Decretum sacrae congregationis…Indice Librorum prohibitorum [Decree of the Holy Office…Index of Prohibited Books]

(ITALY).

Typis Reverendæ Cameræ Apostolicæ, January 21st

Rome

1732

Printed broadside. Woodcut crest of Pope Clement VII, two woodcut vignettes with images of saints, decorative opening letter. Latin and single line of Hebrew

In the center of this list of proscribed books there is a line of Hebrew. This refers to Rabbi Benjamin [Slonik]of Grodno’s work for women, Mitzvath Nashim (Venice, 1710), written originally in Judeo-German, and translated into Italian by Rabbi Jacob ben Elchanan Heilperin (here referred to as “Alpron”). One of the few examples of a Pontifical broadside where Hebrew type was used