MANUSCRIT. ORAZIONI diverse che si praticano dai confratelli - Lot 170

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MANUSCRIT. ORAZIONI diverse che si praticano dai confratelli - Lot 170
MANUSCRIT. ORAZIONI diverse che si praticano dai confratelli della congregazione degli artisti in Reggio come vedesi dall'Indice posto in fine del presente. (Italy, probably Reggio), 1816. Small folio. (1)-61-(2) pp. handwritten in brown ink on laid paper, text framed in red ink, index in fine. Green morocco basane, 6-rib spine, boards decorated in the neo-classical taste of the period with gilt piécettes and friezes, gilt antique or imperial profile in spandrels, on the first board with gilt monogram "AC" on the first board and gilt date "1816" on the second (binding slightly rubbed). Attractive early 19th-century Italian manuscript. Precious testimony to the Italian "Congregazione degli artisti". A kind of collection of "prayers" practiced by the "Brothers of the Artists' Congregation" of the city of Reggio. With index. These "Congregations of Artists", which had been found in other Italian cities since the 17th century, were not composed of artists, but of craftsmen from the liberal arts (tailors, bakers, carpenters, blacksmiths, shoemakers...). United by artistic interests, they commissioned works from artists, mainly for religious purposes. In the faith-based society of the Ancien Régime, individuals expressed a need for divine protection and intercession. Commissioned works often depicted the patron saint of their guild (after Mateo Fontani). No signature or mark of provenance or affiliation. The decoration and neo-classical style of the binding, close to that of the imperial period, and the care taken in the execution of the texts, suggest that this manuscript may have belonged to a personality of the period, and that the city of Reggio is Reggio in Calabria. At the dawn of the 19th century, Reggio's history took a turn with the revolutionary and Napoleonic campaigns. Annexed by the French in 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte conquered the town in 1806, making it a duchy and establishing one of his headquarters there. After the fall of the Empire, part of the Bonaparte family went into exile in Italy, but the period covered by this manuscript corresponds to the Italian "Restoration". CONGREGATION OF ARTISTS. ORAISON.
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