ERASMES ROTEROD - Divi caecilii cypriani episcopi...

1 volume of folio size (32 cm height & 23 cm length) Title: illuminated book of Divi caecilii cypriani episcopi carthaginensis et martyris opera iam quartrum accuratiori uigilantia à men dis repurgata, per des ERASMES ROTEROD full brown vellum binding, smooth spine, centered plate featuring a portrait of Saint John of Damascus with a 24-carat gold halo. Year 1539 – BASLE – printed Ex officina Hervagiana A very beautiful work with a unique binding executed on the plate of the portrait of Saint John of Damascus, also called Saint John Damascene of the 7th century, illuminating his face with a 24-carat gold halo and holding in his left hand a parchment in GREEK indicating: "GOD comes into the soul and the soul migrates into GOD" The illustrated text features numerous pages illuminated in 24-carat gold and silver, with Oriental-colored initials and typical architectural representation. Decorated with arabesques of the tree of life and ornithology. Manuscript annotations here and there. 527 pages + 185 pages + 123 pages and some pages unnumbered Overall condition: good

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