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Mémoire sur Germigny-Des-Prés. Départment du Loiret. et sur la Mosaique remarquable de son Église.
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First edition. A rare pamphlet on Germigny-Des-Prés, and in particular on the church there. The work is published as part of a series of works on the archaeology of the Loire. After a brief history of the village, the booklet focuses on the oratory and it's main features. It was published during the oratory's restoration, his memoir meticulously documents Carolingian architectural details (Theodulf's 806 oratory), the Mosaic iconography (Zodiac, Rivers of Paradise) and a controversial Carolingian inscription. Vergnaud fell victim to a planted Carolingian inscription on a pillar, exposed 1923 as a 19th-century hoax. His good-faith documentation preserved the site's significance despite the forgery. 16 pages & folding plate showing mosaic and inscription. Blue paper covers with private library shelf label to the cover.* Covers are clean and neat. The text pages within are in good condition, but are quite heavily foxed. Small hole in the final page (not affecting text). The folding plate is in very good condition with fractional foxing. 22.5cm x 14cm. No copies for sale at the time of cataloguing. Conforms to WorldCat / OCLC: 46249435 which suggests NO library holdings. * label for the bibliothèque du fonds Bergevin to the top of the front cover. Taking its name from the two leading figures of the Bergevin family, Louis-Athanase Bergevin (1753-1832) and his son Louis-Catherine (1798-1876), were magistrates from Blois and major landowners in Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt. The collection was dispersed at auction in Véndome in 2022.
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