Messale di Giorgio di Challant – PRIULI & VERLUCCA EDITORI 1993
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Messale di Giorgio di Challant – PRIULI & VERLUCCA EDITORI 1993
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
Facsimile of late 15th.C liturgical manuscript from Aosta, Italy
LIMITED EDITION No. 258 of 330 copies
Facsimile volume
Exact reproduction of the original document.
Latin text.
Marbled endpapers.
Quarter-bound in brown calfskin spine with spine bands and solid wooden boards with five leather tie-strings.
Two ribbon page markers
352 pages
Commentary volume
Essays by Alberto M. Careggio, Ada Quazza, and Marina Regni.
Quarter-bound brown calfskin spine with gilt spine title and solid wooden boards with blind toolings and five leather tie-strings.
English, French, Italian.
Marbled endpapers.
One ribbon page marker
147 pages
Slipcase
Wooden headboards and brown calfskin sides with blind tooling.
Ribbon book lifter.
55.7×38.3cm.
Price on publication: €7980
Purchase price: €2155
13.8Kg.
Although sold as a “used” book 28 years after publication, my copy was still in its original paper wrapping and had never been opened.
I must also emphasise how huge and heavy this book is, by far the heaviest in my library (although not quite the tallest) as the boards are thick solid timber and not veneer.
Description
The Messale di Giorgio di Challant was created for a Renaissance patron. It contains biblical stories and legends of the saints in a large-format missal with gorgeous illuminations.
Georges de Challant (1440-1509) was a scion of the rich noble Challant family, which resided in the Italian city of Aosta. The great art-lover dedicated his life to the financing of great paintings, manuscripts, and other works of Renaissance art. His missal, which was commissioned in the early 15th century, thereby represents one of the most beautiful handwritten and illuminated books of his collection. The large-format work contains liturgical texts in the finest calligraphy and is furnished with enchanting miniatures.
The medieval church of St. Peter and Orso in the Italian city of Aosta is in possession of some of the greatest masterpieces of late-medieval illumination. A particularly precious treasure of the ecclesiastical collection is the Missale Magnum Festivum Georgii Challandi, the missal of the noble art patron Georges de Challant. The missal that was personally commissioned by him contains 352 parchment pages with religious songs and texts and is illuminated with extraordinary artistry.
Georges was a descendant of the House of Challant, the most powerful and famous noble family in Aosta. He was the leader of the local church and was governor of the County of Aosta. He invested the majority of his wealth in legendarily precious ecclesiastical artistic treasures and was soon counted among the most important art patrons in Italy at the time of the Renaissance. Among the numerous art book, which were financed by Challant, the Missale Magnum occupies a special place. It is probably the most personal work to survive from his private library.
The large-format, hand-illuminated missal consists of 176 double-sided parchment pages, not all of which are provided with a page number. Every page described contains texts in two finely-designed columns. The columns of text always consist of 28 lines. This well-thought-out system was not disrupted anywhere in the book. The incredibly high-quality, artistically attractive illustrations of the missal astound every beholder.
The full-page illustrations in the book display an incredible variety of scenic depictions of biblical stories and saints’ legends. For example, one sees a Crucifixion scene, an Annunciation scene, as well as holiday-related scenes for important church feasts like Easter and Pentecost. Certain symbolic elements in the depictions, which are frequently inspired by nature, lend it as much meaning as the text itself. Never before were book illustrations of this kind made in Italy. Aside from the full-page miniatures, the borders are also visually designed in an enchanting way. Numerous golden initials round out the high-quality impression of the art book.
This manuscript was created with such artistry that even the text pages are magnificently embellished.
Facsimile volume
Commentary volume
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
Facsimile of late 15th.C liturgical manuscript from Aosta, Italy
LIMITED EDITION No. 258 of 330 copies
Facsimile volume
Exact reproduction of the original document.
Latin text.
Marbled endpapers.
Quarter-bound in brown calfskin spine with spine bands and solid wooden boards with five leather tie-strings.
Two ribbon page markers
352 pages
Commentary volume
Essays by Alberto M. Careggio, Ada Quazza, and Marina Regni.
Quarter-bound brown calfskin spine with gilt spine title and solid wooden boards with blind toolings and five leather tie-strings.
English, French, Italian.
Marbled endpapers.
One ribbon page marker
147 pages
Slipcase
Wooden headboards and brown calfskin sides with blind tooling.
Ribbon book lifter.
55.7×38.3cm.
Price on publication: €7980
Purchase price: €2155
13.8Kg.
Although sold as a “used” book 28 years after publication, my copy was still in its original paper wrapping and had never been opened.
I must also emphasise how huge and heavy this book is, by far the heaviest in my library (although not quite the tallest) as the boards are thick solid timber and not veneer.
Description
The Messale di Giorgio di Challant was created for a Renaissance patron. It contains biblical stories and legends of the saints in a large-format missal with gorgeous illuminations.
Georges de Challant (1440-1509) was a scion of the rich noble Challant family, which resided in the Italian city of Aosta. The great art-lover dedicated his life to the financing of great paintings, manuscripts, and other works of Renaissance art. His missal, which was commissioned in the early 15th century, thereby represents one of the most beautiful handwritten and illuminated books of his collection. The large-format work contains liturgical texts in the finest calligraphy and is furnished with enchanting miniatures.
The medieval church of St. Peter and Orso in the Italian city of Aosta is in possession of some of the greatest masterpieces of late-medieval illumination. A particularly precious treasure of the ecclesiastical collection is the Missale Magnum Festivum Georgii Challandi, the missal of the noble art patron Georges de Challant. The missal that was personally commissioned by him contains 352 parchment pages with religious songs and texts and is illuminated with extraordinary artistry.
Georges was a descendant of the House of Challant, the most powerful and famous noble family in Aosta. He was the leader of the local church and was governor of the County of Aosta. He invested the majority of his wealth in legendarily precious ecclesiastical artistic treasures and was soon counted among the most important art patrons in Italy at the time of the Renaissance. Among the numerous art book, which were financed by Challant, the Missale Magnum occupies a special place. It is probably the most personal work to survive from his private library.
The large-format, hand-illuminated missal consists of 176 double-sided parchment pages, not all of which are provided with a page number. Every page described contains texts in two finely-designed columns. The columns of text always consist of 28 lines. This well-thought-out system was not disrupted anywhere in the book. The incredibly high-quality, artistically attractive illustrations of the missal astound every beholder.
The full-page illustrations in the book display an incredible variety of scenic depictions of biblical stories and saints’ legends. For example, one sees a Crucifixion scene, an Annunciation scene, as well as holiday-related scenes for important church feasts like Easter and Pentecost. Certain symbolic elements in the depictions, which are frequently inspired by nature, lend it as much meaning as the text itself. Never before were book illustrations of this kind made in Italy. Aside from the full-page miniatures, the borders are also visually designed in an enchanting way. Numerous golden initials round out the high-quality impression of the art book.
This manuscript was created with such artistry that even the text pages are magnificently embellished.
Facsimile volume
Commentary volume
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
3wcarter
>2 Jobasha:
I purchased it from a specialist book dealer (Facsimile Finder) in San Marino.
I purchased it from a specialist book dealer (Facsimile Finder) in San Marino.
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>1 wcarter:
I normally avoid buying facsimiles of any sort but this would certainly be an exception. This is magnificent and the only other facsimile I have ever seen that tempted me was the Idion Verlag facsimile of the Gutenberg Bible (1977-1979).
I normally avoid buying facsimiles of any sort but this would certainly be an exception. This is magnificent and the only other facsimile I have ever seen that tempted me was the Idion Verlag facsimile of the Gutenberg Bible (1977-1979).
5dpbbooks
Wow!
The only modern equivalent I can think of is Granite and Cypress by Robinson Jeffers, which was printed by William Everson at his Lime Kiln Press in Santa Cruz in 1975. A magnificent work in an edition of 100 numbered copies, printed on handmade Hayle paper and housed in a freestanding cypress case inlaid with a square of granite. Bound in linen with open-laced deerskin.
https://clarklibrary.ucla.edu/blog/granite-cypress/
The only modern equivalent I can think of is Granite and Cypress by Robinson Jeffers, which was printed by William Everson at his Lime Kiln Press in Santa Cruz in 1975. A magnificent work in an edition of 100 numbered copies, printed on handmade Hayle paper and housed in a freestanding cypress case inlaid with a square of granite. Bound in linen with open-laced deerskin.
https://clarklibrary.ucla.edu/blog/granite-cypress/
