Haymonis episcopi Halberslatten in D. Pauli epistolas omnes interpretation, ad uetustissimorum exemplarium fidem quam diligentissime recognita

Rare edition, unknown to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and to numerous libraries.
Handsome Renaissance binding in full glazed brown calf with spine in four compartments, boards formed of a central rectangle divided at its center and decorated with leafy designs, rich frieze framing the rectangle composed of musical angels, a flutist, a drummer and decorative elements. Slits for the placement of ties (now missing). Upper headcap restored, and minor various restorations (edges, corners and endpapers...). One volume, small octavo, unpaginated and unfoliated.
Haymo was a Benedictine priest of the 9th century (he died in 853), after having traveled, notably to Tours, and exercised different functions, particularly teaching at the monastery of Fulda, he was appointed abbot of the monastery of Halberstadt. He was a prolific writer and most of his works are commentaries on the holy scriptures, as with the book we present which concerns the epistles of St. Paul. Following in this the exegetical tradition of his time, Haymo was not an original commentator, and his ideas are drawn from the church fathers, but his position tends to accentuate the profoundly moral and mystical character of the texts he comments upon, and his works have the interest of reflecting the century in which he lived.