The censorship of the Church of Rome and its influence upon the production and distribution of literature, volume 1 (of 2)Putnam, George Haven
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The censorship of the Church of Rome and its influence upon the production and distribution of literature, volume 1 (of 2)
Putnam, George Haven
Freedom of the press; Liberty of conscience; Prohibited books
The lists in this Antwerp appendix to the Trent Index were utilised
without change by Quiroga for the Spanish Index of 1571, and also
for the Index of Sixtus V. It is also stated in the edict that the
selection for condemnation of certain books which had escaped the
attention of the Tridentine compilers or which had been published
since 1564, had been arrived at through the labours of a commission of
learned and devout men, including certain bishops, inquisitors, deans,
and doctors, who had been selected by the Duke. Reusch points out,
however, that this scholarly commission could not have made a personal
examination of all the books recorded, as the lists include a number
of titles, copied from the catalogue of the Frankfort Book-Fair, of
books which had been announced but not yet printed, and some of which
never came into print.[160] This Antwerp Index is described as not
doing credit, in respect to bibliographical or typographical accuracy,
to the editor, Montanus, or to his learned associates. A number of the
authors in Class I are entered under both surname and forename; the
lists in all classes are characterised by repetitions and a variety of
inaccurate spelling. In this Index appears for the first time in Class
I the name of Stephanus, Robertus (the eldest son of Henry). Several
of his books, such as the _Thesaurus Linguae Graecae_, the edition of
the Psalms, the _Apology_ for Herodotus, had found place in previous
Indexes. In the Index of Benedict XIV, 1756, the name of Robertus
Stephanus is taken out of Class I, and the titles of the several books
condemned are for the first time correctly printed. Under the heading
_Duytschen Bücher_, are placed one or two English titles, including the
_Psalms of David, in Enghelsche metre_, by Thomas von Sternholde, Lond.
1559.
The Commentaries of Scaliger on Theophrastus, published in 1566, appear
in Class II. The schedule of prohibited Bibles and Testaments is in the
main a repetition of that of Louvain of 1550.
_3._ _1571._ _Antwerp._ _King Philip II and the Duke of Alva._
_Index Expurgatorius Librorum qui hoc saeculo prodierunt, vel
doctrinae non sanae erroribus inspersis, vel inutilis et offensivae
maladicentiae fellibus permixtis, juxta Sacrae Concilii Tridentini
Decretum, Philippi II. Regis Catholici, Jesu et auctoritate atque
Albani Ducis concilio ac ministerio in Belgia concinnatus, Anno MDLXXI
Antwerpiae ex officina Christophori Plantini, prototypographi Regii._
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