1605 Brussels Massacre 1ed Anti-Semitic Jews TORTURE Sacrament of Miracle Ydens

1605 Brussels Massacre 1^ed Anti-Semitic Jews TORTURE Sacrament of Miracle Ydens

Etienne Ydens’s “History of the Sacrament of Miracle” is a rare, early 17^th-century anti-Semitic leaning view of Christian devotion. This work is one of the earliest to thoroughly describe the Brussels Massacre and the Cult of the Miracle. In 1370, a small group of Jews in Brussels were falsely accused of desecrating the Holy Sacrament by stealing Eucharist elements and desecrating them which caused them to bleed. This ‘miracle’ was thought to be a sign or proof of the presence of the Heavenly Host.

Ydens’s book is a reliable resource of the event, but also serves as a reminder of the dangers of religious intolerance and anti-Semitic views.

This 1605 first edition of “Histoire du S. Sacrement de Miracle” includes numerous engravings depicting scenes from the event – note the views of torture, stabbings, and burnings at the stake!

Item number: #26763

Price: $599

YDENS, Etienne

Histoire du S. Sacrement de Miracle, reposant à Bruxelles, en l’Eglise collegiale de S. Goudele, & des miracles faictz par iceluy

Bruxelles: par Rutger Velpius, 1605. First edition.

Details:

• Collation:
  • [40], 266 (i.e., 282), [4]
  • 17 engravings, plus vignette title page
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~5.75in X 4in (14.5cm x 10cm)
• Quite rare

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