No Pointy Beards, Please
[NOVARA.]
Editti per le sagre ordinationi, con altre cose appartenenti alla disciplina del clero della città, e diocesi di Novara. Con l’editto della vita, ed onestà del clero. Novara, Francesco Liborio Cavallo, [1704].
Small 8vo, pp. 48; text in Italian and Latin, date from p. 6, title within border of type ornaments and with woodcut Visconti arms, woodcut of St Gaudentius to p. 48; some toning and marginal damp-staining, otherwise a good copy sewn long stitch in contemporary carta rustica; spine worn, covers marked; ownership inscription inside rear cover ‘1710 ex libris Petri de Gasparis Not. Alaniae(?)'.
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Editti per le sagre ordinationi, con altre cose appartenenti alla disciplina del clero della città, e diocesi di Novara. Con l’editto della vita, ed onestà del clero.
Very rare set of edicts governing ordination and clerical discipline in the city and diocese of Novara, issued by Giovanni Battista Visconti Aicardi, Bishop of Novara from 1688 until his death in 1713.
The wide-ranging decrees contained herein encompass, inter alia, clerical tonsure; keeping churches clear of dogs and undesirables; exorcisms; and appropriate clerical appearance (no pointy beards or raised moustaches, thank you) and behaviour (no ball games or teaching women to sing without prior permission, for example). The woodcut to the last page depicts St Gaudentius, Novara’s first bishop.
Provenance: the notary Pietro Degasparis of Alagna was active 1710–1758.
No copies found on OCLC; only two copies recorded on OPAC SBN.