FIDES TUA TE SALVUM FECIT: I DIPINTI VOTIVI NEL SANUARIO DI SANTA MARIA DEL MONTE A CESENA

Faranda, Franco

Verlag: Artioli, Modena, 1997

Beschreibung

Large Quarto, 320 pages on glossy paper, many color photos throughout of the magnificent and incomparable collection of 'ex voto' images presented in honor of Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Wonderful and intimate view of daily life in early Renaissance period on. The imposing complex of the Abbey of Santa Maria del Monte rises on the Spaziano hill in Cesena . Situated on the remains of a former church built in the 9th century , enlarged and embellished in a period presumably between 1001 and 1026 when the monastery was founded, it reached its present appearance at the end of subsequent restorations between the 15th and the 16th centuries century. The interior is an aisle with four chapels per side, which preserve highly prestigious artwork. At the top, on the three sides, runs the frieze of Gerolamo Longhi which contains fourteen scenes of the Virgin 's life. Book is AS NEW except one trivial edge ding to the cover. A rare opportunity. THIS VOLUME LISTS AND DESCRIBES EVERY EX VOTO IN THE MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION. Text is in Italian. The abbey's outstanding heritage is the ex voto collection, a collection of 690 pieces of great value, consisting of painted tablets dating from the 1400s depicting the miracles with which the Virgin of the Mount expresses its protection in Cesena and Cesena.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1505592046941

Bibliografische Details

Titel: FIDES TUA TE SALVUM FECIT: I DIPINTI VOTIVI ...

Verlag: Artioli, Modena

Erscheinungsdatum: 1997

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition