Benedetto XVI - Deus caritas est - 2008

Deus Caritas Est Encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI FMR Franca Maria Ricci Total work of art in the form of a book conceived by the Marilena Ferrari Foundation FMR and produced by the Marilena Ferrari Art House in the format of 39x57x6.8 cm in seven hundred copies numbered in Arabic numerals from 1/700 to 700/700. Three additional out-of-commerce copies have also been produced, marked with the letters A to C, intended for authors and contributors of the edition. The text of the first Letter Encyclical of His Holiness Benedict XVI, virtuously penned in Gothic penmanship by calligrapher Barbara Calzolari in Bologna, and the initial caps, miniatures and friezes, executed with a graphite and lead-point and painted with vegetal and artificial colors by miniaturist Tiziana Bironi in Bologna, were printed lithographically in 10 color passes at the art printing shop of Luigi Berardinelli in Verona. The front and back of the Work are enriched by two bas-reliefs patinated in 800 silver depicting the portrait and the coat of arms of His Holiness Benedict XVI modeled by Tiziano Bollini in Cologne and made with the ancient terra-fusion process at the artistic workshop of Giuseppe Belotti in Erbusco. The Work is signed by Marilena Ferrari and numbered 322/700 CONDITION: EXCELLENT

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