Dionysius Carthusianus - Summae fidei .... attributis de Angelis - 1548

"The first book is about the nature and attributes of angels ... the second is about the happiness of human beings, their emotions”.

Particularly rare. Not present at auction other than on Catawiki. Not found in any other online catalogue.

First edition of this original treatise on Angelology of the "Dottore Estatico", Dionysius Cartusianus, in which the nature and attributes of the angels and their hierarchies are discussed.
Under the influence of the Kabbalistic school of Girona, a large collection of information related to the individual personalities and influences of angels and demons developed in the Middle Ages, whose qualities are often linked to the very name of each entity. Dionysius summarizes and formalizes them in this treatise.

Dionysius Cartusianus, a popular 15th-century Tomist theologian, exegete and mystic, called Denis il Certosino (1402–1471), also known as Denys van Leeuwen, Denis Ryckel, Dionysius van Rijkel.
He is known as "Ecstatic Doctor". The Catholic Church recognizes him with the title of venerable. In some local martyrologists he is celebrated as blessed on March 12.
Floral drop caps, title page; full parchment binding, stamps on the title page and frontispiece; traces of oxidation, a few stains. Pp. 323; 353 + X Index

Full title:
D. Dionysii Carthusiani Summae fidei orthodoxae libri duo. Primus, agit de deo eiusque attributis, de angelis, ... Secundus, de beatitudine hominis, de passionibus animae, ... Nusquam antehac typis excusi
D. Dionysii Carthusiani (Dionysius der Karthäuser)
Ioannem Roigny, via ad D.Iacobum sub Basilisco & quatuor Elementis / Parisiis.