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da Rinonico, Bartolomeo

Opus auree & inexplicabilis bonitatis et continentie. Conformitatum scilicet vite blessed Fran. ad vitam D. nostri Iesu Christi, 1513

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Milan, Giovanni Castiglione, 1513. On 2nd page. Title page printed in two colors with a large vignette depicting Christ and St. Francis carrying a cross, woodcut illustrations on AR paper, the Arbor Conformitum in red and black on A4v paper, the engravings show old coloring, humidity stains and marginal restorations on the first leaves, 19th century half leather and cardboard binding, defects.

Specialist Notes

Second edition, printed three years after the first (1519) and preferable to all subsequent ones, which were edited and censored in the text. This book, one of several legendary writings that arose around the figure of St. Francis and written by Bartolomeo between 1385 and 1390, owes its fame to the author's extravagant assertions to honor the holy founder of his order (St. Francis). It establishes a bold parallel between the life of Jesus and that of St. Francis. The ensuing scandal was such that it led the Franciscans to seek out and destroy the work, which soon became unobtainable.

Adams F906; Sander I 205.