The editorial responsibility for this Index of 1554 rested with the Dominican, Alfonso Martinez, who was also the author of the _censura generalis_. The editor had the co-operation of the theological faculty of Alcala. The possessors of copies of the works specified are directed to deliver these within sixty days to the bishop of the diocese or to the local inquisitors. These officials are to take measures to cancel (_obliterare_) the offending notes, etc., so that they can no longer be read. The penalty for retaining uncorrected copies beyond the period of sixty days is _excommunicatio major latae sententiae_. The books themselves are to be destroyed, and their delinquent owners are to pay (apparently for each offence) a fine of thirty ducats. A similar punishment comes upon the bookseller who imports copies of these condemned editions. The publishing centres at that time actively engaged in the production of editions of the Scriptures are indicated by the imprints represented in the lists of this Index as follows: Antwerp, 14; Basel, 3; Lyons, 35; Paris, 11 (including 4 from Robert Estienne); Zurich, 1 (Froschover); Venice, 3. Two examples may be cited to illustrate the principles and the method of the censure. Deuteronomy v, 9. _Solus Deus adorandus._ _Haec propositio, excludens adorationem sanctorum, est erronea._ Deut. xv, 11. _Alendi pauperes nec permittendi ut mendicant._ _Et ibidem. Prohibetur mendicitas._ _Hae et similes propositiones injuriosae sunt et malitiose annotatae in odium religiosorum mendicantium._ Special condemnation is placed upon the Bibles printed by Estienne (Stephanus) as edited by Vatablus. The New Testament division is to be cancelled altogether, the errors being too many to expunge. The Old Testament can be retained with the cancellation of the notes (_scholia_). _12._ _1554._ _Venice._ _The Inquisition._ A few months after the publication of the Index of Milan, an Index was issued in Venice under the authority of the Venetian Inquisition. The papal Nuncio, Filippo Archinto (who succeeded Arcimboldi as Archbishop of Milan), shared with the inquisitors the responsibility for the preparation of the lists. Of the original issue no copy is known to exist. The description given by Reusch is based on the reprint published by the persistent Vergerio. The Index is accompanied by no decree. The catalogue bears as a heading the words: _Nomina eorum qui male de fide scripserunt quorum scripta a catholicis legi prohibentur_. The lists comprise a reprint of the titles of the Milan Index with the addition of some seventy entries. An appendix gives the decree of Gelasius (492) together with a few of the book prohibitions of the Middle Ages taken from Eymeric. This Venetian Index was utilised as the basis of the lists compiled for the Index of Paul IV.