Monte Cassino in the Middle Ages / Herbert Bloch, complete in 3 volumes
1986, First Edition. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. Near fine copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remain particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #410808
ISBN: 0674586557
Physical description; 3 volumes (xxv, 1530 pages) : illustrations ; 30 cm. Notes; Paged continuously. Includes indexes. Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, pages 1053-1091). Contents; v. 1. Monte Cassino, Byzantium, and the West in the earlier Middle Ages. The bronze doors of Monte Cassino -- v. 2. Dependencies of Monte Cassino in the papal and imperial privileges from the Carolingian period to the Renaissance (787-1474). Monte Cassino in the schism of Anacletus II and the Glanfeuil forgeries of Peter the Deacon -- v. 3. Indices. Subjects; Montecassino (Monastery) History. Benedictines Italy Monte Cassino. Abbazia di Montecassino History. Monasticism and religious orders Italy Cassino Region History Middle Ages, 600-1500. Roman Catholicism. Religious architecture. European art. Monte Cassino (Italy) History 476-1492.
Price: €175.00