By Charles Cahier
Paris   Librairie Poussielgue Freres
13.5" by 10" 446-869pp
A lovely book outlining the varying characteristics of the Christian Saints as demonstrated by popular art throughout history.
By Charles Cahier

1867 Caracteristiques des Saints dans L'Art Populaire

Paris   Librairie Poussielgue Freres
13.5" by 10" 446-869pp
A lovely book outlining the varying characteristics of the Christian Saints as demonstrated by popular art throughout history.
£175.00
: 3kgs / : FGN10-A-7

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Illustrated, Leather Binding

In French. Featuring illustrations in the text throughout. Volume II of a two volume set. Charles Cahier (1807–1882) was a French antiquarian. The greater part of his life was devoted to the collection, classification, and interpretation of the countless treasures of medieval art surviving in France, Belgium, Germany, and elsewhere in Europe. They interested him not only as relics of its artistic skill, but chiefly as evidences of its Catholic faith. As early as 1840 he began his collaboration with his Jesuit confrére, Father Arthur Martin, an excellent draughtsman, and chief collector of the mass of artistic material that Father Cahier classified and interpreted. Their first important work was a folio on the 13th century stained glass of the cathedral of Bourges, Monographie de la cathédrale de Bourges, première partie. Vitraux du XIIIe siècle (Paris, 1841–44); the substance of it is in Migne. Their most characteristic work is found in the valuable Mélanges d'archéologie, d'histoire, et de littérature etc. (Paris, 1848–59), four quarto volumes of illustrated dissertations on gold and silver church-plate, enamelled ware, carved ivories, tapestries, bas-reliefs, and paintings belonging to the Carolingian and Romanesque periods (9th to 12th century). This contribution to the history of medieval art was followed later by four more volumes: Nouveaux mélanges d'archéologie, d'histoire, et de littérature sur le moyen-âge etc. (Paris, 1874–77), in the first volume of which is to be found a memoir of Father Martin by his collaborator. In the meantime Father Cahier had published a monograph in two folio volumes on the saints as grasped by the popular imagination, Caractéristiques des saints dans l'art populaire (Paris, 1867). Cahier was deeply versed in all kinds of curious medieval lore, and particularly in the "people's calendar" or every-day usages and customs connected with the liturgical life of the Church. He also wrote studies on Christmas and on Epiphany in Amide la religion (Paris, 1848–1849), and in his Calendrier populaire du temps passé in Revue de l'art chrétien (Paris, 1878).

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In a half morocco binding. Externally rubbed with loss to the leather. The backstrip is partially coming away and has been reinforced with tape. The front hinge is failed, the rear held by cords only. Internally, firmly bound. Lovely and bright, and generally clean aside from light scattered spotting. There are small library labels to the front board and front pastedown, and an ink library stamp to a front blank.

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