R.P. Fratris Siluestri Prieratis ordinis praedicatorum et sacre Theologie p[ro]fessoris celeberrimi sacriq[ue] palatij apostolici magistri: in p[re]sumptuosas Martini Luther co[n]clusio[n]es de p[otes]tate pape dialog[us]
Summary: S. Mazzolini was Master of the Sacred Palace (Vatican) in Rome, censor of books, and one of the first Catholic literary opponents of Luther. This is an early printing of the first work issued in opposition to Luther. Where the printing fits in bibliographically is still a matter of dispute. The work is in dialogue form and contains a refutation of Luther's 95 theses.
Signatures: A-C4, [A], C3 unsigned.
Illustrative and Decorative Content: Title within engraved woodcut border. Text in gothic type.
Imprint: Date from VD16, older bibliographies have suggested 1519 or 1520 as possible dates.
Additional Details: This volume was formally in the Beck Lutherana collection, #774. There are some manuscript marginalia in the text.
Mazzolini, Silvestro, da Prierio, 1456?-1527?
Lotter, Melchior, approximately 1470-1549
Leipzig (Germany)
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Latin
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546. Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum
Reformation
Sixteenth century
24 unnumbered pages
20 cm
Text
books
Quarto
This work is a part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.
"The Image of a Fractured Church: Martin Luther and the Ninety-Five Theses" Pitts Theology Library, February 24 - July 7, 2017
Historiated title page to Silvestro da Prierio Mazzolini's refutation of Luther's 95 Theses
Kuczyński, 2188, who indicates place and printer as [Lipsiae : M. Lotther, c. 1520]
Lauchert, Italienischen, p. 9ff
BM STC German, 1455-1600, with date [1518?]
Hohenemser, 2823, with date [1520]
Pegg, Great Britain, 3041, with date [1518]
Pegg, Bibliotheca, 1596, with same place, printer as Kuczyński, but date [1518?]
1518 MAZZ A
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