6 raised bands and compartments with gilt decorations, front joint cracked at extremeties (for ca. 6cm.), some smaller defects on corners and edges of covers, overall in near good condition, [Cfr. De Backer & Sommervogel, IV col.1521-1522 no.10], R96568
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A LAPIDE Cornelius S.J. [= VAN DEN STEEN Cornelissen Cornelis] & CRAMPON Aug. & PERONNE Jos. Max., eds.)
Commentaria in scripturam sacram R.P. Cornelii a Lapide, etc., accurate recognovit ac notis illustravit Augustinus Crampon
Complete edition of Cornelius A Lapide's Commentaries on the Bible (21 volumes), together over 13000 pages, 28cm., text in Latin, text printed in 2 columns, uniform modern hardcover bindings (marbled boards, spines in black cloth, small repair at front joint of vol.11 ), few occasional foxing, good condition, [Detailed content: VOLUME 1: In Pentateuchum Mosis, Genesis et Exodus (xvi,cxxxv,765pp.), VOLUME 2: In Pentateuchum Mosis, Leviticus, Numeri et Deuteronomium (xxiii + 610pp.), VOLUME 3: In Josue, Judices, Ruth, in libros Regum I-III (699pp.), VOLUME 4: In librum IV Regum, I et II Paralipomenon, I et II Esdrae, Tobiae, Judith, Esther, I et II Macabaeorum (610pp.), VOLUMES 5-6: in Proverbia Salomonis (xvi,589 + 630pp.), VOLUME 7: In Ecclsesiasten, Canticum canticorum (xix + 615pp), VOLUME 8: In Canticum canticorum et Librum Sapientiae (viii + 714pp., Editio nova 1866), VOLUME 9: In Ecclesiasticum 1-25 (xii + 692pp., Editio nova 1868), VOLUME 10: In Ecclesiasticum 26-51 (664pp.), VOLUME 11: In Isaiam Prophetam (826pp.), VOLUME 12: In Jeremiam, Threnos, Baruch et Ezechielem (926pp.), VOLUME 13: In Danielem, Osee, Joelem, Amos (703pp.), VOLUME 14: In Abdiam, Jonam, Michaeam, Nahum, Hababuc, Sophoniam, Aggaeum, Zachariam, Malachiam (676pp.), VOLUME 15: In SS. Matthaeum et Marcum (x + 775pp.), VOLUME 16: In SS. Lucam et Joannem (vi + 702pp.), VOLUME 17: In Acta Apostolorum (iv + 477pp.), VOLUME 18: Divi Pauli Epistolarum (xx + 686pp., Editio nova 1866), VOLUME 19: In epistolas Divi Pauli (615pp., title page missing), VOLUME 20: Epistolarum Canonicarum (729pp), VOLUME 21: In Apocalypsin S. Joannis (xliii + 460pp)], weight: 32kg., R106917
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A LARGE ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH AN HISTORIATED INITIAL FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN
TEXT FROM THE OPENING OF THE GOSPEL SEQUENCES
France ca. middle of the 15th century. 229 x 165 mm. 9 x 6 1/2". Single column 17 lines in a fine regular gothic book hand. Rubrics in red BOTH SIDES WITH AN INTRICATE THREE-QUARTER BORDER of swirling hairline stems bearing many burnished gold bezants acanthus leaves and other vegetation and blossoms including unusually a large gourd in each border THE RECTO WITH A PROMINENT SIX-LINE HISTORIATED "C" in blue and pink with white tracery THE CENTER OF THE LETTER OCCUPIED BY THE ANGEL OF SAINT MATTHEW in a pink robe with blue wings and bearing a banderole with the saint's name the initial outlined with thick burnished gold. Tiny smudge to head edge of border on recto minor traces of previous mounting a little rumpling to side margins otherwise in very fine condition quite clean fresh and bright with generous margins and lustrous gold. This attractively illuminated leaf comes from a Book of Hours with uncharacteristically large dimensions and the decorators have made the right decision here to enlarge everything rather than to pack additional material into the design. As a consequence the historiated initial is relatively simple but features quite a large figure there are fewer acanthus leaves than the borders could accommodate though they are more robust and the gourds stand out as especially striking elements that are closer to whopping than to diminutive. The scribal hand is also enlarged here and the whole leaf gives the suggestion of a manuscript prepared for someone desiring the ostentation linked to an oversized presentation or else for someone whose eyesight is not as good as it used to be. unknown
Bookseller reference : ST12637a
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A LARGE VELLUM ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BIFOLIUM FROM A PSALTER IN LATIN WITH AN HISTORIATED "C.
TEXT FROM PSALM 97
France probably Paris ca. 1290. 370 x 265 mm. 10 3/8 x 14 1/2". Single column 18 lines in a large clear gothic book hand. Matted. Rubrics in red numerous one-line initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork three two-line initials one gold with blue and pink ground and two with decorative penwork others visible on the opposite side but not examined due to the mounting ONE FOUR-LINE HISTORIATED INITIAL DEPICTING SINGING MONKS AT A LECTERN the initial painted pink gilt ground inside the initial and blue outside framed in gold. See: Branner "Manuscript Painting in Paris During the Reign of Saint Louis" pp. 109-115 and pl. XVII. Recovered from a binding and therefore with some light general soiling the gilt rubrics and penwork initials a little rubbed but in remarkably good condition overall and with the initial very well preserved. This is an unusually attractive example of a bifolium later used as a binding with the original leather ties still present the structure of the spine clearly visible and the turn-ins intact. The illumination was almost certainly executed in Paris; very similar iconography can be found in a work by the Parisian Aurifaber atelier active ca. 1250-92 now at the British Library BL Harley 1297. According to Branner this atelier distinguished itself from competitors like the Soissons atelier who worked quickly and relied on routine and repetition with slower more painstaking work. "United with the great talents of the artists their different stylistic tradition and a new taste among patrons this slower pace meant that the illuminators could spend more time on one manuscript could devote themselves to their work and could turn out paintings of considerable quality." p. 109 If this leaf did originate with the Aurifaber atelier it would have likely been from the later period as burnished gold is rarely seen in earlier examples. unknown
Bookseller reference : CBM1605
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A LEAF FROM AN EARLY VELLUM MANUSCRIPT OF GREGORY THE GREAT IN LATIN
HOMILIAE IN EVANGELIAS PART OF HOMILY XXXI
South Germany or more probably Austria second half of the 12th century. 429 x 304 mm. 16 7/8 x 12". Double column 36 lines of text in a fine proto-gothic hand. Text a bit faded on one side an upper corner slightly defective minor soiling and with the grain of the vellum apparent on verso but with the beautiful text entirely legible and the leaf as a whole quite pleasing. The hand here is memorable featuring wide upright letters that could not be more regular. Elected pope in 590 Gregory ca. 540-604 was one of the most influential pontiffs in the history of the Church. In addition to revising liturgical worship he wrote extensively on theology offering homespun wisdom rather than esoteric debates. He was declared a saint immediately upon his death. unknown
Bookseller reference : ST12778-0082
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A LOVELY LITTLE ITALIAN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN
USE OF ROME
Italy Florence ca. 1470. 125 x 85 mm. 5 x 3 1/4". 246 unnumbered leaves COMPLETE; single column 11 lines in an elegant gothic rotunda script. Contents: Calendar f. 1r; Hours of the Virgin "secundum consuetudinem Romane curie" with Matins f. 13r Lauds f. 27v Prime f. 46r Terce f. 52v Sext f. 59v None f. 65v Vespers f. 71v and Compline f. 83v; Office of the Dead f. 113r; Seven Penitential Psalms f. 189r; Litany f. 208r; Hours of the Cross f. 223r; 15 Gradual Psalms f. 229r. Very pretty 18th century red morocco elegantly gilt covers bordered by plain and decorative rules enclosing a panel with large central floral spray two birds perched on its leaves this surrounded by tiny gilt circles and two more birds in flight and framed by gracefully twining foliage; smooth spine divided into panels by triple gilt fillets the panels with floral sprig centerpiece and volute cornerpieces gilt titling turn-ins densely gilt marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Rubrics in red numerous one-line initials in red or blue frequent two-line initials in blue with delicate red penwork or burnished gold with blue penwork six three- or four-line illuminated initials in blue green pink magenta and burnished gold one large 35 x 45 mm. illuminated initial in colors and gold from which emanates a full floral border with many gold bezants hairline vines and a putto FOUR LARGE HISTORIATED INITIALS beginning the Hours of the Virgin depicting the Madonna and Child Office of the Dead a scythe-wielding skeleton Office of the Holy Cross the Man of Sorrows and the Seven Penitential Psalms David with his harp ALL WITH EXCEPTIONALLY ELABORATE FLORAL BORDERS FEATURING MEDALLION PORTRAITS PUTTI AND MUCH BURNISHED GOLD. Front pastedown with engraved bookplate of Marie-Louise-�lisabeth d'Orl�ans Duchesse de Berry 1695-1719; first page with ink stamp of "Monseigr. le Prince de Cond� Gouv. de Bourgogne et Bresse"; last page with ink stamp of �cole Royale Militaire de Soreze; second page and last page with unidentified armorial stamp of a bishop; two other unidentified ink stamps. One-inch crack at head of rear joint general minor rubbing to spine and edges but the binding entirely sound still quite lustrous and generally well preserved; trimmed close with very slight loss at fore edge of full borders and trivial loss at top and bottom script somewhat faded on half a dozen pages occasional minor thumbing otherwise A BEAUTIFUL WORK INTERNALLY the vellum fresh and bright the colors vivid and the paint and glistening gold intact. The production of a highly desirable artist favored by European royalty this work boasts an abundance of noble associations with a small but dazzling decorative program to match. The delicate pink-tinged molding of the figures the presence of decorative putti and birds and the exuberant borders make this the unmistakable work of Francesco di Antonio del Chierico 1433-84 a precociously talented illuminator and goldsmith working in Florence during the height of its golden age. Chierico received major commissions from the time he was in his early twenties counting among his patrons Cosimo Piero and Lorenzo de' Medici as well as Federico da Montefeltro Duke of Urbino who constructed one of the greatest libraries of the Italian Renaissance complete with its own scriptorium. With the help and connections of the bookseller Vespasian Bisticci Chierico's fame spread quickly throughout Italy and into neighboring countries. Other known patrons included the King of Naples Alfonso of Aragon King Mattias Corvinus of Hungary and King Louis XI of France among others. Thus it is hardly surprising that while the script decorative patterns and illustrations all indicate that this Book of Hours was executed in Florence the rest of its known provenance is French. Although this work contains no obvious clues that might indicate the identity of the original patron other markings reveal its distinguished ownership history beginning in the early 18th century. The first known owner the especially fertile Duchesse de Berry was born at Versailles and lived a short but scandalous life having incurred no fewer than six pregnancies by various men at the time of her death at 23 Voltaire was famously imprisoned for talking about her transgressions in the presence of a police informant. Later our manuscript fell into the possession of Louis-Joseph de Bourbon Prince de Cond� 1736-1818 a staunch supporter of the monarchy who barely escaped the Reign of Terror and the fate of his less fortunate Bourbon relatives. Even without the knowledge of its lofty provenance or the reputation of the artist one can plainly see the high level of aesthetic achievement here in the impeccable application of paint in the intricate borders the beautifully convincing depiction of human and angelic bodies and the faultless balance in design and color. Installed in some of the most prestigious collections in the world the British Library the Getty the Walters etc. Chierico's work continues to be vigorously collected. unknown
Bookseller reference : ST12989
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A NEUKIRCHEN Martinus O.F.M.Cap.
De Capitulo Generali in primo Ordine Seraphico
Romae [Rome], Institutum Historicum Ord. Fr. Min. Cap. 1952 xxxi + 543pp., 26cm., original softcover, in the series "Bibliotheca Seraphico-Capuccina. Sectio historica" vol.12, text in Latin, pages still uncut, text is clean and bright, good condition, weight: 1kg., R118404
Bookseller reference : R118404
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A PRINTED LEAF FROM A BIBLE IN LATIN
TEXT FROM JEREMIAH
London: Henry Middleton 1585. 216 x 152 mm. 8 1/2 x 6". Double column of text surrounded by commentary roman type in two sizes. Matted. Darlow & Moule 6176; STC 2060. Fine condition. Henry Middleton unknown
Bookseller reference : CEs257
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A ron Vanspauwen
In Defence of Faith, Against the Manichaeans. Critical Edition and Historical, Literary and Theological Study of the Treatise Aduersus Manichaeos, Attributed to Evodius of Uzalis
, Brepols, 2021 Hardback, 520 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Language: English. ISBN 9782503589954.
Bookseller reference : 65437
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A R.P. Francisco Noel
Theologiae R.P. Fr.Suarez e societate Jesu summa seu compendium - Tomus Primus : De deo uno et trino, de Angelis, de opere sex dierum ac de anima, de deo ut fine hominis, de legibus ac deo legislatore.
Apud Ludovicum Vives Bibliopolam Editorem. 1888. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos abîmé, Papier jauni. 584 pages - pages non coupées - dos abîmé, ouvrage désolidarisé - adhésif en renfort sur les coiffes - ouvrage en latin - textes sur deux colonnes.. . . . Classification Dewey : 470-Langues italiques. Latin
Bookseller reference : R320127379
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A VELLUM ILLUMINATED MINIATURE MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN AND DUTCH WITH CHARMING HISTORIATED INITIALS
USE OF ROME
Netherlands ca. 1460. 90 x 63 mm. 3 1/2 x 2 1/2". 343 leaves COMPLETE single column 17 lines in a gothic book hand. Contents: blank page f. 1r; Calendar with two charts and two diagrams in Dutch and Latin f. 1v; Various prayers to Christ and meditations on the Passion including the prayer to the Holy Face of Christ and "O Bone Jesu" f. 17; Hours of the Passion f. 24r; Hours of the Virgin f. 45r; three blank leaves f. 97-99; Various prayers to the Virgin including "O Intemerata" and "Obsecro te" f. 100r; Hours of the Holy Spirit with masses f. 124r; Weekday Hours with masses f. 133r; Seven Penitential Psalms and Litany f. 188r; Office of the Dead f. 208r; Suffrages f. 245r; Various prayers f. 274r; Seven verses of St. Bernard f. 310v; blank leaf f. 312; Reading from 2 John describing the Passion followed by various prayers f. 313r; Prayers in an informal hand f. 328r; Fifteen Paternosters in Dutch f. 329r; A rubric in Dutch followed by prayers in Dutch f. 339r. Attractive 17th century dark brown morocco with extensive gilt tooling covers and spine with a lacy circular motif surrounded by a halo of small flowers all framed by floral borders and cornerpieces original straps and brass clasps bearing a shell motif all edges gilt with a painted now faded floral design. Rubrics in red numerous one-line initials in red and blue line fillers in red and blue "KL" of Kalends and numerous two-line initials gilt on blue and pink ground many three-line initials and several larger initials at major intervals in combinations of red blue and gold with floral decoration 37 LEAVES WITH FULL FLORAL BORDERS of acanthus leaves blossoms gold dots and vine-stem and 19 HISTORIATED INITIALS including one that is more of a half-page miniature. Leather with general minor wear but the binding entirely sound and extremely pleasing. Borders with a little smudging and trimmed close at the fore edge though the decoration grazed in just a few cases vellum with light soiling here and there more on the first and last few leaves other quite minor signs of use but THE CONTENTS VERY CLEAN OVERALL AND THE HISTORIATED INITIALS WELL PRESERVED. With small-scale historiation and a large collection of accessory texts and prayers this diminutive Book of Hours is of special interest for its extensive decorative charm and textual complexity. In addition to the Hours of the Virgin integral to every Book of Hours this volume contains three other major prayer cycles: the Hours of the Passion the Hours of the Holy Spirit and the Weekday Hours. The last was a specialty of 15th century Flemish Books of Hours and as here was often accompanied by an image cycle. As noted by Wieck in "Time Sanctified" the accompanying images reflect the devotion of that particular day: Sunday Hours of the Holy Trinity Monday Hours of the Dead Tuesday Hours of the Holy Spirit Wednesday Hours of All Saints Thursday Hours of the Holy Sacrament Friday Hours of the Cross and the Saturday Hours of the Virgin. The other major cycle of images here belongs to the Hours of the Virgin and depicts the usual event for each hour: Annunciation Visitation Nativity Annunciation to the Shepherds Adoration of the Magi Presentation in the Temple Massacre of the Innocents and the Flight into Egypt. The artist of these initials had very little space to work with given the small dimensions of the page but he met the challenge with considerable success; each initial displays a surprising amount of information about the figures and surroundings. The hand is practiced and confident and the detail work quite clear. The figures make the most of the space they inhabit and the overall impression is one of great delight and an unexpected degree of character. In addition to the formal cycles mentioned above the present Book of Hours is further distinguished by an unusually large number of prayers blessings and readings most of which give clues about how this particular book would have been used. Since a Book of Hours like this one would have been highly customizable further study of these auxiliary texts could reveal much about the identity of the patron. unknown
Bookseller reference : ST13806
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A VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A LUXURIOUS MISSAL IN LATIN WITH AN HISTORIATED INITIAL DEPICTING THE ENTOMBMENT OF CHRIST
TEXT BEGINNING WITH "NOS AUTEM GLORIARI OPORTET.
Italy perhaps Perugia ca. 1280. 365 x 245 mm. 14 3/8 x 9 5/8". Double column 25 lines in a fine gothic rotunda. Rubrics in red four one-line initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork two two-line initials and two four-line initials painted pink and blue with green and orange highlights beautifully gilt all but one initial with wing-like extenders at the head and tail; A FIVE-LINE HISTORIATED "I" with a prophet holding a book on a gilt ground with extenders as elsewhere AND A FIVE-LINE HISTORIATED "N" DEPICTING THE ENTOMBMENT OF CHRIST the scene on a gold ground and the initial in pink on a blue ground with white penwork with extenders. Voelkle and Wieck "The Bernard H. Breslauer Collection of Manuscript Illuminations" no. 59. Gold with two negligible chips on one of the lesser initials text a little faded on verso three tiny round wormholes other very minor imperfections but IN REMARKABLY FINE CONDITION the paint fresh and perfectly preserved and the gold glistening. Based on the number of fine initials present here as well as the high quality of the illumination there is no question that this leaf comes from a particularly sumptuous Missal. Although an exact workshop or artist identification has thus far eluded scholars the delicate style and high quality of the decoration suggest that both the scribe and the artist were working in Perugia and were clearly of high caliber. The attention to detail the artful molding of the figures and the confident application of paint are thoroughly excellent. According to Voelkle and Wieck this leaf and its sister mentioned in the Breslauer catalogue are unusual Missal specimens in that the large initial marking the Introit actually illustrates the Gospel reading for that day. In our case the Introit initial depicts Joseph of Arimathea laying the body of Christ in his own tomb recounting a scene from the Passion described in Mark 14:32-72 and 15:1-46. According to this passage it was Joseph who asked Pilate for the body of Christ bought linen in which to wrap the corpse and "laid him in a sepulcher which was hewed out of a rock." Mark 15:46 Although the artist has depicted the scene in finer surroundings than suggested by Mark--with arches and candles set upon a gold ground--he has stayed true to the Word by depicting an uneven rocky surface under the smooth stone tomb. The smaller historiated initial features the prophet Jeremiah in half length and holding a book marking the beginning of the Epistle reading from the Book of Jeremiah. This leaf comes from the distinguished collection of Bernard Breslauer 1918-2004 the legendary bookdealer whose excellent private collection of Medieval manuscript leaves early printed books and fine bindings spoke to his experience and discerning eye. His collection was sold in two sales in 2005 by Christie's for more than $4000000. unknown
Bookseller reference : CBM1706
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