Vetera Analecta, Sive Collectio Veterum Aliquot Operum et Opusculorum Omnis Generis, Carminum, Epistolarum, Diplomatum, Epitaphiorum, etc.

Jean Mabillon; Louis Francois Joseph de LA Barre

Paris: Montalant, 1723

[Medieval Monasticism] Folio, 40 x 25 cm. Bound in full contemporary calf.  Some corrosion to rear board.  Joints cracked, front board detached.  Loss to spine leather. Text block sound. Marbled end sheets. Text printed in two columns. 43, 573 p., [7] pages. Blind stamp on title. 

  A study by the Benedictine historian and Maurist, Jean Mabillon (1632-1707). Mabillon founded the study of paleography, and significantly, established a system to critically read, date and authenticate medieval documents. 

Nova editio, cui acc. Mabilonii vita & Aliquot opuscula, scilicet Dissertatio de pane eucharistico, azymo ac fermentato, ad Eminentiss. Cardinalem Bona. Subiungitur Eldefonsi Hispaniensis Episcopi de eodem argumento. Et Eusebii Romani ad Theophilum Gallum epistola De cultu sanctorum ignotorum.  

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