Author: POLE, Reginald ( cardinal 1500-1558 ) - Paolo MANUZIO ( secondary author ) - Martin PÉREZ de AYALA :
Title: De reformatione Angliae sancta et huic aetati valde commoda decreta disputatio de baptismo Constantini magni imperatoris libri duo... Primus liber de concilio agit ; alter, de reformatione Angliae....[1] (BOUND WITH ) De divinis, apostolicis, atque ecclesiasticis traditionibus, deque authoritate ac vi earum sacrosancta, adsertiones ceu libri decem....[2]
Description: .: Dilingae ( Dillingen ), execudebat Sebaldus Mayer, 1562, (16)nn lvs + 245 lvs + (6)nn pp (5 blank) (complete, but quire B is bound after quire a - as printed ).[1]. USTC 672945 Bound with ''De divinis, apostolicis...'' Coloniae ( Köln ) Excudebat Iaspar Gennep[a]eus , ( Jaspar von Gennep ), 1560, (12)nn lvs + 368 lvs (error = 376), (complete).[2] USTC 629509. Both works bound in later (17th c. ?) full vellum with yapped edges, raised spine with title label in black leather. With the manuscript ex-libris on the first title page of the Jesuit College of Maastricht, dated 1636. '' Collegij Soc(ie)tis Jesu' Traiecti ''. On the first fly leaf a dated (1844) private manuscript ex-libris. A fine copy with two complete religious publications pertaining to Council of Trent. Both authors - Pole and Ayala - played an important role at this Council. Pole, whose mother was atrociously executed by king Henry VIII, was the last Roman Catholic archbishop of Canterbury and a fierce opponent of the king. Pérez de Ayala attended all three sessions of the Council. He was archbishop of Valencia. He choose Benito Arias Montano to accompany him to the Council. He made a reputation for denouncing the corruption at the Council. His ''De Divinis...'' is his main work. He discusses here idolatry, the veneration of the relics of Saints, their tombs and images. .

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