CAMALDOLESE ORDER, ORDO CAMALDULENSIUM (ed.) - Sanctus BENEDICTUS
Reference : R96665
(1709)
Firenze, Nella Stamperia di Michele Nestenus, e Antonmaria Borghigiani 1709 xii + 276pp. + 1 full-page engraving out-of-text (depicting S. Romuald), engraved vignette on title page, with ornamented initials and head- and tailpieces, contains an extensive index (pp.221-276), 22cm., two libr.stamps and small libr.number on title page, text in Italian, text is clean and bright with only few occasional small stains, contemporary full leather binding (some defects on spine and on boards have been repaired professionally, title label on paper at spine, few blind-tooled decorations on both boards), very rare (not in OCLC), [This work contains the constitution of the hermite Camaldolese congregation, based on the rule of S. Benedict. The "Ordo Camaldulensium" (O.Camald.) was established by S. Romuald (ca.950-1027) in Camaldoli (near Arezzo in Tuscany, Italy). Romuald attempted to merge the cenobitical life of the West with the eremitical life of the East (nicely illustrated by this excerpt from their 'Brief Rule': "Sit in your cell as in Paradise"), and he also (re)introduced the idea of the lavra in Western monasticism. Feature of the rules is an extreme way of ascetism and rigour, making the Camaldolese order one of the most severe orders of all times (e.g. most of the time an abstinence on water and bread & living in separate cells). Romuald did not leave any written rule though ; the first attempts were made in 1080 by Rudolph I and the rules underwent changes over time. This work is a second edition of the rules published in 1671], R96665
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Montiscasini. 1900. In-Folio. Broché. Etat d'usage, Plats abîmés, Dos fané, Quelques rousseurs. 23 + 86 pages. Illustré de fac-similés en noir et blanc sur planches hors texte en fin d'ouvrage. Préface en français. Papier muet encollé sur le dos, le consolidant.Etiquette de code sur la couverture. Quelques tampons de bibliothèque (et ex-libris). Traces de colle sur la couverture. Manques sur les bords du 2e plat.. . . . Classification Dewey : 470-Langues italiques. Latin
(Rare) A Praestantissimo Teste usque Repetita Codice Sangallensi 914 Nunc Primum Omnibus Numeris Expresso Cura et Studio Monachroum in Archicoenobio Casinensi Degentium. Classification Dewey : 470-Langues italiques. Latin