Author: Sayro, P.D.Gregoria (1560-1602) [ie Gregorius Sayrus or Gregory Sayer]
Title: CASUUM CONSCIENTIAE Sive Theologiae Moralis Thesaurus authore Revver.P.D.Gregorio Sayro Anglo…
Description: Venice Italy, Sassas 4th edition with corrections errors.. Expurged … 1614 with Sessa Cat printer's mark but instead of cat with mouse in her mouth this has Cat with one mouse under her paw while she watches another scuttle away. . Folio [in 6's] near contemporary calf binding on 5 raised bands with gilt ruled frame and oval gilt floral wreath to both covers spine gilt titled and 2 compartments with flower ornament [lower 3 compartments of spine newly repaired] titlepage printed in red and black + [6p=Introduction +to Reader] +[4p=contents & author citations] +[60pp=index] +623pp in double columns with foliated initails of various sizes.The title page with 2 ownership entries crossed out and on the blank verso a violet ink stamp of the Convent at Mons while the pastedown has a small label of the Capucian Convent Montensis. This work first came out in 1601 in Venice while Sayro was with the Benedictine Monastery in Italy. It is a set of rules and punishments for the ecclesiastical communities up to and including excommunication, published on the eve of the Thirty Years War. Only 2 copies in the English COPAC libraries [British Library and Leeds Brotherton Special Collections neither with this publisher or in this edition] Earlier edition published in Venice in 1606 and 1601.

Keywords: Sessa printing punishments of clerics excommunication


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