Sindon Evangelica. Accesserunt Hymni aliquot, Insignis Bulla Pontificia.
Turin (Augusta Taurinorum): Apud haeredes Nicolai Beuilaquae, 1581.
Small Quarto. 80, [4] pp. Bound in later blue-grey paper wrappers; minor shelf wear. Internally clean, with occasional foxing. Title page within an elaborate woodcut architectural border; numerous historiated and ornamental woodcut initials; a full-page heraldic woodcut; and a large folding woodcut depicting the exposition of the Shroud before three bishops. Registrum and errata leaf at rear.
First edition of the first book devoted entirely to the history of the Shroud of Turin, and a foundational work in the development of modern Sindonology. Pingon, official court historiographer to the House of Savoy, was commissioned to document the Shroud following its translation from Chambéry to Turin in 1578. An important monument of early Shroud literature and a foundational work in the development of modern Sindonology.
. Good. Item #909
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