Dear List Members,
Otfried tells me that I quoted 1559 as both the date of the editio princeps
of Dante's *Monarchia* AND its placement on the Index of Prohibited Books (this
is in fact what I now find in the latest, excellent edition, translation and
commentary by Richard Kay), although I stated that it was first published two
years after its listing on the Index! I apologize: I was led astray by checking
the date for the Index in the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, which
gives the date 1557 for the first Index Librorum Prohibitorum, whereas 1559 is,
I believe, the correct date.
John Scott
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