Il Terzo Libro delle Prediche del Reverendiss. Mons. Cornelio Musso Vescovo di Bitonto.
by Musso Cornelio
Venice, published by Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1581
A rare Venetian edition of the famous book of sermons by the renowned Bishop of Bitonto, one of the greatest spiritual orators of his time.
A prestigious collection beautifully illustrated with homilies from one of the most important bishops of the Council of Trent, where he delivered the inaugural address.
A friend of Bembo and a professor of metaphysics at the Universities of Pavia and Bologna, he poured his immense knowledge into his sermons.
Original vellum, spine with raised bands and manuscript title to the spine and lower fore edge
Illustrated with 9 large engravings of religious scenes.
40 pp, 568 pp.
Size 4 by 6 inches
Some wear of binding, some toning
Text in Italian

Cornelio Musso (or Cornelius) (1511–1574) was an Italian Friar Minor Conventual, Bishop of Bitonto (1544–1574), Bishop of Bertinoro (1541–1544), and prominent at the Council of Trent.
He was, perhaps, the most renowned orator of his day, styled the "Italian Demosthenes".
Returning to ancient patristic models, he raised the homily to a high form of perfection.



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