. Vita S. Joannis Nepomuceni, sigilli sacramentalis protomartyris . s,not counting unpublished MSS (based onBalbinus of the Bohemiadocta). of Nepomuk (1345-1393), national saint of Bohemia, was martyred following a dispute be-tween King Wenceslaus IV and the archbishop ofPrague. But it appears certain that the per-son canonized in 1729 was not the historicalJohn of Pomuk or Nepomuk. XKSXKXSpQf|Ql|[ Hiscanonization 5S[5XSSSKX|[ was strongly supportedby the Jesuits, who hoped that his new cultin Bohemia would obliterate the memory ofJan Hus. Almost half the text i
. Vita S. Joannis Nepomuceni, sigilli sacramentalis protomartyris . s,not counting unpublished MSS (based onBalbinus of the Bohemiadocta). of Nepomuk (1345-1393), national saint of Bohemia, was martyred following a dispute be-tween King Wenceslaus IV and the archbishop ofPrague. But it appears certain that the per-son canonized in 1729 was not the historicalJohn of Pomuk or Nepomuk. XKSXKXSpQf|Ql|[ Hiscanonization 5S[5XSSSKX|[ was strongly supportedby the Jesuits, who hoped that his new cultin Bohemia would obliterate the memory ofJan Hus. Almost half the text is taken up bymaterial related to the canonization proceedings. The beautiful full-page plates life from infancy to sainthood,are the work of Two names, exlibris of theDominicans of Woodchester. A few light stains but internally a nice copy. DeBacker/Sommervogel i,792,etc; (cited above). ciSVc;^-/^^- ^.^V- i^a^^ CV^^,- >^.^ - ,^- ^^.^..^P. •/. J! ^%. ^«-Mt*^ w^c^i^A^cT Ayi^^. Cwn Jrizr S C M. I .V /■ VITA SIGILLI SACRAMENTALIS PROTOMARTYRIS CONSCRIPTA PKIMUM P. BOHUSLAO^^BALBINO S. J. NUN^C AllCTA EX ACriS PROCESSUUM, IPS^giUE SOLEMNIIAIE CANONIZATIONIS EJUSDEM : ILLIISTRATA ICONISMIS XXXIII PRiEClPUA DlVl ACTA EXHIBEN HBUS,SECUNDO INCISIS, AUCTISQUE, ANNO, QllOeeatVs nepoMVCenVs festo IosephI saCra APOTHEOSl DoNATVs fVIt. CUM LICENTIA SUPERIORUM. AUGUSTJE nNDELICORUJI SuMPTiEUS ET cura JOANNIS ANDRE/E PFEFFEL, C;ESAREI CHALCQGRArHI, I73O. m (o) mvitasjoannisnepo00balb
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