(ANTISEMITICA)

Antonium Bladum

Rome

1559

Bullae Diversorum Romanorum Pontificum Incipientes a Bonifacio VIII usque ad S.D.N.D. Paulum IIII. [“Diverse Papal Bullae Commencing with Boniface VIII through Pa ul IV”]. Subtitle: Bullae omnes, Brevia, & Motus proprii sanctissii domini nostri D. Pauliu divinia providentia Papae Quarti.

Adams B-3184; Fumagalli I, 216

Rare Compendium of papal bullae, including several directed against the Jews, most notably the bull confining Jews to a ghetto. Contains all the bulls against the Jews issued by Paul IV (1555-59), including the infamous Cum nimis absurdum of 1555, in which the ghettos were instituted. The texts of the following documents regarding the Jews appear in the collection: 1) De solutione singulis Sinagogis, etiam demolitis, vel ad unam redactis, vel redigendis imposita, & per Hebraeos Archiconfraternitati Cathecu minorum facienda. March 23rd 1555 (ff.1r.-2r). 2) Bulla contra Iudaeos aedita…Cum nimis absurdum… July 12th 1555 (f.8). [Establishing the Ghetto of Rome, prohibiting more than one synagogue in a town, forbidding contact between Jews and Christians, and imposing on Jews distinctive clothing]. 3) Bando supra gli Hebrei, de l’ordine che hanno da tenere. July 24th 1555 (ff. 8v.-9r). See EJ, Vol. IV, col. 1496. The complete compendium sold at Kestenbaum & Company, April 2005, Lot 289