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Counterfeited papal privilege, N.N. [allegedly Rome] (1560)
Source: Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart Theol.qt.1537
Citation:
Counterfeited papal privilege, N.N. [allegedly Rome] (1560), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org
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Chapter 1 Page 1
[...]
Impressum
Printed in Rome with a privilege from the Pope which has been certifieed
in the place commonly known as Belvedere* by
a notary public.** Eleuthero Aglicero***
by order of His Supreme Holiness
the Pope. In the year 1560.
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* Belvedere: Italian for "Fine view", the name of part of the
Vatican Palace and gardens
** Ironic reference to the Pope's autocratic rule which was
never in want of the help of any "notary public"!
*** Eleuthero Aglicero: Name of a fictive printer or a
fictive public notary, from the Greek Eleuthero = "liberator"
Chapter 1 Page 2
[...]
Tenor of the Privilege
The most holy Pope has prohibited - on pain of excommunication,
for long and short periods, of a high and deep kind - everyone
from [re-]printing this book in the whole of Italy, France and
Spain, but we cannot forbid it in Germany
where the most wicked Lutherans are.
Translation by: Friedemann Kawohl with the kind assistance of Dr Eberhard Zwink from Württembergische Staatsbibliothek Stuttgart
Source: Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart Theol.qt.1537
Citation:
Counterfeited papal privilege, N.N. [allegedly Rome] (1560), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org
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2 translated pages
Chapter 1 Page 1
[...]
Printed in Rome with a privilege from the Pope which has been certifieed
in the place commonly known as Belvedere* by
a notary public.** Eleuthero Aglicero***
by order of His Supreme Holiness
the Pope. In the year 1560.
________________________________________________________________________________________
* Belvedere: Italian for "Fine view", the name of part of the
Vatican Palace and gardens
** Ironic reference to the Pope's autocratic rule which was
never in want of the help of any "notary public"!
*** Eleuthero Aglicero: Name of a fictive printer or a
fictive public notary, from the Greek Eleuthero = "liberator"
Chapter 1 Page 2
[...]
The most holy Pope has prohibited - on pain of excommunication,
for long and short periods, of a high and deep kind - everyone
from [re-]printing this book in the whole of Italy, France and
Spain, but we cannot forbid it in Germany
where the most wicked Lutherans are.
Translation by: Friedemann Kawohl with the kind assistance of Dr Eberhard Zwink from Württembergische Staatsbibliothek Stuttgart