Petrus de Maridat - Tractatus De Pileo - 1655
Petrus de Maridat - Tractatus De Pileo - 1655
Title
Tractatus De Pileo, Coeterisque Capitis Tegminibus Tam Sacris Quam Profanis
Author
Petrus de Maridat [Theophile Raynaud]
Year
1655
Publisher
J. Champion et C. Fourmy
Description
First Edition. A treatise systematically examining hats and head coverings. The work addresses sacred and secular headwear, including Catholic episcopal mitres, cardinal’s hats, Jewish rabbinical caps, royal French crowns, and female headdresses. Raynaud, a 17th-century Jesuit theologian, situates headwear within religious, ceremonial, and social frameworks, providing historical context, usage, and symbolic significance. The text reflects seventeenth-century Jesuit scholarship’s engagement with material culture and ritual practice, documenting headgear as a marker of office, status, and identity across religious and secular spheres.
[11], 184 pp., [8]
Condition
Vellum binding, clean pages, some discolouration, small loss to bottom margin of p. 11, not affecting text.
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