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TORNIELLO (Augustino). ANNALES Sacri et ex Profanis Praecipui ab Orbe Conditio ad eumdem Christi Passione Redemtum. Lucae. 1756. - TORNIELLO (Augustino) ANNALES Sacri et ex Profanis Praecipui ab Orbe Conditio ad eumdem Christi Passione Redemtum . Lucae: Typis Leonardi Venturini, 1756. 4 v. [12], XCIV, [2 br.], 546, [2 br.]; [2], 560; [4], 558; [2], 520 pp, 20 grav., 5 mapas: il.; 405 mm. The latest and most complete edition of the Annales Sacri , ”revised and augmented” with the extensive historical-chronological commentaries of Agostino Maria Negri, added to the original work of Agostino Torniello (Novara, 1543 - 1622), a Barnabite - a regular cleric of the Congregation of Saint Paul. The first edition was published in Milan in 1609-1610, in two folio volumes, and was expressly conceived as a prelude and complement to Cardinal Baronius' monumental ecclesiastical history - the Annales Ecclesiastici - covering history from the creation of the world to the Passion of Christ, precisely the period that Baronius had not addressed. Torniello's Annals held great authority in the study of biblical chronology and sacred geography during the 17th and 18th centuries. Systematically addressing the historical books of Scripture, the work seeks to resolve the main questions of chronology, history, and topography raised by the sacred texts, with notable incursions into the fields of ancient geography and natural science, making Torniello one of the forerunners of the historical-geographical exegesis of Scripture. Louis Ellies Dupin wrote of it that the work is ”written in a simple and natural style, with great sharpness.” This four-volume, large-folio edition preserves the complete iconographic apparatus: 20 engravings and 5 fold-out maps, representing plans of the Temples of Jerusalem, sacred objects and utensils described in the Scriptures, plans of Hebrew military camps, a triumphal arch, a world map, and a map of the crossing of the Red Sea, among others. Highly regarded. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate