Abbot St Benedict (12 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Rule of Saint Benedict This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. paperback, a very good tightly bound copy, Introduction and Commentary by Esther de Waal, 118pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. [Faggi, Angelo, pseudonym Il Sangrino ] Speculum & Exemplar Christicolarum , vita Beatissimi Patris Benedicti Monachor Patriarche Sanctissimi. Per R.P.D.Angelum Sangrinum Abbatem Congregationis Casine[n]sis carmine conscripta. Rome, Bartolomeo Bonfardino, 1587. Small 4to. [8] leaves + 246 pages of text + [3] p chapter index + [1 blank]p. With 52 exquisite fullpage engravings including a composite engraved title with lively scenes of the life of St Benedict engraved and designed by two outstanding Roman baroque artists; woodcut ornaments throughout, historiated initials at beginnings of chapters. Large printer s woodcut device of a hedgehog at end. Vellum. First edition of this hommage in Latin verse of the life and miracles performed by St Benedict (480-547), founder of the great Benedictine Monastery of Monte Cassino, superbly illustrated with engravings by Aliprando Caprioli after designs of the prominent Roman Baroque painter Bernardino Passeri (1530-c1590). Caprioli was active in Rome between 1575 and 1599 producing historical subjects in the style of Agostino Carracci. The hagiography is divided into 4 parts by Angelo Faggi (1500-93), a learned monk at Montecassino, known as 'Il Sangrino' who became Inquisitor of the Order in 1567 on the recommendation of the Reformer Pope Pius V and ended his life as Abbot of Montecassino. The dedication is to Odoardo Farnese, son of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. Traces of usage, some neat repairs in edges of blank margins, ocasional light traces of waterstaning, but a good copy with strong impressions of the magnificent illustrations; blank margin of title with manuscript presentation inscription to a canon dated 1769. Bartsch XVII, pp27-39; Bury, The Print in Italy 1550-1625, British Museum 2001, p231 (as Passari). On the life of St Benedict, cf: Evelyn Lincoln, Brilliant discourse, pictures. Aliprando Caprioli (illustrator). …

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1858 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 449 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 449.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1864 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 745 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 745.…