Fratris Ambrosij Cath. Ord. Pred. Apologia pro veritate Catholice [et] apostolice fidei ac doctrine : aduersus impia ac valde pestifera Martini Lutheri dogmata

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Label

Fratris Ambrosij Cath. Ord. Pred. Apologia pro veritate Catholice [et] apostolice fidei ac doctrine : aduersus impia ac valde pestifera Martini Lutheri dogmata

Title remainder

aduersus impia ac valde pestifera Martini Lutheri dogmata

Instantiates

• Fratris Ambrosij Cath. Ord. Pred. Apologia pro veritate Catholice [et] apostolice fidei ac doctrine : aduersus impia ac valde pestifera Martini Lutheri dogmata

Publication

• Florentiae, Per haeredes Philippi Iuntae, anno Domini MDXX vigesimo mensis Decembr. 1520 Dec. 20

Note

• Defence of the Church against Martin Luther, written by the Dominican novice Ambrosius Catharinus in 1520 at the command of Cardinals Giulio de' Medici and Nicholas von Schönberg, which includes a preface and five books, dealing with the primacy of the pope, penitence, purgatory, and Lutheran doctrines in general. The first book analyzes the eleven artifices by which Luther allegedly tries to deceive the populace
• Imprint from colophon
• Dedication to the Emperor Charles V at head of title: "Ad Carolum Max. Imperatorem et Hispaniaru[m] Rege[m]"
• Prefatory letter by Girolamo Benivieni to the lawyer Antonio Negusantio of Fano on verso of t.p
• Printed in small roman type, with some titles in gothic type; spaces left for capitals, with guide letters; printed marginal captions
• Woodcuts: white on white foliated initials; large printer's device on verso of last leaf (the Giunta lily supported by two putti holding cornucopias, atop a pedestal with initials "F.G.")
• Signatures: a6 b-c8 d6 e-m8
• Errata on leaf 96r
• Not in Adams or NUC pre-1956

Contents

(from t.p.) Index operis. In primo libro co[n]tinentur undecim doli Martini, quibus potissimu[m] multitudo imperita decipi potest -- In secu[n]do recitatur ad uerbum liber eius plenus blasphemiis & stultitiis circa papae potestate[m] & pene ad uerbum confutatur -- In tertio co[n]futantur o[mn]ia quae opponuntur co[n]tra decreta proba[n]tia primatu[m] Romanae Ecclesiae, seu Summi Pont. & pariter ad uerbu[m] referunt[ur] eius blasphemi[a]e: hinc agitu[ur] de claue sci[n]ae papae & p[otes]tate circa i[n]dulge[n]tias -- In quarto co[n]fundu[n]tur q[uae] peruersissime & p[er]nitiosissime tradidit circa sacramentu[m] poenitentiae & statu[m] purgatorii & uerba sua p[ro]pria apponunt[ur] -- In quinto qui inscribit[ur] speculu[m] uniuers[a]e eius doctrin[a]e: colligunt[ur] h[a]erefes & errores absoni quos tam contra ueritatem q[ua] co[n]tra seipsum alioq[ua]n effudit: ipse lector numeret si sit ociu[m] sed lo[n]ge melius ut co[m]prober

Dimensions

29 cm. (fol.)

Extent

96 [i.e. 92] leaves

Note

Spec. Coll. copy: later vellum boards; edges stained blue. Purchase, Paolo Pampaloni, 1987.

Record ID

3885410

System control number

• (OCoLC)53798893
• ucoclc53798893