Contra octoaginta (sic) haereses opus, Panarium, siue Arcula, aut Capsula Medica appellatum, continens libros tres, et tomos siue sectiones ex toto septem. Iano Cornario Medico Physico interprete. Vna cum alijs eiusdem . operibus . Together 6 works in 1 vol.

With several figured woodcut initials. 12 unn., 590 numb., 16 unn. pp. index. Folio. 18th century marbled boards (sm. monastery library stamp on title). Basel, (Johannes Herwangen and (J.) Oporius, March 1560). Second Herwangen edition of bishop Epiphanius' treatise on heresy, together with other smaller works by him. Epiphanius (c. 310 to 402) of Constantia (or Salamis) on Cyprus, founder of the monastery of Eleutheropolis, was one of the great early fighters against heresy. His history of heresies, called "Panarion", a medical bag bearing an antidote to false doctrine, was written between 374 and 377. It is a rich compendium reviling Greek philosophers as well as Jewish sects. Translator of the Basel Latin edition is Janus Cornarius, town physician in Frankfurt/Main.- A good copy. - VD 16 E 1646; Index aur. 161.309; STC, (German), 273; cf. Adams E-249 (first Latin ed. 1543); cf. Griechischer Geist aus Basler Pressen (exhibition catalogue Basel, Berlin, Mainz, 1992-1993), no. 441 (first ed. 1543). RELIGION / THEOLOGY ; BIBELN, RELIGION ;