Beschreibung
RARE VOLUME, published in Antwerp in 1650. Full title as follows: "Het Leven Ende Mirakelen Vanden H. Ende Honichvloeyenden Leeraer Bernardus - Beschreven In't Latijn Door Dry Verscheyden Auhurs - Van Nieuvvs Ovefgheset Uyt Latijn In't Neder-Duyts Door Fr. Gaspar Verstockt Religieus Ende Priester Der Abdije Van Ouse Lieve-Vrouvve, Tex Plaetse Van S. Bernaert Op't Scheldt, Der Orden Van Cisteaux". Published by Guilliam Lesteens, inde Hooghstraet, inden gulden Pellicaen, Antwerpen. TEXT in DUTCH. Preface by F. Gaspar Verstockt. Woodcut vignette to title page, full-page coat-of-arms engraving following dedication page at front, & full-page engraving preceding Kalendier at rear. With printed margin notes. Very scarce work, with Worldcat showing only 6 libraries holding a copy worldwide, all being this 1650 edition, & notes "beschreven in 't latijn door dry verscheyden autheurs; van nieuvvs overgheset uyt Latijn in 't Neder-duyts door Fr. Gaspar Verstockt. Subject: Bernardus, van Clairvaux (1090-1153)". "Bernard of Clairvaux was a French abbot & a major leader in the reform of Benedictine monasticism that caused the formation of the Cistercian order. Bernard's theology & Mariology continue to be of major importance, particularly within the Cistercian & Trappist orders. Interestingly, in the year 1128 Bernard attended the Council of Troyes, at which he traced the outlines of the Rule of the Knights Templar, which soon became the ideal of Christian nobility. Bernard led to the foundation of 163 monasteries in different parts of Europe. At his death, they numbered 343. His influence led Pope Alexander III to launch reforms that would lead to the establishment of canon law. He was the first Cistercian monk placed on the calendar of saints & was canonized by Pope Alexander III on 18 January 1174. In 1830 Pope Pius VIII bestowed upon Bernard the title 'Doctor of the Church'." Small thick volume. Text in blackletter Gothic script. Laid paper. With early/contemporary stubs/strips of illuminated manuscript vellum (frisket sheets) at both front & rear inner hinges to reinforce the binding. NOTE: The front & rear frisket sheets in this book (vellum strips which were inserted into the printing press at some point for red printing) have been included in the census of early modern frisket sheets via the University of London through the Bibliographical Society of America. Bound in contemporary FULL VELLUM, raised bands, yapp edges, no external lettering. Covers age-worn & rippled, old ink notation to top of title page ("a la Bibliotheque de Colen"), lacks front endpaper (begins at title page), handling wear, binding slightly shaken, very faint unobtrusive staining, small closed tear to one page, otherwise a nice clean solid vellum-bound copy. Internally VERY GOOD. Full pagination as follows: title page, 3pp (preface), engraving, 18pp (introductory), 421pp, engraving, 19pp (Kalendier), 11pp (Tafel), rear endpaper. Page 197 misprinted as "167", page 328 misprinted as "228", page 395 misprinted as "593". EXTREMELY RARE. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 001022
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