Sant'Isidoro - Sancti Isidori Pelusiotae De Interpretatione Divinae Scripturae Epistolarum - 1745

First Venetian edition of 538 pages, printed in double columns. In folio. Bound in parchment with a label on the spine. Text in Latin. Inner pages are clean but with scattered browning. A beautiful copy in good condition. A collection of letters on the Holy Scripture, divided into valuable sections.
Isidoro di Pelusio (c. 450) was born in Egypt to an important Alexandrian family. He became an ascetic and moved to a mountain near the city of Pelusium, following the tradition of the Desert Fathers. Isidoro is known for his letters, written to Cyril of Alexandria, Theodosius II, and many others. A collection of 2,000 letters was compiled in antiquity at the monastery of the Insomniacs in Constantinople, and this has come down to us through numerous manuscripts, with each letter numbered and organized. The letters are mostly very short extracts, one or two sentences long. Other unpublished letters in Syriac translation exist. Some letters are of notable interest for the exegesis of the Greek Bible. The only existing works of Saint Isidoro are a substantial correspondence, including over 2,000 letters.