[POST-INCUNABULA] - Sermones Dominicales - 1541

[POSTINKUNABEL – RELIGION - PREACHING - THEOLOGY]

Domini Philippi de Monte Calerio, of the Order of Friars Minor, Professor of Sacred Theology, Sunday Sermons

Philippus de Monte Calerio (Franciscan, Preacher)
1541, Lyon, France

Early Lyon edition of the “Sunday Sermons” by the Franciscan theologian Philippus de Monte Calerio, a widely circulated collection of sermons on the Gospels of the liturgical year. In careful Latin typography, the work offers elaborated model sermons in which scholastic theology, moral instruction, and exemplary exempla are combined into practical homiletics – an important document of late medieval and early modern preaching culture.

The magnificently framed title with woodcut border shows a writing monk in his study, framed by rich Renaissance ornament – a typical product of the Giunta workshop in Lyon. The text includes numerous decorative woodcut initials. Typography and layout are clear and readable, making the volume not only a significant source for theology and piety history but also an attractive collectible from the postinunableness period.

Particularly appealing is the hand-written fore-edge inscription (“Montis calerii”), which suggests early modern library or monastic provenance.

Exemplar from a later period in plain, probably added cardboard covers, with obvious signs of use. The hinges are broken, but the binding itself remains largely firm. The paper at the outer white margins is slightly water-stained in places, but the inner pages are overall clean and legible. Extent: 12 unpaginated leaves, 340 leaves.