ERASMES ROTEROD - Divi caecilii cypriani episcopi carthaginensis et martyris - 1539
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One-volume Latin folio edition of Divi caecilii cypriani episcopi carthaginensis et martyris by ERASMES ROTEROD, Basel 1539, first edition, published by Ex officina Hervagiana, bound in brown vellum and measuring about 31 × 22 cm with 900 pages.
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1 volume of folio size (32 cm height & 23 cm length)
Title: illuminated book of Divi caecilii cypriani episcopi carthaginensis et martyris opera iam quartrum accuratiori uigilantia à men dis repurgata, per des ERASMES ROTEROD
full brown vellum binding, smooth spine, centered plate featuring a portrait of Saint John of Damascus with a 24-carat gold halo.
Year 1539 – BASLE – printed Ex officina Hervagiana
A very beautiful work with a unique binding executed on the plate of the portrait of Saint John of Damascus, also called Saint John Damascene of the 7th century, illuminating his face with a 24-carat gold halo and holding in his left hand a parchment in GREEK indicating:
"GOD comes into the soul and the soul migrates into GOD"
The illustrated text features numerous pages illuminated in 24-carat gold and silver, with Oriental-colored initials and typical architectural representation.
Decorated with arabesques of the tree of life and ornithology.
Manuscript annotations here and there.
527 pages + 185 pages + 123 pages and some pages unnumbered
Overall condition: good
1 volume of folio size (32 cm height & 23 cm length)
Title: illuminated book of Divi caecilii cypriani episcopi carthaginensis et martyris opera iam quartrum accuratiori uigilantia à men dis repurgata, per des ERASMES ROTEROD
full brown vellum binding, smooth spine, centered plate featuring a portrait of Saint John of Damascus with a 24-carat gold halo.
Year 1539 – BASLE – printed Ex officina Hervagiana
A very beautiful work with a unique binding executed on the plate of the portrait of Saint John of Damascus, also called Saint John Damascene of the 7th century, illuminating his face with a 24-carat gold halo and holding in his left hand a parchment in GREEK indicating:
"GOD comes into the soul and the soul migrates into GOD"
The illustrated text features numerous pages illuminated in 24-carat gold and silver, with Oriental-colored initials and typical architectural representation.
Decorated with arabesques of the tree of life and ornithology.
Manuscript annotations here and there.
527 pages + 185 pages + 123 pages and some pages unnumbered
Overall condition: good
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Religion
Book title
Divi caecilii cypriani episcopi carthaginensis et martyris
Author/ Illustrator
ERASMES ROTEROD
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1539
Height
31 cm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
22 cm
Language
Latin
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Ex officina Hervagiana
Binding/ Material
Vellum
Number of pages
900
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