Cathena aurea angelici Thome Aq[ui]natis i[n] q[ua]ttuor Eua[n]gelia

1520 Thomas Aquinas 1ed BIBLE & Commentary Gospel Matthew Catena Aurea Incunable

"The truth can be perceived only through thinking"

― Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica

Thomas Aquinas was a 13th-century Dominican monk known as one of the most important and influential church fathers and Catholic philosophers. He is remembered for his best-known works such as 'Summa Theologica' as well as his Bible commentaries on Old Testament prophets and the Epistles of Paul. Throughout his commentaries, Aquinas supports with his principle that everything Jesus did on earth was to teach us and leave an example.

This extremely rare volume from the 1520 printing of 'Catena Aurea', or Aquinas's commentary on the four Gospels. This particular volume features his commentary on the Books of Matthew and Mark.

Item number: #25003

Price: $1950

AQUINAS, Thomas

Cathena aurea angelici Thome Aq[ui]natis i[n] q[ua]ttuor Eua[n]gelia

Lyon: Francesco Giunta, 1520.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages

o Marcus – [8], 80 leaves

o Mattheus – [16], 244 leaves

o Colophon: Impensis Iacobi. q. Fra[n]cisci de Gio[n]ta flore[n]tini & socio[rum] in edibus optimi calchographi Guilhelmi huyon, [Lyon], Anno salutis. M.dxx. q[ua]rto Kal. Noue[m]b

· References: USTC 764470

· Language: Latin

· Binding: Leather; tight and secure

· Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in (19cm x 13.5cm)

· VERY rare and desirable

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