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Liber Miraculorum
Sanctae Fidis (XIe-XIVe
siècles)
conservé à la Bibliothèque Humaniste de
Sélestat.
[Sélestat,
Bibliothèque Humaniste, ms 22]
detail of page
Sélestat, 1994. 22 x 33 cm, 249 pp.
Beautiful 4-color reproduction of the 11th c. “Book of
Miracles of Saint Faith” (fols. 15-104), and other material relating to
her as late as the
14th c. (two hymns, a passion, a translation of the reliquary, and the
legend on the founding
of the priory of Ste. Foy). Contains 98 remarkable historiated initials
(in the cloisonné
style of south central France) and pieces for the Office of St. Faith
in Aquitanian notation
and square notation employing 17 staff lines. Issued on the occasion of
the ninth centennary
of the priory. Hardbound. $128
n.b. An addional commentary volume—Annuaire 1994, XLIV. Les Amis de la
Bibliothèque Humaniste de Sélestat—with 21
articles on the work and influence of St. Faith is available for $118.
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