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MANUSCRIT. ORAZIONI diverse che si praticano dai confratelli…
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170
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MANUSCRIT. ORAZIONI diverse che si praticano dai confratelli…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
MANUSCRIT. ORAZIONI diverse che si praticano dai confratelli della congregazione degli artisti in Reggio come vedesi dall'Indice posto in fine del presente. (Italy, probably Reggio), 1816. Small folio. (1)-61-(2) pp. handwritten in brown ink on laid paper, text framed in red ink, index in fine. Green morocco basane, spine with 6 raised bands, boards decorated in the neo-classical style of the period with gilt piécettes and friezes, gilt antique or imperial profile in spandrels, on the first board with the monogram "AC" gilt on the first board and date "1816" gilt on the second (binding slightly rubbed). Fine early 19th century Italian manuscript. Precious testimony to the Italian "Congregazione degli artisti". A sort of collection of "prayers" practised by the "Brothers of the Congregation of Artists" in the town of Reggio. With an index. These "Congregations of Artists", which have been found in other Italian cities since the 17th century, were not made up of artists, but of craftsmen in the liberal arts (tailors, bakers, carpenters, blacksmiths, shoemakers, etc.). United by artistic interests, they commissioned works from artists, mainly for religious purposes. In the society of the Ancien Régime, where faith was very much alive, individuals expressed a need for divine protection and intercession. The works commissioned often represented the patron saint of their guild (according to Mateo Fontani). There were no signatures or marks of provenance or affiliation. The decoration and neo-classical style of the binding, close to that of the imperial period, and the care taken in the execution of the texts, lead us to believe that this manuscript could perhaps have belonged to a leading figure of the period, and suggest that the town of Reggio in this case is Reggio in Calabria. At the dawn of the 19th century, Reggio's history took a turn with the revolutionary and Napoleonic campaigns. Annexed by the French in 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte conquered the town in 1806, turning it into a duchy and establishing one of his headquarters there. After the fall of the Empire, part of the Bonaparte family went into exile in Italy, although the period covered by this manuscript corresponds to the Italian "Restoration". CONGREGATION OF ARTISTS. ORAISON.
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