[Etching:] Ceremonies of the Jews upon the Sabbath Day

Antoine Augustin Calmet

Verlag: [1732]

Beschreibung

Copperplate engraving by Phil a Gunst from an unknowing original. In acid free Mylar envelope. It depicts domestic Sabbath rituals. Plate size 31.1 x 19.7 cm. Leaf size: 40 x 24 cm. Antoine Augustin Calmet, O.S.B. (26 February 1672 ¿ 25 October 1757), a French Benedictine monk, was born at Ménil-la-Horgne, then in the Duchy of Bar, part of the Holy Roman Empire (now the French department of Meuse, located in the region of Lorraine). Calmet was a pious monk as well as a learned man, and one of the most distinguished members of the Congregation of St. Vanne. In recognition of these qualities he was elected prior of Lay-Saint-Christophe in 1715, Abbot of St-Léopold at Nancy in 1718, and of Senones Abbey in 1729. He was twice entrusted with the office of Abbot General of the congregation. Pope Benedict XIII wished to confer episcopal dignity upon him, but his humility could not be brought to accept the honour. He wrote several works on the Bible, a noted history of the Duchy of Lorraine, and a history of the Abbey of Senones, which was still in manuscript form at the time of his death. Calmet was greatly admired by the philosopher Voltaire, who visited the abbey on several occasions. His two-volume study "Treaty on the Apparitions of spir. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 008612

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Titel: [Etching:] Ceremonies of the Jews upon the ...

Verlag: [1732]

Einband: No Binding

Illustrator: Phil a Gunst, based on an unknown original

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