saint nerses (10 Ergebnisse)

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Texts in thirty-three different languages; contemporary red quarter morocco, gilt, a.e.g., generally some wear to edges of boards, but a crisp clean copy of a scarce title. Issued by the Mekhitharist Congregation in Venice. The editions of 1823 and 1837 were both in 24 languages, the edition of 1886 is in 36 languages.

12mo., Second Edition, with engraved portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), neat contemporary signature on front paste-down, some light marginal spotting; contemporary mottled red and brown calf, sides with floral frame border in gilt, back tooled and ruled in gilt, second compartment with red leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, gilt edgesexpertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, bright, clean copy. With fine early nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate bearing the widespread motto 'pro aris et focis'. This scarce work contains the twenty-four prayers and orisons of the Armenian patriarch Nerses IV or Saint Nerses the Gracious (1102-1173), a younger contemporary of St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Effectively a type specimen book, it was printed at the Armenian monastery on the isle of St. Lazarus off Venice and presents the prayers in no fewer than 24 different languages, including Dutch, Gaelic, Hungarian, Spanish and Russian. The collection was first issued in 1818 with the prayers present in fourteen languages; a fourth edition (1837) was several times reprinted. Brunet IV, 859; Nersessian 510.

A rare and fascinating polyglot devotional volume, Preces S. Niersis Clajensis presents the prayers of Saint Nerses IV the Gracious (Nerses of Lambron, 1102-1173), Patriarch of the Armenian Church, rendered in twenty four languages. Published at the Mekhitarist Monastery of San Lazzaro in Venice in 1823, this edition reflects the extraordinary scholarly and linguistic achievements of the Armenian monks, who established one of the most important centres of Oriental and polyglot printing in Europe. Each prayer is printed in multiple languages, including Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Armenian, Arabic, Syriac, Turkish, Persian, Russian, Polish, German, English, Italian, French, Spanish, and others. With its engraved frontispiece portrait of St. Nerses, this handsome Venetian edition is a remarkable witness to the international reach of Christianity and the scholarly culture of the 19th century Mekhitarist press. Preces S. Niersis Clajensis Armeniorum Patriarchae, viginti quatuor linguis editae. (Prayers of Saint Nerses of Clajensis, Patriarch of the Armenians, published in twenty four languages.) Published in Venice: Ex Insula S. Lazari (Island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni, the Mekhitarist Armenian Monastery), 1823. Provenance: Cortachy Castle Library (book label to front pastedown), seat of the Ogilvy family, Earls of Airlie, Angus, Scotland. A very good contemporary full mottled calf leather hardback with tooled gilt decorative borders to covers and tolled gilt decoration to spine with gilt orange morocco title label. With light wear and worn bumped corners. Marbled endpapers and hinges intact. All soundly bound. Text is bright and clean throughout. A few very minor spots to endpapers. Text block edges gilt. With frontispiece portrait of Saint Nerses Clajensis. An attractive volume. Text in multiple European languages. (6) + 422pp + (2) Index. Dimensions: approximately 156mm high x 99mm wide x 27mm. Approximate weight 330g (unpacked).

Venice : In Insula S. Lazari [at the Armenian press], 1823. Duodecimo (150 x 100 mm), contemporary marbled calf with ornate gilt borders, spine with stamped title and decoration; original owner's inscription to recto of first blank: 'Given to E. Alexander Whytt Esq. by Paschal Aucher, St. Lazarus 5th October 1824.'; verso of the front free-endpaper inscribed by the book's next owner, 'Mr. S. S. Garrett, July 1835', accompanied by a few of his annotations; engraved frontispiece portrait of Saint Nerses Shnorhali ("the Gracious"), title-page in calligraphic type (annotation to upper margin); pp. [2 blank], [8], 422, [2 index], [2 blank]; text in 24 languages, printed in many exotic fonts including Armenian, Chaldean, Hebrew, Syriac, Persian, and Greek; a few dog-eared leaves, some occasional and very light spotting, otherwise internally excellent. A remarkable polyglot prayer book, comprising a prayer composed bythe twelfth-century Armenian patriarch, Saint Nerses the Gracious, rendered in twenty-four languages and printed at the press of the Mekhitarist Congregation (of the Armenian Benedictine Order) on the island of San Lazzaro, Venice. This copy was presented by the editor of the work, Paschal Aucher, to its first owner, Englishman Ebenezer Alexander Whytt. The prayer printed in English, Arabic, Armenian (two variants), Chaldean, French, German, Greek (two variants), Hebrew, Irish, Hispanic, Dutch, Hungarian, Spanish, Illyrian, Italian, Latin, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Syrian, and Turkish. Brunet IV, 859; Nersessian 510.