Anonyme - Martyrologium Romanum - 1586

Rarest monumental edition of the official liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church, listing the saints, martyrs and confessors honored each day of the year -

This text, the fruit of scholarly and critical work carried out by Baronio, cardinal and historian of the Counter-Reformation, aims to offer an authenticated and organized compilation of hagiographical traditions, distinguishing reliable sources from apocryphal legends -

The work illustrates Rome's will to consolidate the memory of the saints as a model of faith and unity, in a context of religious tensions and doctrinal reaffirmation in the face of Protestant reforms -

Anonymous - Martyrologium Romanum - 1586 - Christophori Plantini -
408 Pages.

State of the binding: book in its full antique leather, signs of wear, missing headcaps, hinges detached, the back board is fragile as only one point remains attached, corners worn, gilded edges, smooth decorated spine, gilded rules framing the boards with a gold motif in the center -

Good interior condition, browning and damp stains, some leaves beginning to detach, beautiful initials, pages printed in red and black, fine engraving, old stamp and manuscript ex-libris on the title page, this martyrology is dated 1586 which corresponds to the second edition of the martyrology after Cesare Baronio's correction -

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