Opposition to Erasmus from Spain Sample Clauses

Opposition to Erasmus from Spain. Stunica In June 1521, Erasmus received another series of published criticisms of his text, this time from Diego Stunica, one of the editors of the Complutensian edition. It was clear that part of Stunica’s antipathy towards Erasmus was caused by the fact that he had published his edition of the New Testament before the Complutensian bible could be published. But certainly not all the blame for these circumstances could be placed at Erasmus’ feet. A number of factors delayed the publication of the Complutensian bible. Firstly, Ximénez was dead, and no formal application had been made to the pope to request permission to publish. Three years after the printing was finished, Leo X took matters into his own hands, addressing a brief on 22 March 1520 to Francisco, bishop of Ávila, and Francisco de Mendoza, archdeacon of Pedroche. This letter indicates that there was some kind of dispute between the executors of Ximénez’ will, who disagreed with the price at which the bibles were to be sold. Clearly the disparity between the cost of the edition and its potential to generate both cash and “reputational value” had become an issue, probably as a result of the appearance of Erasmus’ editions, and then that of Aldus and Asulanus in 1518. Leo finally broke the deadlock by commanding the men to fix a price and to sell the bibles without further delay.32 32 Aland and Aland, 1995, 3-4, write: “The final volume of the polyglot was completed on July 10, 1517, shortly before the death of Ximénes, but publication of the whole work was delayed until March 22, 1520, when papal authorization for its issuance was finally granted (after the manuscripts loaned from the Vatican library had been returned to Rome).” This account makes it sound as though the pope witheld permission pending the return of the manuscripts, but it is clear from the pope’s brief, printed on ✠8v of the first volume of the Old Testament, that the final initiative for the publication of the bible came from Leo himself: “[…] intelleximus quod inter alia quæ bonæ memoriæ Franciscus t. t. sanctæ Balbinæ presbyter Cardinalis: antequam ab humanis excederet summa cum laude absoluit: extat opus noui & veteris testamenti: noui videlicet in greco & latino: & veteris in græco & latino prædictis necnon hebræo & caldęo sermonibus ab eodem Francisco Cardinale multa cum vigilia & doctorum consensu compositum: & vsque ad sexcenta volumina vel amplius impensa eiusdem Francisci Cardinalis impressa. Sed cum post impressionem h...