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MURET, Marc-Antoine (1526-1585). Epistolae hymnisacri, et poemata omnia. Lyons: Petri Rigaud, 1613.
16o (121 x 72 mm). Woodcut title vignette. (Some spotting and browning.) Early 17th-century Italian panelled calf, covers with two gilt roll borders enclosing a central panel with flowers and ornaments and the central medallion of the Sacra Rota with a closed umbrella tool, smooth spine gilt with a rosette tool and three small gilt fleurons, edges gilt (some light rubbing at extremities, some worming and rubbing on rear cover, lacking ties). Provenance: purchased from Lucien Goldschmidt, 30 October 1956.
A rare binding for the Sacra Rota, the appellate tribunal of the Holy See and the second highest ecclesiastical court in the Roman Catholic Church. The emblem here, with a closed umbrella (or ombrellino) instead of the papal tiara, denotes the vacancy of an elected Pope. It is therefore probable that this binding was executed either in 1621 at the death of Paul V or in 1623 at the death of Gregory XV. Due to the typically short interims between the death of a Pope and the election of a successor, bindings such as this are uncommon.
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A rare binding for the Sacra Rota, the appellate tribunal of the Holy See and the second highest ecclesiastical court in the Roman Catholic Church. The emblem here, with a closed umbrella (or ombrellino) instead of the papal tiara, denotes the vacancy of an elected Pope. It is therefore probable that this binding was executed either in 1621 at the death of Paul V or in 1623 at the death of Gregory XV. Due to the typically short interims between the death of a Pope and the election of a successor, bindings such as this are uncommon.