{"product_id":"1902-le-nouveau-testament-prayer-card-hand-illuminated-stamped-by-l-angeli","title":"1902 Le Nouveau Testament \u0026 Prayer Card | Hand-Illuminated, Stamped by L. Angeli","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"eujQNb\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eLe Nouveau Testament, by the prominent French theologian and Sulpician priest \u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eLouis-Claude Fillion. Printed by Letouzey, Paris, France. Bound and stamped by Luigi Angeli. Published 1902. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"eujQNb\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eThis is a masterful, museum-quality binding by Luigi Angeli, an elite turn-of-the-century \u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eItalian bookbinder.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eOperating in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Luigi Angeli was highly celebrated for his intricate Renaissance and Baroque revival bindings. He routinely combined precise \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003edentelle\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (lace-like) gold-leaf work with heavy blind-stamping.\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eThis edition features both of those techniques. It's a full premium chestnut-brown calfskin leather exhibition binding. It has symmetrical Italian Renaissance gold-leaf scrollwork and filigree across the front and back covers. The covers include a heraldic coat of arms with a helmet at the center. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eWhile a completely closed steel visor usually designates a standard gentleman or lower patrician, an \u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eopen visor displaying internal bars\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is traditionally reserved for \u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003etitled nobility, specifically Knights (\u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eCavalieri\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e), Baronets, or Peers\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e These details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003e highlight a family's distinguished noble background and provide insight into the status of the original owners.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has 5 raised bands at the spine; all edges are gold-gilt and gauffered with a repeating 6-petaled floral stamp. There are two metal clasps connected to decorated leather straps that are fully intact and functional. The endpapers are marbled, the turn-ins feature gold dentelle and an L. Angeli bookbinder's stamp, and the frontispiece is hand-illuminated with vibrant gold, red, black, and blue paint. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Fsg96\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eThis book contains \u003cspan class=\"eujQNb\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eLes Saints Évangiles et les Actes des Apôtres\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e (The Holy Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eL.-Cl. Fillion was a highly regarded priest of Saint-Sulpice and a Professor of Holy Scripture at the prestigious Catholic Institute of Paris (\u003cspan class=\"eujQNb\"\u003eInstitut catholique de Paris\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e). His translations were celebrated for balancing rigorous archaeological scholarship with traditional theology.\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eIt is an annotated translation adorned with numerous engravings copied from ancient documents and displayed alongside the text throughout.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eIt also comes with an original hand-illuminated prayer card. The prayer card features a spiritual poem written by \u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eSaint Teresa of Ávila\u003c\/span\u003e (1515–1582), known historically as \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eSt. Teresa’s Bookmark\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. Written in beautiful French Gothic calligraphy, it translates to: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eLet nothing trouble you. Let nothing frighten you. Everything passes! God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever possesses God lacks nothing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eThe banner at the top of the bookmark \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003ereads \u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003e\"Signet de Ste Thérèse\"\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e (Bookmark of St. Teresa). Above it sits her famous personal spiritual motto on a ribbon scroll: \u003cspan class=\"eujQNb\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003e\"Ou souffrir ou mourir\"\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"eujQNb\"\u003e(Either to suffer or to die)\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. The powerful words are framed by flowing florals in vibrant colors. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003eFrench Language, 471 pages. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAAIAxAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003e115 mm W x 165 mm H \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAAIAxAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAAIAxAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);'\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eSome light marks to front and back cover, faint rubbing to edges of spine and hinge, some foxing throughout. Very good condition. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stinky Old Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62158936113539,"sku":null,"price":875.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0996\/6914\/8035\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_b4c46e70-8d18-48b6-b1ca-282e26357664.jpg?v=1785031399","url":"https:\/\/stinkyoldbooks.com\/products\/1902-le-nouveau-testament-prayer-card-hand-illuminated-stamped-by-l-angeli","provider":"Stinky Old Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}