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No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
This 1604 Salamanca imprint met the wrong end of an inquisitor’s pen and razor in 1616 in Potosi, a major mining town in modern Bolivia.
My Spanish paleography skills are rough at best, so if anyone would like to take a stab at translating, feel free. From what I can tell, the inquisitor helpfully instructs the reader to “turn the page” on the title page and lays out a rationale for his work on the verso. The third and fourth photos show an expurgation with evidence of both the pen and the razor, and a view of the sewing follows.
The first page says “vuelve la hoja” = turn the page, as you said.
The inquisitor instruction says:
(Cruz) Yo don Mexia de Fernangu por comisión del comisario del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición expurgue esta suma de la opinión del poder de dar misas anticipadas por estar declarado lo contrario por la Santa Sede Apostólica. Firmado en Potosí a 17 de febrero de 1616
It says that the inquisitor has expurgated a text about the power of giving mass before the mass was paid, because what the book says is against the Holy See decision.
Hope that helps!
An archivist from Spain.
Muchas gracias!
Look who has a Wikipedia page!
-John
Tue, 02 Feb 2016 20:23:32
