BERNARD, OF CLAIRVAUX, Saint.

Diui bernardi abbatis ad sororem modus bene viuendi in christiana

      BERNARD, OF CLAIRVAUX, Saint. Diui bernardi abbatis ad sororem modus bene viuendi in christiana religionem. [Colophon:] Impressum Venetijs per Petrum de Quarengijs Bergomesez. Mcccccij. [1502] Die.iii.Octobris. Octavo. 10.5 x 15.4cm.[ Bound full vellum with gilt lettering on spine made to look like a label, date written by hand lower on spine, 20 worm holes in spine, 2 in front cover, starting to separate at inside hinges, worm holes in bottom margin of first 3 leaves and final 10 leaves, final leaf repaired with archival rag paper, a few light stains, otherwise contents quite clean. Nice woodcut initial letters. Small ownership stamp of "Lanzoni Giovanni Mantova," and an oval stamp "D.D. Forino Lanzona" both on bottom half of title. Modern bookplate of M.S. Carothers on front paste-down endpaper. Collation: A8, b-l8. OCLC locates copies at: Univ. Pennsylvania; Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Also British Library; Bibliothk der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) Abbot of Clairvaux. "Bernard was above all else a monk. The austerities and self-mortification which he practiced drew upon him the remonstrations of his friend, William of Champeaux, but they did not avial to change his manner of life... Indeed it was his saintliness and personality rather than the force of his intellect which made him so powerful in the Europe of his day, and found visible expression in the rapid growth of the Cistercian Order in the 12th century under his influence. Bernard's writings reveal a clear and penetrating grasps of theological problems, a fine eloquence of which his sermons give some suggestion, an extraordinary intimate acquaintance with the Bible, and, above all, a faith inspired by the sublimes mysticism."--Cross: Oxford Dict. 16TH-FRANCE-PARIS-QUARENGIS