Choir Book with Selected Texts for the Mass and Office; in Latin with some Italian, illuminated stenciled book on paper with musical notation, in original binding
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- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Chicago , Illinois, United States
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About This Item
ILLUMINATED CHOIR BOOK MADE BY STENCILS. In Latin with some Italian, illuminated stenciled book on paper with musical notation, Italy, late 18th-19th century. Dimensions 460 x 320 mm, 23 folios, complete, on very thick paper, prickings remain, seven lines of text and seven red four-line staves on each page, FIVE LARGE ILLUMINATED INITIALS, equivalent to one line of text and a musical stave in the medieval style. BINDING: 18th-century BINDING of gold-tooled leather with an ecclesiastical coat of arms, border on both covers, smooth spine, edges dyed red. TEXT: Books made by means of stencils occupy a fascinating mid-ground between manuscripts and printing with movable type. This is a particularly well-executed example, adorned with illuminated initials. It was certainly made for someone in or close to the rare Piarist Order (the "Order of the Pious Schools"). Bound in an 18th-century gold-tooled armorial binding, this handsome book was surely made as a special presentation copy. PROVENANCE: Made for someone of high rank close to, or within, the Piarist Order, perhaps an abbot; includes the Mass and Divine Office for St. Joseph Calasanctius (1556-1648), founder of the order, who was canonized in 1767; front flyleaf, of a small landscape surrounded by ornament against a striped background by Georg Leopold Hertel (printmaker) and Johann Georg Hertel I (publisher) in Augsburg, c. 1760. CONDITION: a few stains throughout, front hinge of binding broken, somewhat rubbed, but in overall excellent condition. Full description and images available [TM 994]
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- Bookseller
- Les Enluminures (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TM 994
- Title
- Choir Book with Selected Texts for the Mass and Office; in Latin with some Italian, illuminated stenciled book on paper with musical notation, in original binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Italy, late 18th-19th century
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- illuminated stenciled book, stenciled book, eighteenth century, texts for the mass, Latin, Italian, Italy, pochoir, illumination
- Bookseller catalogs
- Italian Manuscripts;
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About the Seller
Les Enluminures
Biblio member since 2010
Chicago , Illinois
About Les Enluminures
Les Enluminures was founded in Paris in 1991 by Dr. Sandra Hindman in association with the Chicago-based business, and it has opened a gallery in New York in May 2012. Specializing in manuscripts and miniatures from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Edges
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- Spine
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