Authorship, Inerrancy, Historicity of Scripture, Church Teaching and Modern Scripture Scholars. Fr. William G. Most. Prow books, 1985. Paperback, 196 pages. Slight yellowing, some underlying in pencil. €5. Ideal for college students and those working within a Catholic framework, Free From All Error explains, from the perspective of Church teaching, such things as the historical accounts in the various books…
Joan Carroll Cruz. Our Sunday Visitor, 1984. Softcover, 308 pages. 8 pages of color photos with additional b/w. €5. Scripture speaks of miracles wrought through relics: a dead man was raised when Elisha’s bones touched him, and the clothing of Jesus and His apostles healed the sick. In the early Church, Masses were celebrated over the bones of the martyrs,…
The Mother of God and Her Glorious Feasts. Fr. H. O’Laverty, B.A. TAN Books, 1987 edition. Softcover, 198 pages. €5. One of the truly remarkable Catholic books the reader will ever encounter and is much more than a book about Mary. Mother of God and Her Glorious Feasts gives a complete view of the Catholic way of life and is…
San Gennaro. Storia di un culto, di un mito, dell’anima di un popolo. Vittorio Paliotti. Bompiani Overlook, 2001. Softcover, 288 pp. Con più di 205 illustrazioni in nero e a colori. Cartone originale bicolore. Pages have yellowed with age. €5. Oggetto di venerazione e talvolta superstizione, San Gennaro rappresenta certamente un fenomeno culturale e religioso di grande interesse. Patrono di…
Arte Gotica. Andrew Martindale. Rusconi, 1990. Softcover, 288 pagine. Color and b/w images throughout. €5.
Comprehensive accounts, including funerals, burial places and Epitaphs. Wendy J. Reardon. Beautiful hardcover. 310 pages. Weighs 750 grams. €40. Excellent condition. The traditions associated with a pope’s death have changed from when they were buried in the catacombs of Rome. Various ceremonies, rites and rituals developed over time, but a formal procedure was not initiated until the early 1300s and…
Chronicle of the Roman Emperors. The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers of the Imperial Rome. Chris Scarre. Thames and Hudson. Hardcover with dustjacket. 1995. 240 pages. 328 illustrations, 111 in color. Index. 191 x 253 x 25.4mm. weighs 1,040 grams. €10. I found this book so good, I bought the entire set! Chronicle of the Roman Emperors…
Diana E. E. Kleiner. Yale University Press. 1992. Softcover. 477 pages. Black and white photos throughout. Weighs 1,670 grams, but oversized. €15. Underlining and notes in pencil throughout, but this only shows the importance and value of the information contained in the book. “In this classic book the author discusses all the major public and private monuments in Rome, as…
Profumi, unguenti e acconciature in Pompei antica. Carlo Giordano, Angelandrea Casale. 1992. 2nd edition, revised by Laurentino Carcia. Bardi, Roma. Bilingual, 93 pages. Color and black and white images throughout. 300 grams. €10. Out of print. Excellent condition – bought and never read.
Rodolfo Lanciani. Rilegato con sovracoperta. 1986. 147 pagine + 21 pagine di mappe Forma Urbis. Foto a colori dappertutto, diagrammi: tutto funziona! Peso 1,100 grammi. €10. Some underlining and notes. Roma appare oggi nel colore terreo degli splendidi mattoni e laterizi dei suoi resti archeologici. Ma all’epoca dell’impero romano la visione sarebbe stata di un bianco splendente: quello dei marmi…