BX
4700
. A463 This is a library classification number, likely from the Library of Congress system where BX 4700 is used for works related to the lives of Saints.

Sotheby's

original: "Soth."

8642

English

5-10-1923

THE BOOK OF DIVINE CONSOLATION OF THE BLESSED ANGELA OF FOLIGNO : TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY MARY G. STEEGMANN : INTRODUCTION BY ALGAR THOROLD

CHATTO AND WINDUS : LONDON

NEW YORK : DUFFIELD & CO.

1909

The title on the reverse of this page has been adapted by Miss Blanche F. Hunter from British Museum Additional Manuscript 34247, folio 63 verso.

The BOOK

of the Divine

Consolation of

the Blessed

Angela Da Foligno.

1909. original: "MCMIX"

B.F.H. These initials belong to the artist Blanche F. Hunter, who adapted the design from a medieval manuscript held at the British Museum.

The layout of this title page is characteristic of the early 20th-century "Fine Press" movement, which sought to bring the beauty of medieval books to modern printing. The design is inspired by manuscript illumination. Angela of Foligno (c. 1248–1309) was an Italian Christian mystic and member of the Secular Franciscan Order; her "Consolations" record her intense spiritual visions and dialogues with God as transcribed by her confessor, Brother Arnaldo.