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Petitions from and Privilege granted to Gerard Voss for his Latin translation of the works of St. Ephrem of Syria, Rome (1589)
Source: 140 Sec Brev Reg F 314 (1589)
Citation:
Petitions from and Privilege granted to Gerard Voss for his Latin translation of the works of St. Ephrem of Syria, Rome (1589), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org
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[317]
To the Most Reverend and Divine Doctor Vestri
Secretary of Papal Letters, etc.
[317bis]
To Our Holiest Father
To Monsignor Vestri
For R
Doctor Gerard Voss
Privilege
[314r]
To the beloved son Gerard Voss, Priest of the Diocese of Liege
Master in Theology
Pope Sixtus V
[1-10] Beloved son, greetings, etc. Since we have learned you have arranged for the first volume of all the works of Saint Ephrem of Syria—which have thus far been able to be discovered and obtained in Greek, and having been recently translated into Latin by you, and having been illustrated throughout with marginal notes—to be printed.
[4-10] We, who are accustomed to foster the talents of all learned men, and wishing that you proceed with special favor and grace, so that especially, as much as the volume is already published, so much the rest in succession may issue uninterrupted as correctly as possible, nor be changed, or altered, or corrupted, or distorted by blemishes caused either by ill-will or negligence, or changed by adding or subtracting anything in any way.
[10-16] By motu proprio, not due to your insistence of the petition offered to us in this matter, nor due to that of another on your behalf, but from our certain knowledge, and from the plenitude of Apostolic power, by apostolic authority in the tenor of the present decrees we interdict and prohibit one and all the Christian faithful, of either sex, especially the printers of books, and booksellers, situated as in Rome, and in its district, and in the whole Ecclesisastical State, under [penalty] of five hundred ducats of gold (the type which is used by the Apostolic treasury) to be brought to our Apostolic treasury, by accused himself, and the loss of all the books and the type fonts—so also in all Italy, and outside it in any location or established nation
Notations
[317]
R{everendissi}mo D{ivi}no D.{octor} Vestrio
Secretario Brevium, &c.
[317bis]
S{anctissi}mo D{omino}. N{ostro}.
A Monsignor Vestrio
Pro R
Doct.{or} Gerardo Vossio
Privilege
[314r]
Dilecto filio Gerardo Vossio P{resbytero} Leodien{sis} Dioec{esis}
Magistro in Theologia
Sixtus Papa V.
1. Dilecte fili salutem, &. Cum, sicut accepimus, primum volumen
2. operum omnium, quod graecem hactenus inveniri, et obtineri potuerunt
3. Sancti ephraem Syri, a te nuper Latinitate donatum, et scholiis ubique
4. illustratum imprimi curaveris. Nos, qui eruditorum omnium
5. fovere solemus ingenia, volentes te specialibus favoribus, et gratiis
6. prosequi, ut praesertim, tamdictum iam editum volumen, quam
7. alia deinceps per te in lucem[XXX]edenda quam emendatissime prodeant,
8. neve a quoquam, vel malitia, vel negligentia mendis depravari, aut
9. aliquo modo addendo, vel minuendo, mutari, alterari, vel corrumpi
10. possint, Motu proprio, non ad tuam, vel alterius pro te nobis super hoc
11. oblatae petitionis instantiam, sed ex certa nostra scientia, ac de Ap{ostoli}.cae
12. potestatis plenitudine, omnibus, et singulisutriusque sexus Christifideli=
13. bus, praesertim librorum impressoribus, et Bibliopolis tam in urbe, et
14. eius districtu, totoque statu ecclesiastico sub quingentorum ducatorum auri de ca-
15. mera, ipsi Camerae nostrae Apostolicae eo ipso applicandorum, ac amissionis librorum
16. et typorum omnium, quam etiam in tota Italia, et extra eam ubivis
Source: 140 Sec Brev Reg F 314 (1589)
Citation:
Petitions from and Privilege granted to Gerard Voss for his Latin translation of the works of St. Ephrem of Syria, Rome (1589), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org
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[317]
To the Most Reverend and Divine Doctor Vestri
Secretary of Papal Letters, etc.
[317bis]
To Our Holiest Father
To Monsignor Vestri
For R
Doctor Gerard Voss
Privilege
[314r]
To the beloved son Gerard Voss, Priest of the Diocese of Liege
Master in Theology
Pope Sixtus V
[1-10] Beloved son, greetings, etc. Since we have learned you have arranged for the first volume of all the works of Saint Ephrem of Syria—which have thus far been able to be discovered and obtained in Greek, and having been recently translated into Latin by you, and having been illustrated throughout with marginal notes—to be printed.
[4-10] We, who are accustomed to foster the talents of all learned men, and wishing that you proceed with special favor and grace, so that especially, as much as the volume is already published, so much the rest in succession may issue uninterrupted as correctly as possible, nor be changed, or altered, or corrupted, or distorted by blemishes caused either by ill-will or negligence, or changed by adding or subtracting anything in any way.
[10-16] By motu proprio, not due to your insistence of the petition offered to us in this matter, nor due to that of another on your behalf, but from our certain knowledge, and from the plenitude of Apostolic power, by apostolic authority in the tenor of the present decrees we interdict and prohibit one and all the Christian faithful, of either sex, especially the printers of books, and booksellers, situated as in Rome, and in its district, and in the whole Ecclesisastical State, under [penalty] of five hundred ducats of gold (the type which is used by the Apostolic treasury) to be brought to our Apostolic treasury, by accused himself, and the loss of all the books and the type fonts—so also in all Italy, and outside it in any location or established nation
Notations
[317]
R{everendissi}mo D{ivi}no D.{octor} Vestrio
Secretario Brevium, &c.
[317bis]
S{anctissi}mo D{omino}. N{ostro}.
A Monsignor Vestrio
Pro R
Doct.{or} Gerardo Vossio
Privilege
[314r]
Dilecto filio Gerardo Vossio P{resbytero} Leodien{sis} Dioec{esis}
Magistro in Theologia
Sixtus Papa V.
1. Dilecte fili salutem, &. Cum, sicut accepimus, primum volumen
2. operum omnium, quod graecem hactenus inveniri, et obtineri potuerunt
3. Sancti ephraem Syri, a te nuper Latinitate donatum, et scholiis ubique
4. illustratum imprimi curaveris. Nos, qui eruditorum omnium
5. fovere solemus ingenia, volentes te specialibus favoribus, et gratiis
6. prosequi, ut praesertim, tam
7. alia deinceps per te in lucem
8. neve a quoquam, vel malitia, vel negligentia mendis depravari, aut
9. aliquo modo addendo, vel minuendo, mutari, alterari, vel corrumpi
10. possint, Motu proprio, non ad tuam, vel alterius pro te nobis super hoc
11. oblatae petitionis instantiam, sed ex certa nostra scientia, ac de Ap{ostoli}.cae
12. potestatis plenitudine, omnibus, et singulis
13. bus, praesertim librorum impressoribus, et Bibliopolis tam in urbe, et
14. eius districtu, totoque statu ecclesiastico sub quingentorum ducatorum auri de ca-
15. mera, ipsi Camerae nostrae Apostolicae eo ipso applicandorum, ac amissionis librorum
16. et typorum omnium, quam etiam in tota Italia, et extra eam ubivis