Usard (2 results)

[8] + LIX + 849pp., "Ce volume a été tiré à 100 exemplaires en dehors de la collection Bollandienne", this copy is not numbered, 40x27cm., solid modern hardcover (marbled boards, spine in cloth), small stamp on title page, text and interior are clean and bright except for few occasional foxing, text in Latin, good condition, weight: 4.2kg., R106865.

Facsimile Reprint. Folio. 46.3 × 33.0 cm. 252pp. 705 colour medallion miniatures connected with floral frames surround the exquisitely written text, including red/blue and gold leaf initials, heightened with gold. From the Library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, gilt filleted red goatskin with decorative gilt arms and 'Don Pedro de Aragon in gilt to boards, enclosed in matching red goatskin slipcase tooled in gilt, some minor marking and several light scratches. [WITH] [COMMENTARY] by Rosa Ferrer, Jaume Camprodon, Josefa Arnall, Gabriel oura, Milada Studnicková, Cristina Gómez I Morell, and Joaquín Yarza Luaces. 4to. 410pp. Profusely ills. in colour. Spanish text. D/w. in cardboard case as issued. Thus 2 vols. in total. No. 441 of a Limited Edition of 987 Copies. With Authentication Certificate affixed to rear pastedown.'This manuscript is arguably the most beautiful of the "Soft Style" despite the fact that each page is filled with scenes of gruesome violence, martyrdoms to be precise: 700+ medallion miniatures with scenes of saints either meeting a violent end or being entombed. Despite their size, these scenes are incredibly detailed and feature elaborately patterned backgrounds. Floral frames connect these medallions and surround the exquisitely written text, including red/blue and gold leaf initials. Created ca. 1400 in Prague, this manuscript contains the 9th century text of the Martyrology of Usuard, written by the monk Usuard (d. 877) at the behest of Charles the Bald. This is a spectacular specimen from the court of King Wenceslas IV of Bohemia (13611419), which was one of the grandest in Europe at the time.' Moleiro. US$3341.