Magnum & universale concilium ecclesiae militantis super veritate Eucharistiae sacramenti

First edition, illustrated with a large title vignette depicting the Council of Nicaea with bishops on the left and monks on the other side, Christ in the center, levitating above a pulpit; a vignette representing the Last Supper on folio 9; a tailpiece vignette showing a king and monks supporting a banner or cartouche. 2 criblé initials.

Full vellum binding, later ca 1860. Spine with raised bands in Jansenist style. Black morocco title label. Small lacks to outer margin on folio 70; traces of pale yellow dampstaining to outer margin from folio 73 to the end. Some soiling to the binding. Handsome copy.
The theology of the sacrament of the Eucharist according to the first Council of Nicaea and the church fathers. Benedictus Vernierus was a monk from Bourges. It proves very difficult to gather biographical information; it seems that a cardinal of the 13th century bears the same name. The work appears as a compilation of quotations on the Eucharist, from the Gospels, according to the Church Fathers and the writings left by the Council of Nicaea. We thus have a succession of names each with a short paragraph: Aurelius, Eusebius, Gregorius, S. Bruno...