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Joachim of Fiore (1135-1202) Eximii Profundissimiq[ue] Sacro[rum] Eloquio[rum] Perscrutatoris ac Futuro[rum] Prenunciatoris.
Venice: Lazzaro de Soardi, 1517.
Second edition, quarto; text printed in gothic letter with woodcut text diagrams and decorative initials; Soardi's woodcut device on colophon leaf; bound in modern repurposed parchment manuscript page with decorative initials, contents good, 8 1/4 x 6 in.
Theologian and scholar of spirituality, Bernard McGinn, describes Joachim of Fiore as "the most important apocalyptic thinker of the whole medieval period." (see: Apocalypticism Explained, Apocalypse! episode on PBS's Frontline; https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/apocalypse/explanation/joachim.html)
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