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CARDINAL
XIMENES

Plate I.

Cardinal Franciscus Ximenes de Cisneros ;
Archbishop op Toledo, Primate of Spain, Grand-Chancellor,
Inquisitor-General and Regent op Castile.
[From a scarce print in tlie British Museum.]

CARDINAL
XIMENES STATESMAN, ECCLESIASTIC, SOLDIER
AND MAN OF LETTERS
WITH AN ACCOUNT OF
THE COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOT BIBLE
BY
JAMES P. R. LYELL
J.P., F.R.Hist's/

LONDON
GRAFTON & CO.
COPTIC HOUSE, W.C.
1917

Printed in Great Britain
by Turnbull &" Shears, Edinburgh

PREFACE
The year 1917 marks the quadricentennial of the death
of Cardinal Ximenes, one of the makers of modern Spain,
and of the commencement of the Lutheran Reformation.
Luther and Ximenes were, of course, at opposite poles
in religious matters, but each was responsible for epoch-
making changes in their respective countries.
An attempt is made in the following pages to sketch
the salient events in the history of a man, who, in so many
varied spheres, dominated the life of his time.
I am indebted, in common with every other writer on
the subject, for most of the facts connected with his life
to the biography published in 1569 by Gomez, as there is
practically no other available source of reliable informa
tion. Other material in the shape of manuscripts must
undoubtedly exist in Spain, and these sources would
well repay careful research and investigation by anyone
to whom the necessary facilities might be afforded.
The account of the Complutensian Polyglot Bible, the
magnum opus of Cardinal Ximenes, and some of the facts
collected in Chapters IV. and V., as well as the census

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of existing copies, and other matter contained in the
Appendices, are to some extent presented now for the
first time to English readers in detailed and connected
form. A good deal of this information was contained
in a paper which I had the honour to read this year
before the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society.
It is at the suggestion of some of my bibliographical
friends that the material is now elaborated and submitted
to a wider public in a more permanent form.
J. F. R. L.
Hampstead,
September 1917

CONTENTS
PAGE
Introduction ...... 1
CHAPTER I
Early Life of Ximenes and his Call to the Church . 7
CHAPTER II
Queen's Confessor and Archbishop of Toledo . . 11
CHAPTER III
The Conversion of the Moors . . . -19
CHAPTER IV
The Complutensian Polyglot Bible . . .24
CHAPTER V
Ximenes restores the Mozarabic Liturgy and his other
Services to Literature . . .53
CHAPTER VI
Cardinal and Inquisitor-General of Castile. . . 60

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PAGE
CHAPTER VII
The Conquest of Oran . . . . .69
CHAPTER VIII
Regent of Castile, and Last Days . . 76
CHAPTER IX
The Verdict of Posterity . . .85
APPENDICES
A. Census of Existing Copies of the Complutensian
Polyglot Bible ... 91
B. Bibliography . 102
C. Handlist of Works Printed and Published by
Direction of Cardinal Ximenes . . .113
Index . . . . . .117

LIST OF PLATES
I. Cardinal Franciscus Ximenes de Cisneros ; Arch
bishop of Toledo, Primate of Spain, Grand-
Chancellor, Inquisitor-General and Regent
of Castile . . . Frontispiece
[From a scarce print in the British Museum. ] TO PACE TAGE
II. Reception Hall of the University of Alcala . x
III. Complutensian Polyglot Bible — The arrangement
of the Versions in the Old Testament * . 8
IV. Complutensian Polyglot Bible- Old Testament
Colophon and Printer's Device* . . 16
V. Complutensian Polyglot Bible — New Testament
Title-page * . . .24
VI Complutensian Polyglot Bible — New Testament
Colophon and Printer's Device * . .32
VII. Complutensian Polyglot Bible — Special variety of
Old Testament Title-page . . .40
[Reproduction (reduced) from the copy in the British Museum.]
VIII. Complutensian Polyglot Bible — Specimen of Greek
Type employed in the New Testament p. 43

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TO FACE PAGE
IX. Portrait of Ximenes . . . .48
[From the Life by Gomez, published at Alcala in 15C9.*]
X. Mozarabic and Roman Missals — Ordeal by Fire . 56
[From the Mozarabic Missal printed at Angelopoli (Puebla de
los Angeles), Mexico, 1770.*]
XI " Vita et processus Sancti thome cantuariensis " 64
[(Life of St Thomas a Becket), printed at Salamanca by John
Gysser in 1506 by direction of Cardinal Ximenes — Repro
duction of Title-page.*]
XII. "Scala Spiritualis " . . . . .64
[By St John Climaous, printed at Toledo by P. Hagembach
in 1505 by direction of Cardinal Ximenes — Reproduction of
Title-page.*]
XIII. Medallion Portrait of Ximenes . . .80
XIV. Reproduction of the Title-page of the Life by
Gomez ...... 96
[Published at Alcala in 1569.*]
[* Reproduced (reduced) from a copy in the Author's collection.]

Plate II.

Reception Hall of the University of Alcala.

INTRODUCTION
In Spain, of all the European nations, medievalism gave
place to modem civilisation with a far greater effort and
amid the clash of more contending forces than in any
other country.
Its geographical situation, at the extreme west of
Europe, is responsible to some extent for this, as it neces
sarily formed the final battleground upon which the old
dispensation was destined to give place to the new.
The waves of reform which spread from the East,
however lightly they might leave their traces on other
countries, were bound, either to break or be broken,
when they reached the Spanish peninsula.
Again, it is not surprising that modern developments
were late in taking root when the nature of the country is
considered. A country divided by mountain ranges, un
promising tablelands, and varying conditions of climate
conduced to the long period of civil and guerilla warfare
which lasted practically all through the thirteenth and
fourteenth centuries down to the middle of the fifteenth,
and effectually prevented the expansion and unification
of the country. In order to understand better the con
ditions that prevailed in Spain during the period covered
by the life of Cardinal Ximenes, a few words are necessary
as to the state of the country from a political and also
from a literary point of view.

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In the middle of the fifteenth century we find Spain
divided into four main divisions, viz. : — Castile, Aragon,
Navarre, and the Moorish kingdom of Granada. Castile
was, without doubt, the strongest part of the quartette,
extending as it did from the Bay of Biscay to the
Mediterranean, and for long exacting homage from each
of the others.
Adequately to appreciate the change that had taken
place and the position of the country in the early sixteenth
century, a word is necessary as to the state of Castile prior
to the formation of the new empire.
The great Saracen invasion had dominated all the Penin
sular Kingdoms since the beginning of the eighth century.
The Saracens occupied the fertile district of Andalusia
and for long had banished the Spaniards to the mountains.
For over a century and a half the Spaniards, had been
compelled to witness the spoliation and desecration of
the fruitful lands and villages of their ancestors at the
hands of the infidel invader.
It is a matter of little surprise that such a state of affairs
resulted in a war, not only fed by the flames of an outraged
patriotism, but by the stronger and deeper incentive of
a religious and holy purpose. The Castilian called, and
did not call in vain, upon the whole of Christendom to
assist in expelling the heretics. The Church and the
Army were, to all intents and purposes, synonymous
terms. Priest and People were united in a manner never
seen before or since. The gorgeously arrayed ecclesiastic
might be seen leading the armies of the faithful to battle.
Papal bulls gave liberal indulgences to all who participated,
with promises of Paradise to those who fell in the fight.

INTRODUCTION 3
All this had a remarkable educational effect upon the
country. More liberal forms of government were then
found in Spain than in any other European country.
This was due to two main, but quite distinct causes.
On the one hand, the followers of Mahomet were at
that time noted for their refinement and knightly courtesy,
and they were ever ready and willing to extend to the
inhabitants of those parts accepting their domination,
some degree, at least, of civil and religious liberty.
On the other hand, the Castilian towns were so often
exposed to the sudden attacks and raiding expeditions
of the Arabs that every citizen was necessarily a soldier
and trained to bear arms. The responsibilities of citizen
ship carried with them, under such circumstances, corre
sponding advantages.
The burgess, a man of importance, demanded and
received as a quid pro quo for his military services, large
and ample municipal and judicial privileges.
Popular representation existed in Castile as early as
1169, and the legislature at that time assumed functions
and exercised popular rights in a manner quite unexampled
anywhere else. No taxes could be imposed without its
consent, and a strenuous scrutiny was maintained over
the conduct of all public offices and the administration
of justice.
There are three events in the literary history of the
fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries in Spain which
call for special notice.
The first is the commanding position taken by the
Chronicle, both Royal and Personal, in the literature of
the day. These chronicles soon developed into tales of

4 CARDINAL XIMENES
personal travel and adventure, most of them purely
imaginary, which had a far-reaching effect upon all
European literature and undoubtedly a sinister influence
throughout the world.
It was an age of florid imagery and the apotheosis of
pseudo-chivalry and knight-errantry.
Amadis oj Gaul is perhaps the best of these romances of
chivalry. The plot is purely an imaginative effort, and its chron
ology and geography are alike uncertain. It portrays the
character of a perfect Knight and depicts with truth the
manners and spirit of the Knightly age.
In spite of much that is extravagant and coarse, it
is, as we have said, the best of these romances which
subsequently became so extremely numerous and in
creasingly absurd, until Cervantes destroyed them once
and for all by the inimitable satire and ridicule of Bon
Quixote. The next outstanding event in the literary history of
the period is connected with the drama and was the pub
lication of Celestina. It was divided into twenty-one
acts or divisions, and forms one of the earliest, if not the
earliest, drama in any European language.
The grossness of thought and manners throughout the
work are characteristic of the age in which it was
written, but in spite of these defects the style is easy and
at times brilliant. It attained an enormous popularity,
which lasted for many years after its publication, not
only in Spain but in other countries.
The third, and perhaps the most important literary
event, was the preparation and publication of the Com-

INTRODUCTION 5
plutensian Polyglot Bible, the magnum opus of Cardinal
Ximenes. A satisfactory or adequate history of the printing press
in Spain remains still to be written. It is a field of
bibliographical research which cries aloud for competent
treatment. We can only gather from the facts which are at present
available that the first dated book came from Valencia
in 1474, and was printed by Lambert Palmart, who also
issued other works during the next two or three years.
The early printers in Spain were Germans, and their
work is characterised by the same excellence of execution
and attention to detail which we are accustomed to find
in most fifteenth century presses. The Spanish inclinable
in many cases is distinguished from those of France,
Germany, and Italy, by the beauty of the woodcut initial
letters that were employed and the restrained dignity
and magnificence of the decoration.
It is unnecessary to trace in any detail the series of
events — a long recital of internal warfare and miscel
laneous intrigue — which eventually resulted in a united
and prosperous Spain at the end of the fifteenth century.
On the 19th October, 1469, in a private house at Valla
dolid, with a remarkable absence of ceremony, was cele
brated the marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella
of Castile, two young people who were destined so notably
to influence the history and welfare of Spain. In 1474
Isabella was crowned Queen of Castile, and five years
later Ferdinand succeeded his father as King of Aragon.
The union of hearts was now cemented by a territorial
combination, the importance of which it would be difficult

6 CARDINAL XIMENES
to over-estimate. There is perhaps no more interesting
and dramatic chapter in the history of the period than
that which covers the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella,
and includes the life-history of one who in turn occupied
most of the prominent parts upon the stage during their
eventful reign.

CHAPTER I
EARLY LIFE OF XIMENES AND HIS CALL TO THE CHURCH
[1436-1492]
Franciscus Ximenes de Cisneros was born in or about
the year 1436 at Torrelaguna, a village not far from
Madrid. He was baptized by the name of Alfonso, but in later
years, when he entered the Franciscan Order, he adopted
the name of Franciscus. " Gonsalez," a name that is
sometimes associated with him, was an ancestral surname
borne by the Ximenes family. This family had for long
been established at Cisneros, in the ancient kingdom of
Leon, the capital of which of the same name, about 250
miles N.W. of Madrid, is now the centre of the Spanish
linen trade.
His father was Alfonso de?"Cisneros, and his mother
Marina de Torre.
At the time of his birth the father occupied a minor
official position as Receiver of Tithes. There seems very
little doubt that the family fortunes had by this time
decayed, although it is equally clear that the Ximenes
family was of noble origin and for many generations had
occupied an honourable position in Cisneros. We have
the authority of a contemporary, Johannes Vergara, in
support of this. In his commendatory verses, which

8 CARDINAL XIMENES
appeared in the New Testament volume of the Complu
tensian Polyglot Bible, Vergara writes :
" Noniine Cisnerius clara de stirpe parentum
Et meritis factus clarior ipse suis."
Franciscus, the subject of our sketch, was the eldest
son, and was probably destined by his parents for the
Church. He was sent to school at Alcala de Henares,
and obtained the rudiments of the education of the period
— an elementary knowledge of Latin and the principles of
Grammar. He subsequently entered as a student at the
University of Salamanca, where he spent some years
studying civil and canon law. He maintained himself
during this period by acting as a coach to some of his
fellow-students. In due course he took his degree, an
exceptionally good one, both in civil and canon law. It
was at Salamanca that we are told that he first manifested
that preference for biblical study and research which, in
later life, was to produce wonderful and fruitful results.
After leaving the university he returned home for some
months, but finding that the family fortunes were in
creasingly on the down grade, after consulting with his
father he set out for Rome to seek his fortune. This
journey was the occasion of the earliest of those stirring
incidents and adventures, of which his life was to be
conspicuously full.
He was twice attacked on the road by robbers, who
relieved him of his horse, money, and most of his personal
belongings. He found himself stranded at Aix, penniless
and unable to proceed. Fortunately, he ran across an
old Salamanca fellow-student of the name of Brunet,

Plate III.

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EARLY LIFE OF XIMENES 9
who financed his immediate necessities and accompanied
him to Rome. He practised there for some years as an
advocate in the Ecclesiastical Courts.
Upon the death of his father he felt compelled to return
to Spain, but, desirous of making some provision for his
future, he asked and obtained from Pope Paul II. " Epis-
tolae Expectativse," or a Bull which would entitle him
to the first vacant benefice in the See of Toledo. This
particular form of ecclesiastical patronage was as evil in
its day as any of its successors. It had been forbidden
by the third General Council of Lateran, but in later
years the habit of granting these letters " expectativse "
had been renewed, and in fact they were often sold to
replenish exhausted ecclesiastical coffers. In 1473, by
the death of the Arch-Priest of Uzeda, that benefice fell
vacant and was promptly claimed by Ximenes. It was
a specially congenial sphere of work for him, as it in
cluded within its area his native town. Unfortunately,
the then Archbishop of Toledo had already promised it
to someone else.
The Archbishop was a particularly fiery specimen of
the church militant, who, on more than one occasion,
following the custom of the times to which reference has
already been made, had exchanged his vestments for the
armour of the soldier and led his troops in support of his
master, Henry of Castile.
Ximenes was a good match, as far as obstinacy and
determination were concerned, and a pretty quarrel
ensued. It resulted in Ximenes being confined a prisoner
at Uzeda instead of becoming its spiritual pastor. After
he had been kept in confinement there and elsewhere for

10 CARDINAL XIMENES
upwards of six years, the Archbishop released him and
gave him possession of the benefice. Ximenes, no doubt
very wisely, did not unduly linger in the diocese of Toledo,
but took the first opportunity to exchange for a chaplaincy
under the famous Cardinal Mendoza at Sigiienza. We
have dwelt a little on this incident, as it was character
istic of the man and of the inflexible purpose which domin
ated his whole life.
At Sigiienza, we are told that he employed himself
mainly in learning the Hebrew and Chaldaic languages,
a fitting preparation for his labours in connection with
the Polyglot Bible in after years.
> He speedily secured the confidence and affectionate
regard of that powerful prelate, Cardinal Mendoza, who,
on being appointed Archbishop of Seville, had no hesi
tation in entrusting to Ximenes, as his Grand- Vicar, the
administration of the diocese of Sigiienza. How many
years he held the post cannot now be definitely ascertained,
but we next find him throwing over the cares and responsi
bilities of office and retiring to a convent at Toledo of
one of the very strict Franciscan Orders. It was on his
reception into this Order that he adopted the name of
Franciscus. His reputation for learning and piety soon
brought great numbers of the inhabitants to make their
confessions to him and to seek his advice. He quickly
saw the rest and retirement he coveted disappearing before
his eyes, and was removed at his own request to a small
monastery of " Our Lady of Castenar," where, and later
at Salceda, he spent some happy years in study and in
the exercise of the severest and most exacting rites of his
religion.

CHAPTER II
QUEEN'S CONFESSOR AND AECHBISHOP OE TOLEDO
[1492-1498]
Ximenes presents perhaps the only example recorded in
history of a man leaving the seclusion of a cloister in
middle life, and afterwards attaining to the highest offices
in both Church and State.
It was in 1492, upon a vacancy arising in the office of
Queen's Confessor, that Cardinal Mendoza introduced
Ximenes to the notice of Isabella.
Mendoza was a great man, and in no respect was his
greatness better evinced than in his action at this time
and later on with regard to Ximenes.
It was indeed a bold experiment to take the humble
friar from his monastic cell and place him amid all the
pomp and circumstance of a Court.
The story is full of interest and dramatic incident.
Mendoza, who was well acquainted with the nature and
disposition of his nominee, ordered him on the pretext
of some urgent business to proceed to Court. He was met
there by the Cardinal, who, after some general conversa
tion, took him into the presence of Isabella. The Queen,
we are told, was much impressed by his unaffected piety,
the dignity of his bearing, and the entire absence of any
nervousness shown in his1 replies to her various questions. n

12 CARDINAL XIMENES
She sent for him two days later and intimated her desire
that he should take up the vacant appointment. At first
he declined the proposed honour with most uncourtly
brevity, but eventually, in obedience to the commands of
the Queen, he reluctantly agreed to accept the post. He,
however, secured permission to continue to live at his
monastery and come to Court only when he was required.
His appointment naturally excited considerable interest
at the palace. Peter Martyr, the historian, who had
entered the royal service a few years before, narrates that
Ximenes gave the utmost satisfaction, not only to Isabella,
but to the people of Spain, and speaks of him as " equal
in wisdom to St Augustine, to St Jerome in austerity of
life, and in zeal to St Ambrose." We are further told that
his personal appearance at this time was that of a man
long withdrawn from the world, with an extremely spare
frame and a countenance pallid and even haggard.
His duties as Confessor to the Queen were not merely
confined to ministering to her spiritual necessities. Isa
bella had all the cares and responsibilities of the govern
ment of a great country upon her shoulders. It was
natural, therefore, that she should increasingly rely on
the judgment of one with whom she was necessarily on
such intimate terms, in the settlement of the various
matters of State upon which from time to time she
consulted him.
About two years after his appointment he was honoured
by the authorities of his own Order of St Francis by being
appointed Provincial of that Order in Castile. It involved
the oversight of all their religious establishments. Ximenes
addressed himself to the duties of this office with com-

QUEEN'S CONFESSOR 13
mendable zeal. The state of affairs among the professed
followers of St Francis was lax in the extreme. Abuses
had been allowed to creep in, and the poverty and austere
living of their Founder had, to a very large extent, been
exchanged for luxury and vice.
The new Provincial determined to make a personal
visitation of all the monastic and other similar institu
tions. He selected as his companion one Francis Ruyz.
They took a single mule to carry their modest luggage,
and, in accordance with the rule of St Francis, they begged
for their food as they wended their way from place to
place. Ximenes was a bad beggar, and the results, when
it was his turn to undertake the task, were very disappoint
ing. His companion became very hungry, and in despair,
turning to Ximenes, is reported to have said, " Your
Reverence is going to starve us. You are little adapted
for this business. God imparts to each one his own
peculiar gift. You must meditate and pray and allow
me to beg for you."
These particular services to the Order were, however,
destined to be interrupted by another and a dramatic
change in his fortunes. Cardinal Mendoza, the Arch
bishop of Toledo, fell ill at Guadalajara, and was visited
there at the end of 1494 by both Ferdinand and Isabella.
As he lay, on what proved to be his deathbed, he discussed
with rare frankness the future of their kingdom. Among
the matters that came up for consideration was the appoint
ment of his successor, and Mendoza, with far-sighted
wisdom and disregard of conventional usage, urged Isa
bella not to feel bound to appoint a noble to the office,
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reference to his rank of life. There is very little doubt
that at this interview he specifically advised the appoint
ment of Ximenes as his only possible successor.
A fortnight later, on 11th January 1495, the great
Cardinal passed away full of years and honour. Isabella
paid tribute to a faithful servant by personally acting as
executrix of his will. The appointment to the vacant
See was no easy task for the Queen, who had retained in
her own hands, independently of her husband, all ecclesi
astical patronage. She seems, however, to have speedily
made up her mind to appoint Ximenes.
The revolutionary nature of such an appointment can
be well understood when it is remembered that the
position carried with it the dignities of Primate of all
Spain and Chancellor of Castile, and, after the Pope,
held rank as the highest ecclesiastical dignitary in
Christendom. The situation was complicated by Ferdinand's strongly
expressed wish that his natural son, Alfonso of Aragon,
who occupied the episcopal See of Saragossa, should be
appointed. Isabella was, however, blessed with a happy instinct in
those she chose to serve her and the country she loved
so well. In spite of all opposition, mainly from Ximenes
himself, she persevered in her intention, and on her pro
curing the Papal Mandate of Alexander VI., Ximenes
was left with no option but to allow himself to be appointed
to the office. At the conclusion of the solemn consecra
tion ceremony we are told he knelt, as was customary,
to kiss the hands of Ferdinand and Isabella and addressed
them thus :

QUEEN'S CONFESSOR 15
" I come to kiss the hands of your Majesties, not because
they have raised me to the first See in Spain, but because
I hope they will assist me in supporting the burden they
have placed on my shoulders."
It is seldom that the wheel of fortune has so many
kaleidoscopic changes in store for any one individual.
The youth, who sought ecclesiastical preferment and in
stead found a prison, was the man who, only coveting
the retirement and seclusion of a monastic cell, was
compelled by the pressure of circumstances at the age
of fifty-nine to assume the highest and most exacting
responsibilities in both Church and State.
As soon as the formalities connected with his appoint
ment had been completed, Ximenes took up again the
question of monastic reforms. He made a beginning with
the clergy of his own diocese. He took the opportunity,
when receiving some of his Canons on their presenting
their congratulations after his consecration, to make
pointed reference to various matters in which they had
seriously departed from the rule of St Augustine by which
they were bound. The ecclesiastics listened politely,
but left his presence perturbed and rebellious. They
promptly selected one of their number, Canon Alfonso
Albornoz, and sent him off to Rome to invoke the assist
ance of the Pope in withstanding, what they con
sidered the wholly unnecessary innovations of the new
Archbishop. They were, however, speedily to be taught that the
new Primate possessed a hand of iron under a velvet
glove. No sooner had Ximenes heard that Albornoz had
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haste to bring him back. At Ostia, by the aid of the
Spanish minister, the unfortunate Canon was arrested,
and being brought back a prisoner, he was afforded the
opportunity, during nearly two years' confinement at
Alcala, of meditating at leisure on the impropriety of
opposing the will of his ecclesiastical superior.
The reforms of Ximenes among the members of his own
Franciscan Order were equally drastic. He took steps
to divest them of lands and property which they had
accumulated, both as individuals and a community, in
defiance of the rules of the Order. The austerity of life
which he sought to impose, coupled with his dominating
methods of carrying out his reforms, provoked consider
able uproar. Once again an appeal against him was
lodged at Rome. The General of the Franciscan Order
came specially from the Eternal City to lead the opposi
tion. He sought an interview with Isabella and appar
ently treated her to a most violent tirade directed against
the Archbishop.
The interview was a stormy one, and the Franciscan
left the royal presence, informing the Queen, when she
asked him if he realised to whom he was speaking, that he
was well aware she was Queen of Castile, a mere handful
of dust like himself !
The matter did not end there. The Pope was persuaded
to send a Commission of Conventuals to be associated
with Ximenes in this particular work. These unfortunate
colleagues were, as might have been expected, entirely
ignored by him. This was so much the case that, acting
upon their representations, Pope Alexander VI. issued a
decree forbidding Ferdinand and Isabella from proceeding

Plate IV.
S^r rvta^W«*mi in <*rjflo parts & dom,
p. To ton, & hfpania rum prunatis : ac regnorum caflclle
ArducanalUm. Induftrfa & folerta lonorabllla
VirfAmaldiGtnUclmideBrooirioartlsimprrf lone Maglfin. Anno Domini MillcT
iimoqngctefimodecimo kf
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w mSSS n^T >££?¦ «EzhcWel- Dr'cl- °fre- IoM- Amo»- AMI...

Complutensian Polyglot — Reproduction (reduced) of
Old Testament Colophon and Printer's Device.

QUEEN'S CONFESSOR 17
any further in the matter of ecclesiastical reform until
their proposals had been submitted to, and received the
sanction of the head of the Church.
Isabella was furious, but inclined to give way.
Ximenes, however, was able to assure her that in the
prosecution of these reforms she was carrying out the
undoubted will of Heaven, and she therefore caused
such strong representations to be made at Rome that no
further opposition was experienced from that quarter.
As a matter of fact, a year later Ximenes was given by
papal authority even more ample powers than he had
before possessed.
There is little doubt that the condition of affairs among
the clergy throughout Spain, prior to this crusade by Isa
bella and Ximenes, was deplorable in the extreme. Clerical
immorality and crass ignorance were rampant. As com
paratively late as 1473 it was necessary to pass a formal
decree providing that no man should be ordained who
did not understand the Latin language. From the highest
to the lowest in ecclesiastical circles the most ordinary
canons of decency and morality were openly ignored.
We learn on the authority of Marina that the practice
of concubinage by the clergy was fully recognised by the
law. For example, by the ancient charters of Castile,
provision was made for their issue inheriting in cases
where their parents died intestate. This legal recognition
was nevertheless qualified by regulations compelling these
particular ladies to wear distinctive dress to distinguish
them from their more virtuous sisters.
It is not altogether surprising that the efforts of Ximenes
to clean out this Augean stable resulted in an exodus of

18 CARDINAL XIMENES
a considerable number of the clergy who migrated to
Africa, where their irregularities and self-indulgence were
not the subject of any censorious criticism.
It was not only in matters ecclesiastical that the reform
ing zeal of Ximenes made itself felt. At the time of the
conquest of the Moors a tax had been imposed for the
purpose of financing those wars. This tax was known
as the Alcabala, and consisted of an ad valorem duty of
one-tenth on the occasion of any transfer or sale of goods
as well as property throughout the kingdom. The hamper
ing effect of this upon trade was disastrous, and Ximenes
secured at this time a substantial modification in the
amount of the tax and in the incidence of its collection.
It is, however, not the case, as has been suggested by some
authorities, that Ximenes secured its total abolition.
The present writer has in his possession an original Privi
lege or Grant of these taxes in respect of certain specified
towns, beautifully illuminated and written on seventy
sheets of vellum, in favour of Don Henrique de Guzman,
Conde de Olivares, dated 1580.1 As a matter of fact, it
was not until the eighteenth century that Spain was freed
from this impost.
1 "Privilegio Al Illustrissimo Senor Don Henrique de Guzman, Conde
de Olivares : Contador mayor de quentas de Castilla : . . . De las
Alcavalas de las villas de Lora , Setefilla, Alcolea, Cantillana, Brenes, y
Vallaverde (} compro de su Magd."

CHAPTER III
THE CONVERSION OF THE MOORS
[1499-1501]
The fall of Granada in 1491, and with it the end of any
Arabian Empire in Spain, was one of the most notable
among the many stirring incidents of Isabella's long
reign. It was an epoch-making event which had pro
foundly moved the whole of Christian Europe. It was
celebrated everywhere with befitting rejoicings, and Lord
Bacon has told us that on receipt of the news, which
had been communicated to him in letters from Ferdinand
and Isabella, Henry VII., accompanied by the Lord
Chancellor, the Archbishops and the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of London, had attended in solemn state at
St Paul's to sing a Te Deum in honour of the occasion.
In September 1499, some eight years afterwards,
Ferdinand and Isabella paid a visit to Granada to inspect
the conquered kingdom of the Moors. Two men had been
responsible for the administration of the country since
the treaty of capitulation. Mendoza, Count of Tendilla,
had acted as Governor of the city, while Talavera, a benign
and liberal-minded prelate, had been appointed as Arch
bishop of Granada.
The terms of the treaty of 1491 are important in the
light of what was now to take place. In accordance with
19

20 CARDINAL XIMENES
its provisions the most ample civil and religious liberty
was preserved for the conquered Moors, and their con
dition during these eight years has been justly compared
with that of the Moslem population of India under British
rule. A wise and sympathetic tolerance had character
ised the administration. If Talavera was too good a
churchman to abstain from propagandist work, he was
too good a Christian to seek to further his missionary
efforts by any kind of physical compulsion. We read of
him, in the evening of his days, learning the Arabic language
and taking steps to secure translations of selected portions
of the New Testament.
It was, therefore, to a thoroughly contented, if subject
people that the King and Queen, accompanied by Ximenes,
now paid their visit.
The slow methods of the saintly Talavera had not
produced the outward and visible signs, which alone would
appeal to the narrow, if not bigoted zeal of Isabella.
The visit came to an end, but Ximenes was left behind
with instructions to pursue, in conjunction with Talavera,
an active and strenuous propagandist mission.
It is probable that Ximenes very soon took the direction
of the movement solely into his own hands.
He began with characteristic generosity by spending
large sums from the revenues of his See in making costly
presents to the leading representatives of the Moorish
priests and doctors, whom he had invited to his palace
to confer with him on matters of religion. The results
were at once striking and remarkable.
The Moors applied' in their thousands for baptism, as
many as 4000 being baptized by aspersion in one day.-

THE CONVERSION OF THE MOORS 21
Prescott records that it was necessary to sprinkle them
en masse with a mop ! It is not, however, to be supposed
that such wholesale disaffection should not have seriously
disturbed the stricter and less venal of the leaders of
Moorish religious thought and practice.
Among the chief of these was one Zegri, a noble much
esteemed and loved by his fellow-countrymen. Ximenes
used every persuasive effort to secure his conversion to the
true faith, but without result. He then adopted other and
more questionable methods. He caused Zegri to be
arrested and gave him into the custody of one of his officials,
with instructions to that functionary to open the eyes of
the unbeliever. After some days of fasting and imprison
ment, being laden with heavy chains, the unfortunate man
thought it desirable to intimate to his jailer that he had
received a message in a vision from Allah commanding him
to become a Christian. The news was promptly reported
to Ximenes, who at once baptized the new convert, who
assumed the name of Fernando Gonsalvo in honour of the
" Great Captain " against whom he had once fought in
the Moorish wars.
The only redeeming feature of this discreditable trans
action is that Ximenes so impressed his own personality
upon Zegri that it is reported that for many long years he
was one of his most devoted and attached followers, and
instrumental by word and deed in the conversion of his
fellow-countrymen. In this particular mission the policy of festina lente did
not appeal to Ximenes. He persuaded himself that delay
was imperilling the immortal souls ofthe Moors. He re
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22 CARDINAL XIMENES
spectacular. He ordered that all the sacred and other
writings of the Moors should be collected in one of the
squares of the city. Priceless manuscripts, bound and
illuminated copies of the Koran, together with works of
general theology and philosophy, in all many thousands
of volumes, were all destroyed by fire. It was indeed a
lamentable holocaust, made none the less deplorable by
having been committed by one who, in after years, was
to render such signal services to the literature of his country
and the education of its people.
One can only pass on, echoing the reflection of Lucretius :
" Ssepius olim
Religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta."
It is not surprising that incidents of this kind fanned
the flames of rebellion. The crisis was not long delayed.
Infuriated by an act of violence committed by one of the
servants of Ximenes, an angry mob surrounded his palace.
He was implored by his friends to take refuge in the
Alhambra by making use of a secret passage leading to it
from the palace. At no time deficient in courage, he
utterly refused and remained at the post of danger, assisting
his servants and others to barricade and defend the palace.
The Moors were in an ugly mood, and it would un
doubtedly have gone hard with Ximenes and his household
if help had not come from the aged and venerated Count of
Tendilla, the Governor of Granada, who, attended by his '
chaplain, boldly went out among the crowd and by his
wise and conciliatory manner speedily reduced the passions
of the Moors, who had always regarded him with feelings
of the warmest regard and affection.

THE CONVERSION OF THE MOORS 23
Ximenes reported at once this untoward event to the
King and Queen at Seville, but unfortunately his messenger,
an Ethiopian slave, was delayed on his journey, and did
not arrive until rumours had already reached Seville that
Granada was in a state of insurrection and in the gravest
danger of reverting to the Moors. Ximenes was thereupon
either recalled, or anticipating the need for explanations,
proceeded himself to Seville and was able to satisfy Isabella
that if he had erred, it had merely been from excess of zeal
and that the situation demanded strong measures.
Gonsalvo de Cordova (" the Great Captain ") was
eventually sent back to the scenes of his former military
triumphs, and the Moors were once again speedily sub
jugated, but not before many had been killed and their
women and children sold into slavery.
-- Ximenes was Cromwellian in his policy, and in 1501 the
faith of the Moors was formally proscribed throughout,
Granada, and a few months later by royal decree all the
Moslem population were given the alternative of embracing
Christianity or being banished from the country.
In this way the history of Islam in Spain was brought
to an end. Henceforth the banner of the Cross held un
disputed sway over a nominally Christian country.

CHAPTER IV
THE COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOT BIBLE
[1502-1517]
Ximenes earned the undying fame of posterity as one of
the most liberal benefactors and patrons of learning. It
was after his appointment to the See of Toledo that he
found himself in a position to gratify his love of letters,
and to extend to others those facilities for acquiring learn
ing, the limited opportunities for which he had himself
made such good use of in his early life.
" The revenues of his high office were fortunately enormous.
At the close of the fifteenth century they exceeded 80,000
ducats, while it is said the gross amount reached to as
much as 180,000.
He determined to devote the greater portion of this
official income to the foundation of a school of Arts and
Sciences which should be unrivalled among any similar
institutions of the time. His mind, no doubt, had often
turned to Alcala, the little town where first he went to
school. Alcala de Henares, " the castle on the river," the site
of an old Arab fort, had for long been portion of the
property belonging to the Episcopal See of Toledo. Its
old Roman name of Complutum was given to it because
it was the confluence, or meeting-place, of two rivers.
24

Plate V.

Gaaec tibi paitadaaa tetTagonon rtfpicit illud.
Iteofpitium pttri i pauli tcr quinqsoitnim.
flamqj inftrumentum vous bcbdoaa innuir.octo.
.tti nous fjtnutur. ter quinqj rccrpiat vminoj.

IFlouumtcftamcntum grcce x lartne in academfe
complutenflnouteer tmpieflum.

I^pc vero figillarimi per ouJinem mtoioope
loi^HconrincninbK find toft teaoi 001(10 rufs fubljduntur.
Tp 1 1 m u ois nbi occurro epfa EufcbM papbili ad carplanu dc
cocoidlaquatruoreutSgeHoni. Sequltur odncepe piologue'
bieronymi j J cm [Turin pappi t alij cmido doooi(b piolotyi, ,
¦poflbfc rucLcdut quattuoieuageliagreco fcrmoe culafins
btibla-onfmitrallQfiJcctoppoiito.BridefeqiJUturDuosrc.ci tTQctams.alterDeperegrinaatloe bii 'JS'auli.z eurbali) ou-
com alrcr De rpib* pdit j ttoie: z marmlo eiufiif .Succedut po 1
flea bfpoibcfce due argumfu ilxodo. t h oo< 10110 grert ertu

nftifflniffnfpraebrfpflulhttnfpraecflnonfcflfiirftfafgilia altoincafdidltcriueiwctoiieOTeritnnoir.lnflri.Tp'oflbKfe^ quuturepfe tpfe bti "flbaufcoi ixlids nout if fit opibtte:ou di
mteij>:etarfone lanna emfdc" bean bicronf mi c reside. ©ride
fubnigiturTocabulflrifl grccu coring oca oi'ctioce loriueno
ui rdlamenn z mfupcr fapicnne z cccfiaftici grc« c latine ci
bieuilTimflquflda in initio ad gr«a0lmer.i0iToducT(6e. "flfco
Ibcmo loco llbiu daudunt intapitrtatioes oint tonus noui te
(lamcntl vocabuloium que tam grecam qua bcb:aica z cbaO
dflium roinurunictYmolosiiabuitflomaubciTfqjiid dm!
3pocalfpfis.

Complutensian Polyglot — Reproduction (reduced) of the
New Testament Title-page.

COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOT BIBLE 25
It is interesting to note in passing that it was the
birthplace of Queen Catherine of Aragon, the first wife
of Henry VIII., and also of Cervantes.
It was here that Ximenes decided to found his University.
Plans were prepared by Pedro Gumiel, a famous contem
porary architect, and in 1500 Ximenes laid the foundation-
stone of the first College of San Ildefonso. In 1508 the
first students took up their residence, and signal marks of
royal and papal favour ensured its success from the be
ginning. The professors, forty-two in number, were men
of the highest standing and undoubted scholarship. There
were eight chairs of philosophy, six each for theology, canon
law and grammar, and four each for medicine, Hebrew,
Greek and rhetoric, besides chairs of anatomy, surgery,
mathematics and moral philosophy.
Ximenes endowed the University with a revenue of
14,000 ducats, and we are told that by the end of the first
year there were no fewer than three thousand students.
Ferdinand paid a visit to the University in 1514, and at
a later date Francis I. of France, upon visiting Alcala,
is reported to have said : " The University of Paris, the
pride of my kingdom, is the work of many Sovereigns,
but your Ximenes alone has founded one like it." (Vide
Plate, No. II.)
It was in congenial surroundings such as these that
Ximenes found time to crown his career by his edition of
the Bible known as the Complutensian Polyglot.
A word or two is necessary as to the state of the text of
the Bible at this period. The invention of printing was
barely half a century old. As a matter of fact, the first
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copies of the Vulgate had become corrupted, and no printed
text of the New Testament in its original language existed.
As far as the Old Testament was concerned, it had been
comparatively recently, viz., in 1488, that the first Hebrew
version had been published at Soncino.
One of the obvious reasons why the Scriptures of the Old
Testament had been printed in the original Hebrew earlier
than the New Testament in Greek, was the fact that the
Jews were resident all over Europe, and, being a numerous
and wealthy people, they were able to command the money
and skill necessary for the purpose.
The Greeks, on the other hand, were in an entirely
different position. Turned out of Constantinople when it
was captured by the Turks in 1453, a date practically
identical with that of the invention of printing, they had
neither the time nor the means to expend on the publication
and distribution of printed copies of the New Testament
in their own language. Most of the Greek exiles competent
for such a task had been copyists or scribes, and no doubt
innate conservatism encouraged them to ignore the new
invention. In addition, there was a practical difficulty,
that any Greek type that existed was of a remarkably
clumsy and ineffective variety.
Under such circumstances the ignorance of the clergy
on the subject of the sacred text was stupendous, and the
necessity for some better provision being made in this
respect must have been obvious to a man of the stamp of
Ximenes. His views are well expressed in the following
extract from his Preface to the Polyglot :
" No translation can fully and exactly represent the
sense of the original, at least in that language in which our

COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOT BIBLE 2?
Saviour himself spoke. The MSS. of the Latin Vulgate
differ so much one from another that one cannot help
suspecting some alterations must have been made, princi
pally through the ignorance and negligence of the copyists.
It is necessary, therefore (as St Jerome and St Augustine
desired), that we should go back to the origin of the sacred
writings, and correct the books of the Old Testament by
the Hebrew text, and those of the New Testament by the
Greek text.
" Every theologian should also be able to drink of that
water which springeth up to eternal life, at the fountain-
head itself. This is the reason, therefore, why we have
ordered the Bible to be printed in the original language
with different translations. ... To accomplish this task
we have been obliged to have recourse to the knowledge
of the most able philologists, and to make researches in
every direction for the best and most ancient Hebrew and
Greek MSS. Our object is to revive the hitherto dormant
study of the sacred Scriptures."
Ximenes assumed responsibility for the general super
vision of the book, but he was careful to secure the best
available editorial assistance.
The chief members of his staff were Diego Lopez de
Zuniga, commonly known as Stunica, whose controversy
with Erasmus over his editorial duties will later on be
alluded to, Antonio de Lebrija, Demetrius Ducas of Crete,
who had been invited by Ximenes to occupy the Greek
chair at Alcala, Nunez de Guzman, another Alcala pro
fessor, and three converted Jews, learned Hebraists,
Alphonso, a doctor at Alcala, Paul Coronel, a professor of
theology at Salamanca, and Alphonso de Zamora, to whom

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was entrusted the Grammar and Hebrew Dictionary which
forms one of the volumes.
The book has been often described, the best and most
recent account being found in the Historical Catalogue of
Printed Bibles, issued by the British and Foreign Bible
Society and edited by Mr Darlow and Dr Moule. The
writer has used their description in collating his own and
other copies of the book, and can pay tribute to the care
and pains which characterise the whole of their most
valuable catalogue.
The Polyglot consists of six folio volumes, and, com
menced in 1502 in honour of the Prince who afterwards
became the Emperor Charles V., was printed at Alcala
between the years 1514 and 1517.
The New Testament first appeared, its colophon being
dated 10th January 1514. The next volume in chrono
logical order is the Hebrew and Chaldaic Vocabulary of the
Old Testament, the colophon to the Hebrew portion being
dated 17th March 1514, and the Chaldean, 31st May 1514.
The four volumes of the Old Testament followed, the
colophon in the last Old Testament volume being dated
10th July 1517 — almost exactly four months prior to the
death of Ximenes, which took place on the 8th November
in that year.
In the Old Testament the Hebrew appears in the outside
column, with Hebrew roots in the margin. The Latin
Vulgate is in the middle and the Greek Septuagint (inter
lined with a Latin translation) in the inside column. The
Pentateuch has in addition the Chaldee paraphrase (in
Hebrew characters) at the foot of the page and the Chaldee
roots in the margin. (Vide Plate, No. III.)

COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOT BIBLE 29
The position of honour given to the Vulgate will be ob
served, and this is emphasised in the Second Preface, where
it is stated that as our Lord was crucified between two
thieves, so the Latin Church stands between the Synagogue
and the Greek Church.1
Attempts have been made to convict Ximenes of in
consistency by suggesting that these words necessarily
imply the great superiority of the Vulgate text over the
Hebrew and the Septuagint. It seems, however, clear that
there was no disparagement of the original Scriptures as
such, and it is generally accepted that the words in question
refer not to distinctions of text, because in both prefaces
the Hebrew text is referred to as the truth (Veritas), but are
only an unnecessary glorification of the Latin Church in
comparison with the Greek Church and the Jewish Church.
In the Apocrypha only two texts appear, the Vulgate
and the Septuagint (with the Latin interlined).
The first Old Testament volume contains the title within
a woodcut border composed of flower-pots, flower baskets
and floral arabesques. In the centre are the arms of
Cardinal Ximenes printed in red. A variation of this title-
page, which is found in some copies, will be dealt with later.
The words of the title :
" Vetus testamentu multiplici lingua nuc
primo impressum. Et imprimis
Pentateuchus Hebraico Gre
co atqs Chaldaico idioma-
te. Adiucta uniciqs sua
latina interpreta-
tione,"
1 " Mediam autem inter has Latinam beati Hieronymi translationem

30 CARDINAL XIMENES
appear in seven lines below the arms, above which appear
some verses :
" Haec tibi pentadecas tetragonon respicit illud
Hospitium petri et pauli ter quinque dierum.
Namque instrumentum vetus hebdoas innuit, octo
Lex nova signatur, ter quinque receptat utrumque."
These verses are thought by some to refer to the fifteen
divisions in the shield of the Cardinal's arms, and to be
a comparison with the fifteen days' visit of St Paul to
St Peter at Jerusalem as narrated in the first chapter of
the Epistle to the Galatians, or to the fifteen years occupied
in the preparation of the work, namely, seven on the Old
Testament and eight on the New Testament.
Masch, in his edition of Le Long's Biblia Sacra, writes
" disputatum est inter eruditos," and another explanation
suggests a reference to the College of St Peter and St Paul
at Alcala and an allusion to the sacred number seven and
the perfect number eight.
After the title, we find a Prologus addressed to Pope
Leo X., followed by a series of prefatory notes, concluding
with St Jerome's Preface to the Pentateuch.
On the verso of the last leaf of this preliminary matter is
the Bull of Leo X., sanctioning the publication of the work,
followed by a short address to the Reader by the Bishop of
Abyla and Archbishop Mendoza, to whom Leo had
addressed his Bull.
The precise order of this preliminary matter varies in
velut inter Synagogam et Orientalem Ecclesiam posuimus : tanquam
duos hinc et inde latrones medium autem Jesum, hoc est Romanam sive
Latiuam ecclesiam collocantes."

COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOT BIBLE 31
some copies, but I have adopted the arrangement in my
own. This first volume contains the Pentateuch, concluding
with two leaves of errata which are often missing.
The second volume has a similar title-page, the dedi
cation to the Pope, the address to the Reader and St
Jerome's preface to the book of Joshua.
The text in this volume consists of Joshua to the prayer
of Manasses, followed by two leaves of errata.
The third volume is similar to the others, and the text
begins with the book of Esdras and ends with the book
of Ecclesiasticus and a leaf of errata.
The fourth volume presents the text from Isaiah to
3 Maccabees, ending with the colophon :
" Explicit quarta et ultima pars totius veteris testameti he-
braico grecoqs ; et latino idiomate nunc primu impressa in hac
preclarissima Complutensi universitate. De mandato ac
sumptibus Reverendissimi in Christo patris et domini :
domini F. Francisci Ximenes de Cisneros tituli
Sancte Balbine sacro sancte Romane ecclesie
presbyteri Cardinalis Hispanie Archiepiscopi
Toletani et hispaniarum primatis : ac reg-
norum castelle Archicancellarii. Indus-
tria et solertia honorabilis viri Arnaldi
Guillelmi de Brocario artis impres-
sorie Magistri. Anno Domini
Millessimo quingetesimo deci-
mo septimo mesis Julii
diedecimo." ( Fide Plate, No. IV.)
A fine woodcut device of the printer follows this colophon
and the volume ends with two leaves of errata.

32 CARDINAL XIMENES
The fifth volume in the order in which they are usually
found bound up is the New Testament, but it is more
convenient first to dispose of the sixth volume containing
the Hebrew and Chaldaic Vocabulary and other pieces,
a course which has been adopted in the numbering of the
volumes in my own copy.
The title-page to this volume is the same as in the others,
with the exception of the actual words of the title :
" Vocabularium hebraicum atque Chaldai-
cum totius veteris testamenti cum aliis tra-
ctatibus pro ut infra in prefatio-
ne continetur in academia
complutensi noviter
impressum."
On the verso of the title is an address to the Reader
followed by " Interpretationes hebraicorum : Chaldeorum
Grecorum que nominum " (24 ff.), a list of names with
variations (2 ff.), and an alphabetical index of Latin words
(8 ff.). There then follow 172 numbered folios of Voca
bulary ending with a colophon dated 17th March 1515,
and a variation of the large woodcut device of the printer.
The volume concludes with 15 ff. of " Introductiones Artis
Grammatics Hebraice. Et primo de modo legendi et
pronunciandi," which is dated 31st May 1515.
We can now return to Volume V., the New Testament
and the editio princeps of those writings in Greek. The title
(Vide Plate, No. V.) is printed entirely in black, and reads :
" Novum testamentum
Grece et latine in academia
Complutensi noviter
impressum."

Plate VI.

apocalppfio.

C3P.IVU.

v^fflp'EpXEOOCO/O'eEXcop'AOBETCo'uZoDp'JCDHC 'AcopEdu. 'juapTvpd>mEyC(>"t33apn°aKO\>opTi
/novc,rA6youc.nH(;'li33poq)HTEi'ac,/low'BiBAi
ovnouTou'Edp-lu'EmeH'En'avTd'EineHijai'EiT 'avTop/o'SEOc/Tac.'erild'nABydc/lac.'yEypaujnEpaOEp'"T(B'BiBAico,louTco.'Kai"'Edp"liq'a9E' AHpcm6'Ta)p,Adya>p/Tov'BiBX(ourrHC.'c5po« <pHTEiac.,TauTH<;.°aq>EAoi/o'eE6c.'TO'jiEpoc'au TOu-an6/Tou*c;vAou/TH<;'3a)Hc.°Kcn'EKiTHc'iioAEcoc.iTHa,ayia(;/Tcop'ly£ypcuuuiEpa3p'Ep/T<D'3i BAi(i>'TO\/Tco.mAEyEi'0 " JiapTvpcbp'TavTa'pcn
"EpXouarTaXv.'cuiHp.'pai." EpXou ' KvpiE'm=
oou.m'Xdpic./ToVKupiou'iHaou'Xpicrrou'aiE Ta'radvTeDp/Tcop'ayitDp.'cuiHp. TeAoc. / Ihc, ' cra50KaAv4'Eo>c..

' ¦Kniav.z'ii'vuU'acaviiPaqmm 'vice ceo
•gratis- ' fConterto!mciiirn " omm'audienti
f»crbapp!opbctic'libii caocccocccoccoo
"biii'.'Si'qVappofucnt'ad'bec'appoiiei 'ocuB'fupCT'illuj'pUgaB'fcriptaoccoccco '¦n'libw'illo.'aEffrquiB'Bimuiueritcco
r6CvcrbiB'lib:i"p!opbciic occocccoccco
'binu8:'aiiferet'ocuB'partt3'dUB coo ceo
¦oc'libio'vite' t'Dc'duiiaic cccocccoccoo
¦fciaaocbi9"quc'fcr(piat18ilin>libH)ccco lilto.™©im"d/tclhmomu"pbibenita5.|,£
nl'vcnio' drai'ame.'Elcni'oflc'icfu.ccco
' Craria'Dfu nolrn'idii 'cbulli "cu? coccco
'omnibuB'vobiB.* amen.
Explicit libcr'apocalfpliB.

iBeogratiao.

_|d perpctuam laudemet gloram
ocu Domini nodri icfucbafriboc facrofanctum opus nouitella
menri % liba vttc gretis lanniTqj cbaractenbtiB nouitcr i mp:c(
fum atqj ftudiofifli nic cmcndatum:fcho fine abfolutfl di in
bac pzcclanflima Coplutcnfi vnuicrfi tate : oc madato t
fumpnbuo TRcucrcndilTimt In cbnlto pa trio z iltullnf
fimi ofii oomini frarriB f racifci Jitncnq oc Cifne
ros ntuh fancre SJalbmc fancrc ift omanc cccOe
picfbf ten CardinaliB bifpame Srcbicpi to
Inaiu J difpania? pamarie ac regno?
caltcllcarcbicacclUrii:mdulrna?folcr tia bonoiabi lis Tin arnaldi guilicl
mi be jBiocario arris imptdToue
magifrn.Snnooomini aSbil
kfimoqumgcntcfimooe* nmo quarto . genlis
lanuari) oic Dccimo.

Complutensian Polyglot — Reproduction (reduced) of
New Testament Colophon and Printer's Device.

COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOT BIBLE 33
There are preliminary verses and prefaces (3 ff.), " Inter-
pretationes hebreorum Chaldeorum Grecorumque nominum
novi testamenti " (10 ff .), followed by the text which con
cludes with the colophon :
" Ad perpetuam laudem et gloriam
dei et domini nostri jesu christi hoc sacrosanctum opus novi
testamenti et libri vite grecis latinisqs ; characteribus noviter
impressum atqs ; studiosissime emendatum : felici fine abso
lute est in hoc preclarissima Coplutensi universitate : de
madato et sumptibus Reverendissimi in christo patris
et illustrissimi dni domini fratris Fracisci Ximenes
de Cisneros tituli sancte Balbine sancte Romane
eccl'ie presbyteri Cardinalis hispanie Archiepi
toletani et Hispaniara ; primatis ac regnor, cas-
telle archicacellarii ; industria et solertia hono-
rabilis viri Arnaldi guilielmi de Brocario artis
impressorie magistri. Anno domini
Millesimo quingentesimo decimo
quarto. Mensis januarii
die decimo."
At the foot there is a different and smaller device of the
printer. (Vide Plate, No. VI.)
The volume finishes with a leaf of commendatory verses
in Greek and Latin, an " Introductio qua brevissima ad
Grecas litteras " on another leaf, followed by a Greek
glossary with Latin equivalents (38 ff.).
The exact order of the miscellaneous pieces in both these
last two volumes is very uncertain, and copies present a
bewildering variety in the order in which they have been
bound up. The whole of the six volumes should consist of
1528 ff.

34 CARDINAL XIMENES
The New Testament text is printed in two columns,
the Greek on the left and the Latin Vulgate on the right.
There are references in the margins and special notes are
added in five cases, which we shall consider hereafter.
The Book of Acts is placed after the Epistle to the
Hebrews, a variation which we also find in the Codex
Sinaiticus. Immediately before the Epistle to the Romans
are six leaves containing airohrffjua Travkov and Greek
prefaces to the Epistles. These are an insertion and
obviously printed after the rest of the book. They are
missing in some copies and their presence is frequently
alluded to in sale descriptions in catalogues. The type
used for these six leaves has the ordinary accents and
breathings, which are lacking elsewhere, and this is another
indication that they were printed at a later date than the
rest of the New Testament.
Gomez, whose life of Ximenes,1 is the chief authority
for most of the existing information about his life and the
Polyglot, tells us that the Cardinal spent no less than
50,000 gold ducats (the equivalent of more than £230,000
of our money to-day) upon the work. As an illustration
of the lavish nature of the expenditure, he recounts how
4000 ducats were paid for seven Hebrew manuscripts alone.
We have the authority of Leo X., as set out in his Papal
sanction, that only 600 copies were printed, while the
executors of Ximenes only fixed a price of 6| ducats for
the six volumes which at that time was only equal to about
fifty shillings of English money. We have seen that the
' De rebus gestis a Francisco Ximenio, Cisnerio, Archiepiscopo Toletano,
libri octo, Alvaro Gomecio Authore ; Compluti, 1569.
[See reproduction of title-page and portrait of Ximenes, Plates XIV.
and IX.]

COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOT BIBLE 35
last volume of the work was printed in 1517. The Pope's
sanction is dated 22nd March 1520, but it was not until
1522 that the book was put into circulation.
This delay has never been very satisfactorily explained
and we must rest content with the theory that the ecclesias
tical authorities of the Church of Rome, being doubtful
as to the wisdom of throwing a new translation of the
Scriptures into general circulation, took a considerable
time to come to a favourable decision.
A very important result of this delay in publication was
that the New Testament, although printed in 1514, was
not published or circulated until eight years later. This
enabled Froben, the Basle printer, with the assistance of
Erasmus (then at Cambridge), to bring out in 1516 what is
in fact the first published, but not printed, version of the
New Testament in Greek. This edition of Erasmus no
doubt increased the delay in publishing the Complutensian
version, because it is recorded that Erasmus obtained an
exclusive privilege for four years for his edition throughout
the Holy Roman Empire.
Stunica, the editor of the Complutensian New Testa
ment, was very contemptuous in his criticisms of this
version of Erasmus, and on one occasion was told by
Ximenes, " God grant that all writers may do their work
as well as he has done his. You are bound either to give
us something better, or not to blame the labours of others "
— a striking example of large-minded magnanimity.
There is no doubt that this long delay between printing
and publication is responsible for some variations in the
setting of existing copies. It is quite conceivable that if
the sheets were thus left for years, that some of them might

36 CARDINAL XIMENES
get damaged by damp or otherwise, and require to be re
printed. This is doubtless the explanation of the typo
graphical variations, which form the subject of an elaborate
disquisition by Dr Adam Clarke, which is contained in
the form of a letter dated 25th February 1824, and addressed
to the Duke of Sussex. It will be found reprinted in
Dr Pettigrew's Bibliotheca Sussexiana (vol. i. part ii.
pp. 11-21).
Dr Clarke compares two copies of the Polyglot which he
possessed, and which he calls the Red and the Blue copies,
from the colour of their respective bindings. Beyond the
fact that a few sheets were evidently set up again before
publication, the only really material distinction that Dr
Clarke draws attention to, is the undoubted fact that some
few copies were supplied with a more ornate and decorative
title page to vol. i. The arrangement of the letterpress
on the title is different in the abnormal variety, the
words of the title being compressed within six instead
of seven lines, and the whole page is printed in black with
no red.
The shield in the Cardinal's arms is hatched in a different
manner, and there is an entirely new and superior woodcut
border round the whole page. There are four square
compartments, one at each corner, about two inches square,
containing representations of a pope, a cardinal, a bishop
and a mitred abbot, each bearing significant emblems of
their office. (Vide Plate, No. VII.)
In all probability, the copies with this special title were
prepared for presentation to the Pope and other high
ecclesiastical and regal personages throughout Europe.
I have only been able to discover four copies with this

COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOT BIBLE 37
special title in this country. One is in the British Museum,
one in the library of Merton College, Oxford, one in Trinity
College, Cambridge, and one in the library of the Law
Society in London. I was much interested, when examin
ing this last copy, to see that it was at one time the property
of Dr Adam Clarke, and probably the actual copy which
first drew his attention to the fact that two varieties of
this Bible existed. On turning over the leaves, I found
an interesting letter from Dr Clarke addressed to the Rev.
Joseph Mendham, M.A., whose collection of rare books and
incunabula has found a final resting-place in the library
of the London Law Society, the governing body of English
solicitors. The copy is bound in blue morocco and has the arms of
Spain upon the covers. In the letter Dr Clarke told Mr
Mendham that he believed it came from the Royal Library
at Madrid, having been looted by British soldiers with other
rare books mentioned by Dr Clarke.
Three copies of the Polyglot are known to have been
printed upon vellum. I have been able to trace two of
them. One is in the library of the Vatican at Rome.
The other, bound by Lewis in nineteenth-century
morocco, was formerly in the Pinelli, MacCarthy, and
Hibbert collections. It then passed into the possession of
Mr Frank Hall Standish, who died in Cadiz in 1840. He
bequeathed it, with other books in his library, to Louis
Philippe, who in turn left it to his son, the Due D'Aumale.
It is now in the Musee Conde at Chantilly, whose librarian
has written me fully on the subject.
The value of the Complutensian Polyglot as the parent

38 CARDINAL XIMENES
of the textual criticism of the printed Bible must not be
underestimated .
In the first place, a word as to its influence on the
printed text. It will be remembered that Ximenes paid
no less than 4000 ducats for seven Hebrew manuscripts.
How far these were used it is now impossible to say, and
indeed one writer (Quintanilla) alleges that these particular
manuscripts arrived too late to be employed. It seems
fairly certain, however, that the editors followed the
Lisbon Pentateuch of 1491, and an Old Testament Hebrew
edition printed by Soncino at Naples in the same year.
That they made use in addition of some manuscript source,
is confirmed by a Hebrew manuscript now in the University
library in Madrid, which bears obvious traces of having
been used for such a purpose.
The Complutensian Old Testament text was followed,
more or less, in all the great Polyglots that succeeded it,
viz., the Antwerp of 1568, the Heidelberg of 1586, and
Walton's London Polyglot of 1655.
After that date its influence rapidly declined, as succeed
ing generations of learned Hebraists, notably Kennicott in
the eighteenth and Ginsburg in the nineteenth centuries,
devoted their attention to the examination and collation of
many hundreds of hitherto unknown Hebrew manuscripts,
and produced critical editions of the utmost value.
The influence of the New Testament text was, from a
critical point of view, of infinitely greater importance.
Textual critics have always been anxious to discover
and identify the actual manuscripts on which this editio
princeps was based.
We can get little information from the editors them-

COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOT BIBLE 39
selves and that little in very general terms. In their New
Testament preface they tell us that " ordinary copies were
not the archetypes for this impression, but very ancient
and correct ones (" sed antiquissima emendatissimaque "),
and of such antiquity that it would be utterly wrong not
to use their authority ; which the Supreme Pontiff Leo X.,
our most holy father in Christ and Lord, desiring to favour
this undertaking, sent from the apostolical library to the
most reverend lord the Cardinal of Spain, by whose
authority and commandment we have had this work
printed." Ximenes himself speaks in his dedication to Leo X. of
" very ancient codices both of the Old and New Testament
which Leo had sent, and which had aided them very much
in their work." Modern scholarship has been compelled
to refuse to accept these quotations in their literal sense.
Some of the manuscripts may have been, and probably
were, lent by the Vatican authorities, and it is possible,
nay probable, that the editors themselves believed them
to be of the very oldest and best description ; no doubt
the oldest and best available at the period when knowledge
of such subjects was in its infancy. In the light of what we
know to-day it is abundantly clear that their manuscripts
were comparatively late, certainly not earlier than the
twelfth century, and very likely later even than that.
It is significant that whenever a comparison is made be
tween a modern manuscript of, say, the twelfth to the
fifteenth centuries and one of the fourth or fifth, or with the
quotations from the early Greek Fathers, the Complu
tensian text is found almost invariably to be in accord with
the modern manuscript.

40 CARDINAL XIMENES
Attempts have been made to ascertain if the manu
scripts now exist. Professor Moldenhawer of Denmark
went to Alcala in 1874 to see if he could find them in the
University Library. He seems to have been put off with
a fantastic story of their alleged sale in 1749 by the then
librarian to a rocket-maker of the name of Toryo, and the
proceeds credited in his accounts as having been received
for useless parchments (" como membranas inutiles ").
The story was further embellished by the suggestion that
the rocket-maker employed these particular manuscripts
to make rockets to celebrate the arrival at Alcala of some
unknown Grandee !
Dibdin repeats this legend, with all his accustomed
wealth of superfluous verbosity, in his account of the
Polyglot.1 Fortunately, later investigation has disproved the whole
story of this alleged vandalism. It appears that so far
from the library at Alcala being in charge of an illiterate
and incompetent librarian, he was a man of considerable
eminence in the world of letters, who merely sold as waste
paper the worn-out parchment covers of some manuscripts,
prior to their being rebound.
Moreover, Toryo, the firework manufacturer, was him
self an educated man, and on terms of intimacy with the
professors at the University.
The seven Hebrew manuscripts supposed to have been
used for the Old Testament, and spoken of by Gomez,
appeared in a catalogue of the University Library in 1745,
and are now in Madrid with the rest of the library which
1 Introduction to the knowledge of rare and valuable editions of the Greek
and Latin Classics. Second edition, London, 1004.

Plate VII.

©accti'bipctadccastctrafjono rcfpidt illud
l^ofpirtumpctntpauUterqtiinqjoicrutn.iRaqj tnltrumetu vetu? bcbdoas inmut:octo
Xer nona fipatur. icrquiqjrcccptatvtruqj.

C Man 6 tcftametu mu Iripltct lin
gua rwc p:imo impzclTmn £t im-
pzimis Ifrentateucb9 l^ebzatco:
!Sreco:atq5£baldaico idto
mace. Hdiucta x>nf on q5
ma latina tterpjetattoe.

Complutensian Polyglot — Reproduction (reduced) of special
variety of Old Testament Title-page.
[From the copy in the British Museum.]

COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOT BIBLE 41
was removed when the University was transferred from
Alcala. No New Testament manuscripts appeared in this cata
logue, or have ever been traced.
Custodians of ancient manuscripts have ever been jealous
of any outside investigation into their treasures, and we
can only conclude that the Danish professor was never
intended to see any manuscripts, and was accordingly
politely dismissed with this legend, a characteristic
specimen of Spanish humour. We remember how Tischen-
dorf experienced very much the same treatment on his
second visit to the Convent on Mt. Sinai in search of the
Codex Sinaiticus, while the blunt refusal of the Vatican
authorities for so many years to allow any inspection of
their famous Codex B is another case in point.
An attempt has been made to controvert the statement
of Ximenes that Leo X. lent him manuscripts for the New
Testament. It is argued that, as the New Testament
volume was printed in January 1514 and Leo only elected
Pope in February 1513, that there was insufficient time
for the employment of any such manuscripts.
In the first place, there is nothing to have prevented
Leo from having been the means of procuring the loan
before he was elected Pope. Again, there is no inherent
improbability on the score of shortness of time, when we
remember that Erasmus prepared his edition when com
missioned by Froben, the Basle printer, in the short space
of five months, and at a time, moreover, when he was
burdened with many other literary labours. The distin
guished men who were devoting all their time and attention
to the editing of the Complutensian New Testament were

42 CARDINAL XIMENES
surely equally competent with more than double the
amount of time at their disposal.
Another accusation made against the editors was that
they wilfully distorted their text in order to make it coincide
with the Latin of their much venerated Vulgate. There
is little or no proof of this. On the contrary, their Greek
text differs from the Vulgate in more than 900 places, and
often in important passages they have obviously followed
manuscript sources and provided renderings entirely
opposed to those contained in the Vulgate.
The chief reason that gave rise to such an accusation is
the fact that they included in 1 John v. 7 and 8 the
testimony of the heavenly witnesses. Verse 7 reads :
" For there are three that bear record in heaven, the
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost ; and these three
are one."
These are the words of our Authorised Version, but they
do not appear in the Revision of 1881.
This is one of the best known examples of the formation
and introduction of a gloss into the text. The Complu
tensian editors inserted these words with the exception
of the last five " and these three are one," and made a
note (the longest of the five notes they have given us
throughout the New Testament), to explain, not the in
clusion of the words as to the heavenly witnesses, but their
reason for omitting the last clause, which they did on the
authority of St Thomas Aquinas. Up to the time of the
invention of printing, the appearance of this gloss was
confined within very narrow limits. The evidence against
its authenticity is overwhelming. It is not found in any
reliable Greek manuscript. The only two Greek manu-

COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOT BIBLE 43
scripts which do contain it are late, and one of them is
itself an obvious copy of the Complutensian text. (Codex
Ravianus, Evan. 110.)

Plate VIII.
'dTi'Tpei's'si*8
<yj'p/oiliiapTvpovpT£qmep/7ft>novpajjco,/o0roa= THppKai/o<lA6yo^1rKai/7o,dyio{j'OT|j£\/xia , "kqi
/oix7psi<;1e£i<;/7oJ£^1,£!dubKai'7p£i«;6£t(yj'p/oi{ixap 2lwp l Kori/7oma!jaa.ne!/THp0juLapTi/piai;/T(a>iJl,ap
spcamcop* AauBdjJo<u.£p,/H r xtapT vpia/Tou'esov
' U£ iJOOyECTip . *6 Tlr CCVTHs£JTlV/Hi'iiapT vpi a/7o V
b«£oi/-Hp*ii£uapTvpHK£en£pi/7ovfviov8avTO\>. Specimen of Greek type employed in the Complutensian New Testament.
It is not contained in the Peshitta, or in the majority
of the other versions. On the other hand, it is found in
the works of Vigilius of Thapsus in the fifth century, and
thereafter it obtained general acceptance in the Latin
Church, appearing in the printed editions of the Vulgate.
No doubt the desire to support the doctrine of the Trinity
increased the inclination of the ecclesiastical authorities
to adhere to an obvious interpolation, but we can only agree
with Richard Baxter, who, writing on the disputed
passage,1 says : " Though much of these words be not in
1 A Paraphrase ofthe New Testament, London, 1685.

44 CARDINAL XIMENES
many ancient copies of the Bible ... it need not offend
the Faithful, there being so many other texts which assert
the Trinity."
1 Erasmus left the words out in his first two editions of
1516 and 1519, but being called upon by Stunica to justify
the exclusion, promised to insert it if any Greek manuscript
could be produced in its favour. It is fairly clear from
Stunica's own correspondence with Erasmus that the
debated words were merely a translation from the Latin.
However, a manuscript, Codex Montfortianus (Evan. 61),
now in Trinity College, Dublin, was produced with the
passage included, and Erasmus, in fulfilment of his promise,
inserted the words in his third edition of 1522.
There appears, however, to be a doubt whether this
particular Greek manuscript, which is as late as the
fifteenth or early sixteenth century, had not in fact been
largely corrected from the Vulgate. The particular passage
in the manuscript has been glazed over with some pre
paration for protection, which made a witty Irish priest
observe that no one could fail to see that it was a gloss !
There are only four other annotations made by the
Complutensian editors, viz. : a reference to the omission
of the Doxology in the Lord's Prayer (Matthew vi.),
two alternative renderings in 1 Corinthians xiii. 3 and
1 Corinthians xv. 31, and in the 51st verse of the same
chapter the suggested insertion of the Greek word aXXov,
which would make the passage run : " We shall not all
sleep, but elsewhere, we shall all be changed."
This is a significant and interesting variation in the
accepted reading. When I read this note and found this
new marginal reading, I searched everywhere to see if the

COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOT BIBLE 45
leading textbooks threw any light on the subject, but
without any result.
I have had some correspondence with Mr H. C. Hoskier,
the well-known textual critic, on this passage and he gives
as his opinion that the Complutensian reading of dXXov is
really dW ov, which has ample justification, the variation
arising from the manipulation of a short lined codex.
The Complutensian version of the New Testament did
not appear in many subsequent editions, with the exception
of the Antwerp Polyglot.
For one thing, the revision of Erasmus had the great
advantage of a long start and a far larger circulation.
The Complutensian, nevertheless, influenced in many
places the textus receptus. For example, Erasmus in his
third edition of 1522 largely adopted the Complutensian
text of the Apocalypse.
As a first attempt at a critical edition, it is deserving
of all possible praise, particularly having regard to the
paucity of material at the disposal of the editors.
A word now as to the printer and his type. Arnald
Guillen de Brocar has often been thought to be a German,
but as Haebler 1 points out, the Latin form of his name
which he employs, Arnaldus Guillelmus, is incompatible
with a German origin, as if he had been a German he would
have rendered it Arnoldus Guillelmus.
In all probability he came from the South of France. He
is first found in 1489 as a printer at Pampelona, where he
printed some sixteen books in the fifteenth century.
In 1500 he removed to Logrofio and later on to Alcala,
1 The Early Printers of Spain and Portugal, by Konrad Haebler, Bib.
Soe. Monograph, 1896.

46 CARDINAL XIMENES
but he continued to maintain presses at Logrono, Toledo,
and Valladolid. After the death of Ximenes, Brocar
secured the patronage of Charles V. and was appointed court
printer, and he also was fortunate enough to obtain the con
tract for printing all Papal Bulls and Letters of Indulgence
throughout Spain. He died in 1523, and his activities,
and the general commercial success attending his efforts, re
mind us very forcibly of Anthony Koberger of Nuremberg.
Brocar printed some ninety-two books, but his title to
fame rests without doubt on his printing of this Complu
tensian Polyglot.
The best experts on early Hebrew printing unite in
praising the fount of Hebrew type made use of in the Old
Testament. Mr E. N. Adler, whose collection of Hebrew incunabula
is unrivalled, tells me that he knows nothing to compare
with it among early Hebrew books, not even among the
Spanish and Portuguese incunabula. The fount is in three
types : (a) a few large initial letters, (b) the ordinary type
of the text, and (c) the smaller type of the notes, which
is also found in a Zamorra Hebrew Grammar printed at
Alcala in 1524.
The special feature, however, of the printing of the Com
plutensian is the very remarkable and truly magnificent
fount of Greek type used in the New Testament. (See
reproduction, p. 43.)
Whereas other Greek types in use since the days of
Aldus have been founded on the cursive, or running hand
writing, in which beauty was sacrificed to speed, this
fount of Brocar imitates the formed and stately uncials
of the best Greek manuscripts.

COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOT BIBLE 47
Proctor x says that " To Spain belongs the honour of
having produced as her first Greek type, what is un
doubtedly the finest Greek fount ever cut, and the only one
of which it can be affirmed with certainty that it is based
on the writing of a particular manuscript."
Proctor backed his opinion by himself designing a type
in imitation of it and improved it by a set of capital letters,
providing also accents and breathings in which it was
almost entirely lacking.2
Proctor says that the Complutensian fount had only one
capital letter, a II. He is, wonderful to relate, in error
as to this. There are the following other capital letters,
viz. : — A (alpha)
K (kappa)
A (delta)
T(tau)
r (gamma)
H (eta)
0 (omicron)
2 (sigma)
The whole type is of singular simplicity and beauty. In
the Vocabulary to the New Testament a set of accents is
provided. Brocar tells us in his preface that the type was cut on
the model of the Greek manuscript lent to Ximenes by
Leo X., and excuses its deficiencies on the ground that it
1 The Printing of Greek in the Fifteenth Century, by R. Proctor, Bib.
Soe. Monograph, 1900.
2 For an example of Proctor's Greek type see The Oresteia of
jEschylus, 1904.

48 CARDINAL XIMENES
was more respectful to print it after the fashion employed
by the ancient Greeks !
The Greek type he used later in the Old Testament was
entirely different, resembling that of Aldus. It is a smaller
and a poorer type, and was no doubt necessitated by the
interlined Latin which prevented the employment of any
thing larger. Here again, Brocar provides the explanation
that the Greek in the Old Testament being merely a trans
lation, it was not worth his while to use his special fount.
The devices he uses are of three varieties in this book.
The one at the end of the Old Testament is within a wood
cut border and measures 6 inches by 7J. It represents a
figure kneeling before the Cross. There are protrait
medallions of two saints, one in each top corner ; below
are two figures on pedestals upholding a triangle within
which is the motto : " In hoc signo vinces." (Vide Plate,
No. IV.) At the foot his initials appear in monogram.
The same device appears at the end of the Vocabulary
volume with a variation of the motto : " Per signu Cru/cis
de inimi/cis nfis libera/nos dne Deus/noster."
In the New Testament we find a much smaller device,
If inches by 2^ inches, consisting of a circle, printer's
staff and his monogram, all in white upon a black ground.
(Vide Plate, No. VI.)
Haebler thinks the fact that he used a device at all,
suggests a German origin, but as many early Spanish
printers undoubtedly adapted their devices from French
and Italian examples, there is no special reason why, in
his case, a German provenance should be assumed.
The larger Complutensian device is not, as far as I am
aware, found in any other book. It is obviously adapted

Plate IX.

Cardinal Ximenes.
[Reproduced from the Life by Gomes, published at Atcald in 1569.]

COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOT BIBLE 49
from an elaborate device which Brocar had used in several
of his books.
This other device has the same design of a man kneeling
at the Cross, but underneath there are two angels holding
up a shield within which is his monogram surmounted by
a porcupine. There is also a somewhat strange motto :
" Inimici hominis domestici ejus."
It has been suggested that we have here an indication of
family dissension, or some reflection upon the competency
of his workpeople, but it is a motto that has never been
satisfactorily explained.
The small New Testament device and the border and
arms of Ximenes I have found in a copy of the Letters of
Catherine of Sienna, printed by Brocar for Ximenes at
Alcala in 1512, nearly two years before the Complutensian.
The borders of the title and the device are identical, but
the blocks of the border have been transposed. This
particular book is printed in a fine Gothic type.
Early books from Brocar's Complutum press are scarce,
and increasingly difficult to obtain.
The relations between the Cardinal and his printer were
of the friendliest description. We are told that Brocar's
son carried the last sheets of the final volume of the Polyglot
to Ximenes, who was then lying ill on what proved to be
his death-bed, and that the aged Cardinal, raising his eyes
to heaven, said :
" I give thee thanks, O Most High God, that thou hast
brought to the long-wished-for end this book which I
undertook." During the last three years I have endeavoured to com-

50 CARDINAL XIMENES
pile a census of the existing copies of this Complutensian
Polyglot Bible.1 I am fully conscious that in many respects
it must be inadequate and incomplete.
For example, the response from Spain has been very
disappointing, and there must be some copies of the work
in South America, particulars of which I have not been able
to ascertain.
I think I may say, however, that as far as the United
Kingdom, France, Italy, and the United States are con
cerned, my information is fairly complete. I make this
reservation that it is always difficult to obtain information
as to copies in private hands.
The book is very seldom found perfect and complete,
and a large proportion of the copies which I have
been able personally to collate are imperfect in some
particular. I am under a great debt of obligation to librarians all
over the world for information and assistance cordially
placed at my disposal, and, whenever I have asked for it,
for facilities for inspection.
To summarise the results, I have traced ninety-seven
copies, perfect and imperfect.
In the United Kingdom there are forty-nine, of which no
fewer than twenty are in Oxford and Cambridge libraries.
Eight are in private hands and nine are in six London
libraries. Scotland has four copies (two in Glasgow, one in
Edinburgh, and one in St Andrews). The United States
have sixteen copies ; France, nine ; Italy, eight ; Germany,
seven ; Portugal, two ; Spain, two ; and Denmark, Holland,
Switzerland, and Russia have one each.
* Vide Appendix A.

COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOT BIBLE 51
Unrecorded copies undoubtedly exist, particularly in
Germany, Spain, and South America, but making allow
ances for them, and for copies in private hands and any on
sale by booksellers, I think we may safely assume that
there are not more than two hundred copies which have
survived the four centuries since the book was printed.
Copies are very seldom on the market.1 A really good
copy usually fetches a high price, and with the increasing
demand for early printed books from Spanish presses,
the price is likely to be maintained.
In the Pinelli sale the copy on vellum now in the library
at Chantilly fetched £483. In the MacCarthy sale the
same copy fetched £676. Of ordinary copies on paper,
the Sunderland copy fetched £195 and the Beresford
Hope copy £166. Odd volumes and defective sets are
sometimes obtainable for a few pounds.
The notes of previous ownership relating to the copies
set out in the Appendix are pregnant with interest. You
will find copies that belonged to great kings and to famous
ecclesiastics, embracing a long line of popes, archbishops,
cardinals, and bishops. We handle a copy bound for De
Thou, that prince of bibliophiles. Another, looted during
the French Revolution from a Jesuit College in Montpellier,
has found its last resting-place in the library of a theo
logical seminary in New York.
If all these volumes could only speak to us, what a tale
they would tell !
1 Mr Quaritch informs me that during the last thirty years not more
than eight or ten perfect copies have passed through his hands, while the
copies that have been sold by public auction during the same period are
surprisingly small.

52 CARDINAL XIMENES
As has been well said x : " We sit as in a theatre, the
stage is time, the play is the play of the world. What a
spectacle it is. What kingly pomp, what processions file
past. What cities burn to heaven, what crowds of captives
are dragged at the chariot wheels of conquerors ! "
We turn over the leaves of these Old Testament volumes
and " we breathe the morning air of the world while the
scent of Eden's roses still lingered in it, while it vibrated
only to the world's first brood of nightingales, and to the
laugh of Eve.
" The silence of the unpeopled Syrian plains, the out
goings and ingoings of the patriarchs, Abraham and
Ishmael, Isaac in the fields at eventide, Rebekah at the
well, Jacob's guile, Esau's face reddened with desert sun
heat, Joseph's splendid funeral procession. What a silence
as of a half-peopled world. What green pastoral rest,
what indubitable human existence !
" Across brawling centuries of blood and war we hear
the bleating of Abraham's flocks, the tinkling of the bells
of Rebekah's camels.
" O men and women, so far separated yet so near, so
strange yet so well known. By what miraculous power
do we know you all ?
" What King's Court can boast such company ? What
school of philosophy such wisdom ? "
1 Adapted from Dreamthorp : a Book of Essays, by Alexander Smith,
1830-1867.

CHAPTER V
XIMENES RESTORES THE MOZARABIC LITURGY, AND HIS
OTHER SERVICES TO LITERATURE
We have noticed the two outstanding services rendered
by Ximenes as a patron of learning, viz. : the foundation
of the University of Alcala and the preparation and com
pletion of the Complutensian Polyglot Bible.
In his literary labours he was not content to confine
himself solely to theology. Reference has already been
made to Johannes Vergara, whose commendatory verses
on Ximenes appear in the New Testament volume of the
Polyglot. He was one of the professors at Alcala, and
' Ximenes commissioned him to prepare a complete edition
of the works of Aristotle. He no doubt contemplated
doing for philosophy what he had done so successfully
for biblical research. The commission was given prior to
the completion of the Polyglot. Unfortunately, Ximenes
died before Vergara had done more than collect together
some part of the necessary material. The death of his
patron put an end to the undertaking, and the unfinished
manuscript eventually found its way to the Cathedral
Library of Toledo in default of anyone being found able
or willing to bear the expense of its completion and
publication. Ximenes was, however, responsible for another literary
undertaking of great importance. A casual visit to the
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54 CARDINAL XIMENES
library at Toledo, and the discovery there of some old
Gothic manuscripts, afforded him the opportunity of con
ferring a great benefit on the liturgical literature of his time,
by the publication of the Gothic, or Mozarabic Liturgy.
The Goths, who dominated Spain in the fifth and sixth
centuries, had codified their religious rites into a form
afterwards known as the Gothic Ritual. St Isidore, who
was Bishop of Seville at the beginning of the seventh
century, revised this ritual. At the Council of Toledo, over
which he presided in a.d. 633, its use was enjoined in all
the churches. A little later on the Goths were conquered
by the Arabs. For a period of about four centuries Spain
was under the sway of Islam, although, with a tolerance
which we should not have expected, the Moors allowed the
Goths who remained in the country a certain amount of
freedom in matters of worship. They continued to use
their Gothic ritual, but as time went on it became corrupted
as the Goths intermingled with their conquerors. These
Gothic Christians were allowed to uphold the banner of
their faith with little interference and still less help from
the papal authorities of the Vatican. However, at the
end of the eleventh century the Moors were expelled from
Toledo, and Rome, at the instigation of the French monks
of Cluny, whose influence in Spain had always been great,
made an attempt to substitute for the Gothic, or, as it was
known, the Mozarabic Ritual, the Italian Mass Book and
Formularies. A cardinal legate was sent by the Pope to Spain to effect
the change, but met with the greatest possible opposition
on the part of the king and people, who were quite content
to continue their worship according to the rites sanctioned

RESTORES MOZARABIC LITURGY 55
by their beloved St Isidore, and which had been formally
approved by Pope John X. in a.d. 924.
Alfonso VI. was apparently prepared to give way to
the papal demands, but the Castilians, at no time willing
to tolerate interference from Rome, protested vigorously.
" The question was, in accordance with the custom of
the times, submitted for decision to the ordeal of single
combat. Two champions were chosen, and the knight
representing the Mozarabic Liturgy gained the day. A
further test was made in a characteristically Spanish
fashion by a contest between two bulls in the ring at
Toledo. The Mozarabic animal proved victorious, and
again the conservative instincts of ecclesiastical Castile
prevailed. A few years later Gregory VII. sent Cardinal Ricardo
on a similar errand. At a Council held at Burgos the
Mozarabic Ritual was formally abolished, but the Castilians
were still dissatisfied, and an appeal was once more made
to the judgment of Heaven. A solemn fast was proclaimed.
A huge fire was lighted and, after prayer, a copy of the
Mozarabic and Roman Missals were simultaneously given
to the flames. The Italian service-book escaped de
struction by rebounding from the pile and falling outside
the reach of the fire, while the Mozarabic remained un
injured in the middle of it ! (Vide Plate, No. X.) " Alia
van leyes, donde quieren reyes " (" What kings wish, the
.. law wills"), and Alfonso decided that as both books
appeared to have equally secured divine protection, they
should both be recognised as valid in his dominions. The
Mozarabic Ritual, however, gradually died out and became
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the end of the fifteenth century. His predecessor in the
See of Toledo, Cardinal Mendoza, had contemplated dealing
with the question, but had died before he was able to carry
out his intentions. Ximenes placed the work in the
hands of Alphonso Ortez, one of the canons at Toledo, and
provided him with three assistants. He caused the manu
scripts to be carefully revised and altered the old Gothic
characters into the ordinary type of the period.
This Missal was sumptuously printed by Peter Hagem-
bach of Toledo and published in 1500. It is one of the
rarest and finest of Spanish early printed books. The title-
page consists of a fine woodcut representing Saint Ildefonso
receiving the casula at the hands of the Virgin, surmounted
by a cross and crowned with a cardinal's hat. (For a
similar cut, see Plate, No. XI.) The border, in the form
of an escutcheon, bears the motto : " Indui eum vestimento
salutis, sacerdotes eius induam salutari."
This particular woodcut has been regarded by most
bibliographers as representing the arms of Cardinal
Ximenes and being the device of Hagembach, the printer.
It certainly does not represent the Cardinal's arms, which
are correctly given on the title of the Complutensian
Polyglot. (Vide Plate, No. V.)
As far as Hagembach is concerned, he used the design
of St Ildefonso and the Virgin in two states in several
of his books. I have a copy of a Ccesar which he
printed in 1498 in which the device appears in its earlier
state without the border, motto, cross, or the cardinal's
hat. On the other hand, it appears in practically the same
form as in this Missal, in a book (Vita et processus
Sancti thome cantuariensis) printed by another printer,

Plate X.

Mozarabic and Roman Missals — Ordeal by Fire.
[From the Mozarabic Missal printed at Angelopoli (Puebla de los Angeles),
Mexico, 1770.]

RESTORES MOZARABIC LITURGY 57
Johannes Gysser at Salamanca in 1506. (Vide Plate,
No. XI.) The truth seems to be that the device,
which probably was originally designed by Hagembach,
became employed on books published under the patronage
of Ximenes.
Underneath the woodcut, printed in red in a bold Gothic
type, is the following title :—
Missale mixtum secudum re / gulam beati Isidori dictum /
Mozarabes.
On the verso of this title is a dedication by Ortez to Ximenes.
The volume ends with the following colophon : —
Ad laudem omnipotentis dei. / necnon virginis marie
matris eius . . . Impressum in re / gali civitate Toleti.
Jussu Reverendissimi in / christo patris dfri. d. fracisci
Ximenes : eiusde / civitatis Archiepiscopi. Impensis Nobilis /
Melchioris Goricii Novariensis. Per magi / strum Petrum
hagembach. Alemanum. An / no salutis nostre Milesimo
quingentesimo / die vero nona mensis Januarii.
Printed in double columns in red and black, it is un
doubtedly one of the most splendid typographical examples
of the early Spanish press.
The difference between the Roman and Mozarabic
liturgies is most marked in the canon of the Mass. The
form of consecration x in the Mozarabic being almost
entirely taken from 1 Corinthians xi. 24.
Ximenes was justly proud of the book and ordered a
111 Dominus Noster Jesus-Christus in qua nocte tradebatur accepit
Panem, & Gratias agens beneljtdixit, ac fregit, deditque Discipulis Suis
dicens ; Accipite & manducate. Hoc est corpus meum quod pro vobis
tradetur. "

58 CARDINAL XIMENES
number of copies to be printed, both of it and of the
Breviary which was issued by the same printer two years
later. These two books are now of the utmost rarity.
A copy of both of them appeared for sale in a London
sale room in 1909, and the two volumes fetched no less
than £1250.
The Missal was reprinted at Rome in 1755, at Angelopoli
(Puebla de los Angeles) in Mexico in 1770, and again in
Rome in 1804. The Mexican edition is scarce and of
considerable interest. It is a fine specimen of printing
and contains three full-page and other copper plates by a
native artist. The one before the Prayer of Consecration
represents the Crucifixion, while the other two illustrate
the ordeals by fire and combat to which reference has
already been made. (Vide Plate, No. X.)
The Breviary was reprinted by Ibarra, one of Spain's
most famous printers, at Madrid in 1775. The writer has
in his collection a copy from the Royal Library of Charles
III. of Spain, bearing his arms in gold on the binding, and
two copies of the Mexican issue of the Missal, one of them
from the library of Ruffo de Calabria, Prince of Naples.
Ximenes was not satisfied with the mere publication of
this Ritual. He erected a chapel in his own cathedral and
founded a college of priests with a head chaplain, for the
observance of this Mozarabic rite, and gave to this college
the right of presentation to six churches in his diocese.
/ There were other works of literary and educational
interest which he was responsible for publishing both in
Latin and the vernacular. Gomez mentions a few of these,
including the Letters of Catherine of Sienna ; a treatise of

RESTORES MOZARABIC LITURGY 59
Tostatus, Bishop of Avila ; the works of Angela de Foligno ;
The Ladder of Perfection by St John Climacus ; a volume
of meditations on the life of Christ and a biography of St
Thomas a Becket. He writes : " Sed cum hi libri partim
ab antistite per ccenobia divisi, partim a bibliopolis eres-
tigio distracti fuerint, paucissimi nunc inveniuntur & sui
pretium raritate adaugent."
If they were rare when Gomez wrote in 1569, their
rarity to-day is beyond question. Three of the most
interesting are : (1) Obra de las epistolas y oraciones de la
Men auenturada virgen sancta catherina de sena (The Letters
of St Catherine of Sienna), translated by Antonio de la
Pena and printed by Brocar in 1512. The woodcut of the
arms of Ximenes on the title, and the border and the small
device of Brocar on the last leaf, are the same as used by
this printer in the New Testament volume of the Polyglot
printed two years later, although the blocks forming the
borders have been transposed. (2) Scala Spiritualis (The
Ladder of Perfection), by St John Climacus, printed at
Toledo by Hagembach in 1505. (Vide Plate, No. XII.)
(3) Vita et processus Sancti thome cantuariensis, a biog
raphy of St Thomas a Becket, by the Abbot of Croyland,
printed at Salamanca by Johannes Gysser in 1506. (Vide
Plate, No. XI.)
The list of Gomez is by no means complete, but a hand
list of works, known to have been printed and published
by direction of Cardinal Ximenes, will be found in
Appendix C.

CHAPTER VI
CARDINAL AND INQUISITOR-GENERAL OF CASTILE
[1504-1508]
In a letter written by Peter Martyr on the 15th October
1504, we read : " You ask me respecting the con
dition of the Queen's health. We sit in the palace
full of sorrow, waiting with trepidation the hour when
religion and virtue shall with her take their flight
from this earth. Let us pray that we may be per
mitted to follow her hereafter whither she is bound.
She so far transcends all human excellence, that there
is hardly anything mortal about her. She can hardly
be said to die, but to pass into a nobler existence,
which should make us envious rather than sorrowful.
She leaves a world filled with her renown and goes to
enjoy eternal life with her God in heaven. I write this
with mingled feelings of hope and fear, while the breath
is still fluttering within her."
Three days before Isabella had made her will. She
settled in this document the succession to the throne in
favour of her daughter Joanna, who was married to Philip,
Archduke of Austria. She further provided that if Joanna
was absent from the country, or in any way incapable of
acting, that her husband, Ferdinand, should be sole Regent
of Castile during the minority of her grandson, Charles.

CARDINAL AND INQUISITOR-GENERAL 61
The two principal executors of this will were Ferdinand
and Ximenes.
About five weeks later, she executed a codicil, in which,
inter alia, she directed those who came after her to treat
with the utmost kindness and consideration the poor
Indians in the nova terra so recently discovered by
Columbus, urging that every possible means should be
taken to convert them to the true faith, with all its
attendant and civilising blessings.
Three days afterwards, on the 26th of November 1504,
in the thirtieth year of her reign and at the age of fifty-
three, Isabella passed away. It does not fall within the
scope of our present purpose to consider in any detail the
life and character of this remarkable woman. A review
of the state of Spain when she died, as compared with its
condition when she ascended the throne, provides her
epitaph : " Si monumentum requiris, circumspice."
The position of affairs after the death of the Queen was
by no means free from difficulty. Ferdinand and Ximenes
were confronted with many pressing problems. There
can be no doubt that all along they intended that Philip
and Joanna should be deprived of the succession.
Philip's foreign connections and almost entire ignorance
of Spain were powerful influences working in favour of the
ambitious Ferdinand. Outward deference was at first
paid to Joanna and her husband. They were proclaimed
with befitting ceremony as King and Queen of Castile.
However, it was not long before the Cortes was called
together and a formal decree made that Joanna was in
capable of reigning owing to mental incapacity. This
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will ; and the next move was the appointment of
Ferdinand as Regent. His regency was not destined to
last long. Sixteen months after the death of his wife he
led to the altar his niece, Germaine de Foix, one of the
beauties of the Parisian Court.
The news of this marriage and the treaty with France
that accompanied it, caused Philip to realise that his in
terests were in jeopardy. In company with Joanna he
set sail for Spain, and after an adventurous voyage, and a
visit to Henry VII. in England, they reached Corunna.
Negotiations were set on foot in which Ximenes took
a prominent part, and eventually Ferdinand abandoned
his claim to Castile and pledged himself to retire to
Aragon. The reign of Philip and Joanna was a very brief one.
On the 25th of September 1506, Philip died at Burgos,
according to general belief, having been removed by
poison. The complicity of Ximenes in this crime has sometimes
been suspected, but of real evidence there is none. More
over, we can safely assume that Ferdinand employed a
far less prominent instrument to carry out his wishes and
that Ximenes was most unlikely to have been particeps
criminis. Be this as it may, Ximenes lost no time in
taking charge of matters until Ferdinand returned. He
acted with the utmost firmness and decision. By every
effort of intimidation, or of persuasion, he rallied the nobles
to the cause of Ferdinand, and summoning Vianelli, a
famous soldier, from Venice, he placed him in command
of picked troops, who were at his entire disposal in every
measure that he thought necessary to take in the interests

CARDINAL AND INQUISITOR-GENERAL 63
of Ferdinand. Joanna, meanwhile, gave birth to a
daughter, and six months later Ferdinand arrived at
Valencia, being welcomed by the ever faithful Archbishop.
Proceedings now moved with comparative rapidity, and
some eighteen months afterwards Joanna was finally
imprisoned as insane. It is difficult to say whether Philip
as a husband, or Ferdinand as a father, have earned the
greater condemnation for this prolonged and wicked
intrigue. During the five years under review, there are two out
standing incidents in the life of Ximenes which call for
notice ; the first, the conferment on him by Pope Julius II.
of the cardinal's hat, and the second, his appointment as
Inquisitor-General of Castile.
Ferdinand secured his admission to the Sacred College
during a visit to Naples, and on the 17th of May 1507 the
formal appointment was published at Rome. Ferdinand
himself took back the red cap, and, acting on behalf of
the Pope, duly invested Ximenes at a solemn service held
at Mahamudum in September of the same year. Gomez
tells us that this appointment gave the greatest possible
satisfaction throughout Spain. The new cardinal was felt
by his countrymen to have abundantly justified this high
honour at the hands of the Supreme Pontiff.
About this time, Ferdinand conferred upon him the
dignity of Inquisitor-General of Castile, intimating the
appointment in an eulogistic letter under his own hand.
The horrors of the administration of the Inquisition in
Spain have justly earned the condemnation of history,
and it is necessary, therefore, to examine the record of
Ximenes in this connection.

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Pope Gregory IX. is responsible for the formal intro
duction of the Inquisition into Spain in the year 1235, a
year or two later than its establishment in either France
or Italy. As far as Castile is concerned, it never flourished,
and at the end of the fourteenth century practically did
not exist.
The circumstances under which Isabella consented to
its revival in her dominions are worthy of consideration.
The causa causans was undoubtedly greed and envy of
the growing wealth acquired by the Jews.
When the Goths were conquered by the Arabs, the Jews
were already a considerable and important part of the
community. They had much in common with the in
vaders, and the same toleration that was extended to the
Gothic Christians by the Arabs was also shared by the Jews.
As a matter of fact, the " Koran " expressly provides for
the protection of the " people of the book," as the Jews
were termed, although with Oriental shrewdness such
protection was subject to the payment of tribute. Under
these circumstances, and being in a state of comparative
security, the Jew flourished in Spain, as he did everywhere
else under similar conditions. Clever and exceedingly
ambitious, he monopolised the highest offices in local
municipal life and, engaging in all kinds of lucrative trading,
amassed considerable wealth. It is not difficult to under-
' stand how the ease-loving, if not lazy, Castilian became
exceedingly envious of his Hebrew neighbour. Many of
1 these Jews were nominal converts to Christianity, and it
was their indifference to their adopted religion that gave
the heresy hunters their opportunity.
The Dominicans, who had been closely connected with

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the Inquisition from its earliest days (St Dominic is
supposed by some writers to have been the first Grand
Inquisitor), petitioned the King and Queen to appoint
inquisitors for the detection of heresy throughout their
kingdom. Ferdinand and Isabella gave their consent. Ferdinand
was frankly favourable, as he saw visions of prospective
plunder, which appealed irresistibly to his avarice and
greed. Isabella may have hesitated, but there is no
reliable evidence that she was anything but a consenting
party. The theory that she acted in this matter under
marital constraint is surely negatived when we recall the
numerous other matters during her long reign in which she
acted in accordance with her own judgment and in absolute
opposition to the wishes of Ferdinand. Isabella was a
religious bigot of the narrowest type, and while the harsh
ness of the Inquisition might be personally distasteful,
she would never hesitate to act when she had persuaded
herself that such action would further the cause of the
Holy Catholic Church.
In September 1480 two Dominicans were formally
appointed as inquisitors, and the modern Inquisition in
Spain was a fait accompli.
In January 1481 the Inquisition was opened at Seville,
and a decree was issued in which certain " signs " were •
indicated by which the secret Judaism of pretended
Christian converts could be detected. The faithful were
called upon to keep their eyes open and denounce any they
suspected of heresy.
There are two points in connection with this matter which
deserve special attention. In the first place, it is obvious

66 CARDINAL XIMENES
that Ximenes can have had no responsibility at all in the
matter. At this particular time he was only an obscure
monk, recently released from his imprisonment at Uzeda.
As a matter of fact, it was not until nearly eleven years
later (1491) that he was appointed Queen's Confessor and
commenced his public career.
In the second place, it is to be observed that whatever
may have been the future developments of the Inquisition,
at its inception it was a piece of purely ecclesiastical ,
machinery. That it was afterwards found to be a ready
instrument for political and civil purposes is undoubted.
This is evidenced by the controversies that took place
between the kings of Spain and the Vatican for many long
years, beginning at the middle of the sixteenth century.
Ximenes, as we have seen, cannot be blamed for the re
vival of the Inquisition in Spain, and his subsequent share
in its operations was, perhaps, more the accident of cir
cumstance than anything else. Immediately after his
appointment as Inquisitor-General, with that capacity
for organisation which he possessed in a marked degree
he divided Castile into inquisitorial provinces, placing an
inquisitor at the head of each. As a reformer of abuses
he was equally diligent. It appears that certain persons
had complained to Rome of alleged cruelties and wrongful
acts by members of the Inquisition. Ximenes appointed
a Court of Enquiry which, we are told,1 " after due de
liberation pronounced a sentence of acquittal in favour of
the sufferers, restored the dead to honour and fame, rebuilt
the ruined houses, and ordered all records tending to pre
judice the living to be cancelled."
1 W. H. Rule, History ofthe Inquisition.

CARDINAL AND INQUISITOR-GENERAL 67
There is one incident in connection with the Inquisition
for which Ximenes must bear full responsibility, namely,
its introduction into the New World.
Again, an appeal was made by the new Christians to
Ferdinand that in any proceedings conducted by the Holy
Office the procedure might be the same as in other courts
and the accused be confronted with his accuser. They
made Ferdinand the offer of a large sum of money if he
would grant the prayer of this petition. Ferdinand, who
was needing money at the time for his war against Navarre,
was disposed to give his consent. Ximenes, however,
intervened, and calculating correctly on the disposition of
the King, promised him a larger sum out of the revenues
of his See if he would withhold such consent. Ferdinand,
it is needless to say, accepted the higher bid and refused
the concession.
"' In 1516 Ximenes was again responsible for a refusal
to a similar request addressed to Charles V.
Estimates have been made of the number of persons
burnt at the stake while Ximenes was Inquisitor-General,
but whether or not his record was better or worse than his
predecessors, it is surely unnecessary to dilate upon the
horrors of the Holy Office. They have all been recorded
with a fidelity which leaves very little to the imagination.
Llorente, the historian of the Spanish Inquisition, has
painted the picture in lurid colours. Allowance, how
ever, has never been adequately made for the spirit of the
times. It is easy, after an interval of four centuries, to
hold up to the execration of mankind the doings of a
religious fanatic like the Dominican, Tomas de Torquemada,
but autres temps, autres moeurs, and it is possible, nay,

68 CARDINAL XIMENES
probable, that after a similar interval of time the re
ligious intolerance of the twentieth century, as shown, for
example, in the Kikuyu controversy, may seem to those
who come after us, from a moral standpoint, to be scarcely
less reprehensible.

CHAPTER VII
THE CONQUEST OF OBAN
[1 508-1 509f
The statesman and ecclesiastic for the time being gives
place to the soldier. For some time Ximenes had been
very desirous of leading a crusade for the recovery of the
Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. With this end in view he
had negotiated with the kings of Portugal and England.
Unfortunately the project fell through and his hopes were
disappointed. Under these circumstances his eyes turned
nearer home, and he pressed Ferdinand to proceed once
more against the infidels in Africa. A previous expedition
had been made in 1505 directed against Mazarquivir, a
port on the Barbary coast immediately opposite Cartha-
gena. The Moors, after a stubborn defence, had been
forced to capitulate, and the Spaniards, taking possession
of the town, obtained a footing on African soil. Ferdinand
had been content not to seek further territorial acquisitions
in that direction, but Ximenes, with the double incentive
of a strong belief in colonial expansion and a very real
religious zeal for the conversion of heretics, had only
awaited a favourable opportunity for the prosecution of
his designs.
The opportunity arose in this manner. The Spanish
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70 CARDINAL XIMENES
expeditions against the neighbouring Moors, had been
ambushed with his party and only escaped himself with
the greatest difficulty. This incident, coupled with re
curring raids by the Moors against the coast of Spain, and
their capture of Spanish Christians, whom they treated with
the utmost barbarity, aroused the wrathful indignation
of Ximenes. By undertaking himself to finance the ex
pedition, he again played upon Ferdinand's readiness to
countenance any operation from which he would derive
benefit at the expense of someone else. He may also have
been actuated by a desire to get Ximenes, whose power
in the national councils was at its zenith, conveniently out
of the way. Ferdinand was not a man able or willing
to share popularity with anyone. Naturally of a jealous
disposition, the influence of Ximenes upon Isabella had
always irked him, and there is little reason to doubt that
he was quite prepared to drop the pilot, if a convenient
opportunity presented itself.
Oran, the town against which the proposed expedition
was to be directed, was a seaport a little distance from
Mazarquivir, and at this time a flourishing commercial
town.1 Climbing up the foot of a hill, it had been very
strongly fortified by the Moors and was considered by
them impregnable.
Ximenes had obtained from Vianelli, an Italian engineer,
a plan of the town and surveys of the coast.
Gonsalvo de Cordova (" the Great Captain ") was con
sulted as to the plan of campaign. Ximenes would gladly
1 The town, which still exists, is about 260 miles by rail from Algiers
and has a population of about 75,000. It exports alfa, iron ore, and
cereals.

THE CONQUEST OF ORAN 71
have entrusted the actual command of the expedition to
him, but this did not suit Ferdinand, who appointed
Ximenes as Commander-in-Chief, with Pedro Navarro,
one of Gonsalvo's generals, as second in command.
The necessary preparations were made, but not with
out difficulty. The Spanish nobles were critical, if not
hostile. They could not understand " the Great Captain "
being left at home and the command entrusted to an
ecclesiastic.1 However, Italian levies were obtained and
troops were enlisted in large numbers from both Castile
and Aragon. The See of Toledo, in response to a personal
appeal from Ximenes, sent a large sum of money as their
contribution, and it is interesting to note that Alcala was
specially enthusiastic, contributing both men and money.
Ximenes, however, had still to contend with exasperat
ing delays, the results of plots and intrigues. Navarro,
desirous of the chief command, made conflicting sug
gestions as to the strategy to be employed. The two
officials in charge of commissariat and munitions disputed
as to the method of transport. The soldiers clamoured
for payment in advance. To Ximenes difficulties were
only made to be overcome. He reduced his subordinates
to obedience, and in the early summer of 1509 the ex
pedition was ready to start. A fleet of galleys and smaller
vessels, under one hundred in number, rode at anchor in
the harbour of Carthagena. Authorities differ as to the
1 " Atque ex re, quae tunc in omnium ore versabatur, occasione capta,
rediculum esse passim jactabant, Gonsalum Fernandum tot victoriis in
Italia partis, quis merito magni imperatoris coguomentum illi peperissent,
e bello revocatum, orbiculos quibus preces annumeravi solent, Pintis
volvere, antistitem vero Toletanum caedes et lanienam optare " (Gomez,
fol. 100).

72 CARDINAL XIMENES
number of troops employed, but probably it was not less
than 5000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry.
Ximenes must indeed have had strange reflections, as
he, the one-time humble friar, found himself when over j
seventy years of age in command of such an expeditionary
force. Among the members of his staff were, in addition
to Navarro, a bishop named Bastamante, one of his own
cousins, the Prefect of Carzola, and Vianelli.
On the 15th May 1509 the fleet set sail, and we are told
that on the next day, when the African coast came in view,
the hills were dotted with fires inviting the Moors from
far and near to repel the invaders.
The ships entered the harbour of Mazarquivir without
incident, and Ximenes spent the night in the Governor's
castle, perfecting the details of the next day's attack. '
The strategic key of the situation was a hill between
Mazarquivir and Oran, which dominated the latter city.
The next morning, after the bulk of the troops had been
disembarked, Ximenes rode out of the castle surrounded
by some of his staff. He was dressed in his pontifical
robes and v/ore a sword at his side. A Franciscan friar,
on a white horse, preceded him, bearing aloft an immense
silver cross. Other clerical members of the party in their
robes, but wearing swords, accompanied the procession.
It must have been an imposing sight. While they marched
to join the troops, the stirring words of the well-known
hymn, Vexilla regis, broke upon the morning air. The aged
Cardinal reviewed his men in battle array and addressed
them with his accustomed force and eloquence, conclud
ing with the following words : " The long-wished-for day
has at length arrived. Soldiers ! behold before you the

THE CONQUEST OF ORAN 73
accursed land : behold the proud enemy who insults you,
and now thirsts for your blood. Prove to the world this
day, that hitherto it has not been lack of courage on your
part, but only the want of a fitting opportunity to avenge
the wrongs of your country. As for myself, I wish to be
the first in facing every danger, for I have come here de
termined to conquer, or to die with you, which God forbid.
Where can the priests of God find a better place than on
the battlefield, fighting for their country and religion ?
Many of my noble predecessors in the See of Toledo have
given me an example, and have died a glorious death on
the field of battle." 1
These words of Ximenes profoundly moved his hearers,
and on his proposing forthwith to lead them against the foe,
we are told that his officers, crowding round, besought
him to spare himself this unnecessary danger. Ximenes
most reluctantly consented and withdrew again to the
castle, where he engaged in earnest prayer that success
might attend their arms. A little later he was interrupted
by Navarro, who sought his advice as to whether the
attack should proceed at once, or, as the troops had
scarcely recovered from the effects of their voyage, be
deferred until the morrow. Procrastination was never
one of the Cardinal's failings, and he urged Navarro to
lead his men on at once to what he assured him was certain
victory.2 The subsequent advance was rapid and conclusive.
The troops stormed the slopes, which they speedily captured.
1 " Habetis ante oculos, quem tandiu optastis diem,'' etc.
2 "Certa enim mihi spes e9t, te hodie victoriam magna cum laude
reportaturum " (Gomez, fol. 109).
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Some well-directed gunnery from the fleet destroyed the
principal battery of the town, and the troops on board,
joining their comrades on shore, stormed the walls of the
town with irresistible fury and, amid shouts of " Santiago
and Ximenes," planted their colours on the walls.1
No quarter was given, if any was asked, and thousands
ofthe Moors — men, women, and children — were slaughtered
by the victorious Spaniards. In due course Navarro sent
for Ximenes, who made a triumphal entry into the captured
city, where he was acclaimed on all sides as the real con
queror of the heretics. He bore all this with his accus
tomed humility, which was a great deal more than a mere
pose, as he disclaimed any merit of his own and was heard
repeating " Non nobis, Domine, sed nomine tuo da gloriam." •
A large quantity of booty was seized in the town, in
cluding some heavy pieces of cannon. Ximenes took as
his share a few manuscripts !
He dedicated the mosques in the city to the true faith,
established monasteries for both the Franciscans and
Dominicans, and set up a tribunal of the Holy Office. He
had not forgotten to send a messenger to Ferdinand to
tell him the good news, and was planning a further ex
pedition into the country when he was interrupted by two
untoward incidents.
Navarro became rebellious and told the Primate that
no army could have two leaders, that Ximenes, now that
Oran was captured, was functus officii and he had better
return to his diocese !
A further blow was in store, and it came, as might have
1 This scene is depicted in the picture hanging on the wall in the back
ground of the frontispiece.

THE CONQUEST OF ORAN 75
been expected, from the faithless Ferdinand. Ximenes
intercepted a letter from the King to Navarro, in which
that monarch instructed Navarro to keep Ximenes in
Africa as long as either he or his money were useful. The
letter contained other slighting expressions which must
have been gall and wormwood to the Cardinal.
Ximenes acted promptly and, leaving Navarro in sole
command, immediately returned to Spain with a small
retinue. He betook himself to his beloved Alcala and
presented to the University Church of St Ildefonso the
manuscripts and some other articles of interest which he
had brought from Oran.
As far as the King was concerned, Ximenes was both
hurt and suspicious, and his feelings were accentuated by
a difficulty in obtaining repayment from Ferdinand of
certain expenses of the campaign which he had promised
to reimburse. The King invited him to go to Valladolid
to receive the royal congratulations, but ignoring the
invitation Ximenes remained at Alcala, busying himself
with the preparation of the Complutensian Polyglot Bible.
He did not fail, however, to communicate his views to
Ferdinand on the subject of the future government of
Oran, and the King was sufficiently wise to follow his
advice. Ximenes, then as always, advocated the ad- ,
vantages of colonial expansion, and it was not his fault
that later rulers of Spain were supine enough to lose their
African possessions.
It was indeed a strange irony of fate that at this parti
cular time both Gonsalvo de Cordova and Ximenes should
each experience the ingratitude of Ferdinand and seek
retirement from their public activities.

CHAPTER VIII
REGENT OF CASTILE, AND LAST DAYS
[1516-1517]
The strained relations between the King and Ximenes
were not improved by another incident which took place
at this time. Ferdinand suggested to the Cardinal that
he should exchange the Archbishopric of Toledo for the
Episcopal See of Saragossa, then held by Alfonso,
Ferdinand's natural son. It will be remembered that this
was the same ecclesiastic that Ferdinand had urged
Isabella to appoint to Toledo at the time of the death of
Cardinal Mendoza. Ximenes firmly declined to entertain
the proposal and informed the King that he would rather
return to his old monastic life. Ferdinand, who appears
in most of his dealings with the Cardinal to have had a
wholesome fear of proceeding to extremities, did not further
press the matter.
Ximenes continued at Alcala, busying himself in the
affairs of his diocese and the improvement and extension
of the University. The relations between the two must
have improved as time went on, because on the death of
the Bishop of Salamanca we find Ximenes solicitmg
Ferdinand to appoint Francisco Ruiz and being successful
in obtaining the appointment for his old friend. While
the Cardinal was thus leading an active, if somewhat re-
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REGENT OF CASTILE, AND LAST DAYS 77
tired, life at Alcala, Ferdinand found his hands fully
occupied with the war in Italy and the annexation of
Navarre. Naturally of a worrying disposition, his health
began to suffer. By his second wife he had a son, who had
only lived a few hours. This was a sore blow to his
ambitions and thereafter he became a soured and morbid
man. The death of Gonsalvo de Cordova in December 1515
threw all Spain into mourning, and Ferdinand himself only
survived him a month. He developed dropsy and heart
trouble and passed away on the 23rd January 1516. His
testamentary dispositions had been many, and at one time
he had nominated Ferdinand, the younger son of his
daughter Joanna and the brother of Charles, as Regent of
Castile, and his favourite Alfonso, Archbishop of Sara-
gossa, as Regent of Aragon. However, better thoughts
' prevailed, and on his death-bed he made another will,
leaving Charles sole heir to both kingdoms and, after some
hesitation, but at the same time paying tribute to his work
in generous terms, he appointed Ximenes as sole Regent
of Castile.
The Cardinal once again was taken from the peaceful
pursuits he loved so well, and, at the age of nearly eighty,
placed in a position involving great responsibilities and
still greater exertions.
At the very commencement he met with opposition, as
Adrian, Dean of Louvain, alleged that he held the nomina
tion at the hands of Charles.
Ximenes was diplomatic, and he agreed to share the
Regency until the wishes of Charles could be definitely
ascertained. He then paid a visit to the youthful

78 CARDINAL XIMENES
Ferdinand, and with a view to keeping him out of mischief,
and preventing him becoming the centre of any possible
disaffection, he brought him back with him and attached
him to his own household.
It was at this time that he selected Madrid as the seat
of Government, a choice obviously dictated by its central
position and the fact that it was one of the cities comprised
in his own See of Toledo.
The instructions of Charles regarding the Regency were
now available, and it was found that he confirmed the
Cardinal's appointment and merely nominated the Dean
of Louvain as an ambassador.
The next incident was the solemn proclamation at Madrid
of Charles as King. Ximenes circularised all the towns,
bidding them do homage to the new monarch. The nobles
were restless and rebellious. They urged, with some degree
of plausibility, that the rights of Joanna were superior
to those of her son. The matter was settled by Ximenes
with characteristic skill. Charles was proclaimed King,
but his name in all public documents was ordered to be
preceded by that of Joanna !
The Regency of Ximenes, short as it was to be, had very
little to distinguish it from an absolute monarchy. The
old man had ever been accustomed to rule, and age had
not dimmed either his inclinations or his powers in this
respect. If the nobility imagined that the Regency
was to afford them opportunities for licence, which they had
not hitherto enjoyed, they were speedily disillusioned.
Ximenes was, in one respect, in a very favoured position.
He was the possessor of most ample means, and one of
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REGENT OF CASTILE, AND LAST DAYS 79
by no means inconsiderable body of troops, a potent in
strument with which to make the nobles see matters in a
reasonable light. He, moreover, struck a blow at the
root of the evil. In former times the King had depended
upon his nobles to provide men when he required an army.
He was in consequence to a large extent in their hands
when military operations were necessary.
The Cardinal instituted a form of national military
service by enrolling a certain number of recruits from every
town in Castile. It was not done without strong opposition
from some of the towns, an opposition instigated by the
Grandees, who saw only too clearly the diminution in their
power which would result. Appeals were made to Charles
in Flanders, but Ximenes stood firm and proceeded with
his plans. In addition to establishing this form of militia
he increased and strengthened the fleet and renovated the
Seville dockyards.
The nobles had scarcely recovered from the shock of the
Cardinal's new proposals for military service than they
were again rudely disturbed by a drastic scheme of reform,
directed against the number of crown pensions which they
enjoyed and the amount of crown lands which they had
acquired. Once more they were up in arms and a depu
tation of Grandees waited upon Ximenes. The story is
told, and, whether it is true or not, it is certainly character
istic of the man, that on their rudely demanding by what
right he acted in this way, or in fact was exercising the
powers of Regent at all, he called them to the window of
the room where the interview took place and, pointing to
some of his soldiers and artillery, he said : " Behold my
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80 CARDINAL XIMENES
lord and master." We can well understand that the
argument was more or less conclusive. As far as was
possible he abolished all the crown pensions that had been
created prior to the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella and
devoted the proceeds to the expenditure necessary for
the new militia and for the provision of munitions and
armaments. All this was carried out, not only in the face of con
siderable opposition at home, but under a constant fire
of criticism from the Flemish ministers of Charles. Am
bassadors were sent from Flanders to work with him.
He received them politely, and afterwards uniformly
ignored them.
At this time an attempt was made by John D'Albret to
regain the kingdom of Navarre. This attempt was quickly
nipped in the bud by the prompt action of Ximenes, who
afterwards fortified Pampelona, the capital of Navarre, but
destroyed the fortifications in several of the other towns
which he could not afford either to keep permanently
garrisoned or allow to be occupied by the inhabitants,
who were in many cases favourably disposed to their
former king.
Troubles with Portugal and an abortive expedition into
Africa against Barbarossa, King of Algiers and Tunis, kept
the hands of the Cardinal fully occupied, and it was not
until the completion of the first year of his Regency that
affairs in Castile were in anything like a settled condition.
We may pause here to deal with one particular question
which had always exercised his mind. The discovery of
the New World by Columbus had been an event of such
far-reaching importance that it is not surprising that the

Plate XIII.

Cardinal Ximenes.
[From a medallion portrait.]

REGENT OF CASTILE 81
Cardinal should be keenly interested in everything that
concerned the welfare of the inhabitants of the new con
tinent. The developments in America had practically been
concurrent with the period covered by his own public life,
as Columbus had made his first voyage at the time that
Ximenes was appointed Confessor to Isabella. There is
1 little doubt that he was largely responsible for the Christian
Mission to the Indians, in which his friend Ruiz and others
took part in 1502.
Now that he was Regent, he determined to investigate
the treatment of these Indians, as to which most serious
and well-founded complaints had reached his ears. He
appointed clerical commissioners to proceed to America,
and drew up a code of regulations for their guidance in
dealing with the natives. These regulations were of the
most complete and detailed description and were designed
to secure for the inhabitants all the benefits and advantages
enjoyed by a civilised and Christian community. He also
published a decree forbidding the importation into America
from Africa of negro slaves. The commissioners on their
arrival found themselves confronted by the strong opposi
tion of the Spanish colonists, and eventually the matters
in dispute were referred to Charles, but Ximenes had in
the meantime passed away before he had the opportunity
of justifying his proposals to his royal master, or of support
ing the views of his commissioners.
The year 1517 was destined to be a most eventful one
in Spanish history. The growing exactions of the Flemish
Court were bitterly resented throughout Spain. The
Spanish people were tired of seeing their country used as
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82 CARDINAL XIMENES
out in several of the large towns and demands were made
for Charles to visit Spain and for the Cortes to be assembled.
Ximenes cordially associated himself with these requests
and wrote a strong letter urging Charles to make drastic
changes in the appointment of his ministers and to visit
Spain at the earliest possible opportunity.
The Flemish ministers, rightly apprehensive that the
influence of Ximenes upon the King would not be likely
to favour their pretensions, used every pretext to delay
his departure. Meanwhile, Ximenes had much to contend
with at home. Constant intrigues against his government,
a dispute with Rome as to ecclesiastical tithes, and a grow
ing popular dissatisfaction at the absence of the King, which
reacted unfavourably against himself.
The old man was doubtless weary and probably no one
would have more gladly laid down the reins of office. A
serious illness which overtook him at Aranda, by some
thought to be the result of poison, left him sick unto death.
He rallied, however, on learning that Charles had arrived
in Asturia, and on the 4th October 1517 he was able to
celebrate with the inmates of the monastery in which he
was staying the feast of St Francis.
Charles corresponded with him and on more than one
occasion expressed to his courtiers his sense of obligation
to Ximenes for all he had done for him and his kingdom.
The Flemish ministers took alarm at this and used every
possible pretext to delay the meeting between the two
men. The Cortes was summoned to meet at Valladolid, in spite
of the representations of Ximenes that Toledo was more
central and suitable. The Cardinal was now staying at

REGENT OF CASTILE 83
Roa, close to Valladolid, and although extremely ill, he
made all the necessary arrangements for the reception of
the King and the assembling of the Cortes. It was at
this stage that Charles committed one of the basest acts
of ingratitude that even a king had ever perpetrated. He
addressed a letter to Ximenes in which, while thanking
him for his past services, he intimated that he would no
longer deprive him of the rest he needed and would con
sequently relieve him of his duties. This letter of dismissal
probably never came to the knowledge of Ximenes, or
he might well have echoed the words of the Psalmist :
" Put not your trust in princes." We may hope that
Gomez is correct when he assures us that the Cardinal was
far too ill to permit of the callous contents of this letter
being communicated to him. On the 8th of November
1517, after dictating a letter to Charles which he was too
feeble to sign, in which he invited his support for the
University of Alcala, and having received extreme unction,
he passed away in his eighty-second year.
He was buried in the College of St Ildefonso at Alcala,
amid signs of truly national sorrow. In 1519 a magni
ficent marble monument was erected over his remains at
a cost of some 20,100 gold ducats. (Vide Appendix B,
No. 6.)
In the year 1857 the College of Ildefonso, having fallen
into decay after the University had been removed to
Madrid in 1836, this monument and the Cardinal's remains
were removed to the Church de San Justo y Pastor at
Alcala and a fine mausoleum constructed for their re
ception. An interesting account of the ceremonies on this occasion

84 CARDINAL XIMENES
appears in a pamphlet published at Madrid in the same
year (vide Appendix B, No. 69), from which it is clear that
the signal services of Ximenes to his country and to his
Church will through all the ages continue to be held in
affectionate regard and grateful memory by his fellow-
countrymen.

CHAPTER IX
• THE VERDICT OF POSTERITY
What of the man and what of his message ? It is easy to
see the innumerable questions that are raised by such a
career. We are told that in his personal appearance he was of
a sallow complexion, with thin and sharp features and small
penetrating eyes. His expression was grave, if not severe.
Of more than average height, his appearance was at once
striking and commanding. As an ecclesiastic, he was a
disciple of the best school of medieval asceticism. He
was zealous to a fault in the observance of all the de
votional exercises of his religion. It is recorded that in
his early days, when he was living at the Convent of " Our
Lady of Castanar," he spent days and nights in a lonely
hut, which he had built for himself, and where, scourge in
hand and covered with a hair shirt, he divided his time
between the study of his Bible and the observance of his
religious rites. This austerity of life was characteristic
of his whole career. As an archbishop, he followed the
apostolic injunction, and by precept and example was
" one that ruleth well his own house." A Franciscan by
training, he emulated St Francis, abjuring luxury, nay
even the commonest comforts of everyday life. It was a
timely protest against the pomp and splendour in matters
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86 CARDINAL XIMENES
acquired from their Moorish neighbours. He carried out
his views in this respect to such an extent, that complaints
were lodged at Rome that his mode of life impaired the
dignity of his high office. Pope Alexander VI. thought it
necessary to issue a brief in which he gently chided Ximenes,
and told him that too great plainness and simplicity were
as great faults in a prelate of the Church as undue magni
ficence and display. Truly an unique document to issue
from the Holy See ! The Archbishop bowed obediently
to the command, and compromised with his conscience by
wearing his splendid robes of office over the coarse garb
of the Franciscan Order.
He economised time, as he did everything else, sleeping
only for a few hours every night. A man of no amuse
ments, he found his recreation in debating difficult theo
logical problems with his clerical brethren and in con
founding the arguments of some less nimble brain. The
bore and the gossip received short shift at his hands. It
is said that he always kept an open book at his side, and
when a visitor outstayed his welcome he quietly took it
up and went on reading !
As regards his ecclesiastical patronage, he was scrupu
lously particular, and derived the greatest pleasure from
advancing young and often obscure clergy to positions
of responsibility, in cases where they had exhibited capacity
and real worth in more humble spheres of work. To
canvass him for an appointment inevitably resulted in
an unqualified refusal. At a time when patronage was
exercised to reward some service rendered to the patron,
or to provide for some favourite, or the issue of some
irregular union, his example in this matter was of the

THE VERDICT OF POSTERITY 87
highest service in helping to' preserve to some extent at
least the proper and decent administration of the work of
the Church.
A man ofthe strictest purity in his personal life, no breath
of scandal was ever associated with his name.
As a matter of fact, he was almost a misogynist and, with
the exception of Isabella herself, he took special pains to
avoid the most ordinary dealings or association with the
other sex.
As a Churchman, he placed the interests of the Church
before everything else, and to this fidelity to his religion,
because his Church and his religion were synonymous terms,
is due to a large extent, both his successes and also any of
¦ his failures. The success of his ecclesiastical adminis
tration during the twenty-two years he was Archbishop
of Toledo is undoubted. He left the Church infinitely
better than he found it, and by force of will and character
to a large extent imposed his own high standards upon his
brethren. It was this fidelity to religious principle that
led him into what we would term the excesses of the In
quisition, which also induced him to perpetrate undoubted
cruelties upon the Jews, and permitted him to act the part
of a Vandal in the matter of the wholesale destruction of
the Arabic books and manuscripts. The more we em
phasise these errors, the greater is the necessity imposed
upon us to explain his great fame throughout Christendom,
the long years during which he wielded undisputed
authority, and the undoubted hold he possessed over the
religious life of the Spanish people.
As a statesman his sense of duty dominated his every
action. A fearless disregard for consequences carried

88 CARDINAL XIMENES
him through situations where men of a less courageous
mould would have hesitated and would have been lost.
He realised, and no one better, that the outstanding need
of the fifteenth century was a firm, if not an arbitrary
form of government. With no delusions as to the advan
tages of a democracy, he encouraged the King and Queen
to ignore the Cortes. It was very rarely called together
throughout their long reign, and then only for the purpose
of voting supplies for several years ahead. A conservative
by instinct, he was wiser than our own statesmen of the
early nineteenth century and recognised to the full the
advantages of colonial expansion, which he fostered by
every means in his power.
His passion for economy, his hatred of unnecessary ex
penditure, were traits in his character which the statesmen
of to-day might imitate with advantage.
In an age when personal profit was the end and aim of
most public men, he counted himself merely a trustee to
dispense his wealth for the benefit of the poor and needy,
and for schemes of great public and educational benefit.
A despot, perhaps, but he created a despotism which
left Spain stronger, richer, and more feared than she had
ever been before, or has ever been since.
As a soldier he was in his element, and he has told us
himself that the smell of gunpowder was more grateful to
him than the sweetest perfumes of Arabia.1 A born leader
of men, he commanded his troops with the same capacity
and discretion with which he ruled his diocese. His actual
ltfCui Ximenius, poiie metum (inquit) 6 dux, hie enim sumus et
sulphurea nubes, jucundius mihi et gratia olet, quam Arabum pretiosis-
simi odores.''

THE VERDICT OF POSTERITY 89
military experience was of the slightest, but in one respect
he was far in advance of his times. He was the first to
recognise the supreme necessity for a standing army as a
weapon of defence in the hands of the central government
and of the futility of having to rely on the goodwill or the
caprice of individual nobles when an army was required.
As a patron of learning, his name is written imperishably
upon the annals of his times. A man of letters in his
interests, rather than in any personal contributions of his
own, he did a far greater service to the literature of Spain,
by founding the University of Alcala and producing the
Complutensian Polyglot Bible, than any other man of his
age. It has been the custom of most of his biographers to
compare his life and character with that of Richelieu.
The resemblance is at the best a very superficial one.
The falseness of the analogy is obvious, when we remember
that Richelieu died detested by the French, passing from
the stage " unwept, unhonoured, and unsung." Ximenes,
on the other hand, died beloved and revered by all his
countrymen — a love and a reverence which found ex
pression more than a century after his death in an attempt
to secure his beatification at the hands of the Pope. The
verdict of posterity gives him an honoured place upon the
roll of the world's great men and numbers him among
that little company of the immortal dead, who, dreaming
dreams and seeing visions far beyond the narrow horizon
of the times in which they lived, were able, by forceful
personality and strenuous activities, to influence and
shape, so largely, and on the whole so well, the life and
destinies of their own particular day and generation.
M

APPENDIX A
Collections known to contain a Copy of the Complutensian Polyglot Bible

No.

Country

United
Kingdom

London

Collection

British Museum

Observations as to previous Owner
ship, Condition, and the like

A copy of the issue with special title-page. 1
Bequeathed to the Museum by Dr
ShuteBarrington(1734-1826),some-time Bishop of Durham. The copy
lacks two leaves of errata in Vol. I. It
wasformerlyin the library of Jacques
Auguste de Thou (1553-1617), the
famous bibliophile, and is bound in
olive morocco with the arms and
monogram of De Thou and his
second wife, Gasparde de la Chastre.
[Press Mark C 17. C. 7-12.]
This copy formerly belonged to Henry
Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594-
1612), the eldest son of James I. It
bears the autographs on the titles of
the Earl of Arundel and John, Lord
Lumley. Lumley, who was a son-
in-law of the Earl of Arundel, had
sold his library to Henry in 1609.
Bound in old calf, rebacked, with
the arms of Henry on the covers.
[Press Mark 340. d. 1.]
A copy " e libris Cesaris De Missy
Berolnensis, Londini, 1743," bound
in russia with the arms of George
III. [Press Mark 1 f. 5-10.]
From the collection of the Rev. Theo
dore Williams, bound in straight-
grained red morocco with his crest.
Forms part of the collection be
queathed to the British Museum by
the Rt. Hon. Thomas Grenville.
[Press Mark G. 11951-6.]
1 For particulars of the special title-page vide p. 36.

92

CARDINAL XIMENES

No.

Country

United
Kingdom

London

Collection

British and Foreign
Bible Society

Sion College

The Law Society

Westminster Abbey
Library

Observations as to previous Owner
ships, Condition, and the like

A slightly imperfect copy, given to
the Society by William Blair, the
well-known surgeon (1766-1822).
An imperfect copy, lacking the
Vocabulary volume. The other
volumes were presented to the
College by the Rev. John Ridley,
1650 ; the Rev. Thomas Jacomb,
minister of St Martin's, Ludgate,
1654 ; and the Rev. Thomas
Watson, minister of St Stephen's,
Walbrook, 1657.
A copy of the issue with special title-
page. Imperfect, with several leaves
missing and the title to the Vocabu
lary volume in facsimile. This
copy was formerly in the collection
of Dr Adam Clarke, the well-known
bibliographer (1762-1832). It was
subsequently acquired by the Rev.
Joseph Mendham, M.A. (1769-
1856), whose collection of incunab
ula and rare books was presented
to the Incorporated Law Society
of the United Kingdom in 1871.
Bound in blue morocco, with the
Royal arms of Spain on five of the
volumes, it is believed to have been
purloined by British soldiers from
the Royal Library at Madrid. The
Vocabulary volume was added at a
later date and did not form part of
the original set. This particular
copy is no doubt the one referred
to by Dr Adam Clarke in Biblio
theca Sussexiana (pp. 12-21).
A copy presented in 1631 by Tliomas
Montford. In good condition,
bound in 17th-century calf, with
clasps.

APPENDIX A

93

No.

Country

United
Kingdom

10 11 1213 14

London

15

16

Collection

King's College (Uni
versity of London)

Elkan Nathan Adler
Miss R. B. Braith-
waite

Dr M. Gaster

Dr Hertz (the Chief
Rabbi)
James P. R. Lyell

Bristol

S. D. Sassoon

Municipal Public
Libraries

Observations as to previous Owner
ship, Condition, and the like

Bound in red morocco, gold tooling
on covers. Presented to the
College by William Marsden.
Imperfect, Vols. I. , II. and IV. only.
Formerly in the possession of S. P.
Tregelles, the well-known textual
critic, having been purchased by
him in 1843.
Imperfect and Vocabulary volume
lacking. Bound leather over oak
boards — a tall copy.
Imperfect, Vol. IV. only.
From the collection of the late Dr
W. Aldis Wright of Cambridge,
the Secretary to the Old Testament
Revision Company (1870-1884).
Two leaves of errata in Vol. I.
missing, but otherwise complete.
The New Testament volume, which
is in contemporary stamped calf
over wooden boards, is a large and
well preserved copy and was at one
time in a monastic library at Ant
werp. The remaining volumes
have been rebound in 18th-century
straight-grained red morocco, and
were at one time in the library of
John, Baron Carteret of Hawnes, a
descendant of the first Lord
Granville.
The Old Testament and Vocabulary
volumes bound russia, rebacked.
The New Testament volume was
formerly in the collection of H. C.
Hoskier, the textual critic.
Slightly imperfect, in old binding
(restored). Presented by Tobias
Matthew, Archbishop of York
(1546-1628).

94

CARDINAL XIMENES

No.

Country

Place

Collection

Observations as to previous Owner
ship, Condition, and the like

17

United

Cambridge

Corpus Christi

Bound in three volumes, presented

Kingdom

College

to the College by Archbishop
Parker (1504-1575).

18

>>

33

King's College

This copy (bound by C. Kalthoeber),
was formerly in a monastery at
Tours and afterwards formed part
of the library of E. C. Hawtrey,

Head Master of Eton from 1834 to
1852.
19
i> i t,
j
Pembroke College
Imperfect, New Testament wanting.
Old 16th-century binding (re-
backed), with the arms of John
Whitgift, Archbishop of Canter- '
bury, who presented it to the
College, 1567.
20
)>
33
St John's College
Bound in polished calf, gilt. Pre
sented in 1901 by Clarence Esme
Stuart.
21
>>
33
33 33
Imperfect, lacking Vocabulary. Pre
sented by Oliver Dande in 1635.
22
33
33
Trinity College
A copy of the issue with special title-
page. "Ex dono dignissimi viri
Mri Sherman, S.T.B., nee. non
SStae hujus atque individual?
Trinitatis Collegii Socii, 1642."
23
33
33
33 33
Another copy, formerly in the collec
tion of Matthew Raine (1760-1811),
a Fellow of this College.
24
33
33
Queens' College
Bound in four volumes, calf, gilt.
25
33
33
University Library
Presented by C. Tunstall, Bishop of
London (1479-1559).
26
33
33
33 33
Bound in three volumes from the
library of John Moore (1646-1714),
Bishop of Norwich and Ely. His
\
library, famous throughout Europe,
\
was bought by George I. and pre
sented to Cambridge University.
-7 ' „
Dublin
Marsh's Library
Purchased from the collection of
Edward Stillingfeet (1635-1699),
Bishop of Worcester.
APPENDIX A

95

No.

Country

Collection

Observations as to previous Owner
ship, Condition, and the like

28 29 30 31 32
.3334

United
Kingdom

Dublin

Durham

Edinburgh

Glasgow

35 36
37

Grimsby
Hereford

Londonderry Manchester

Trinity College

Bishop Cosin's
Library

Advocates' Library

United Free Church
of Scotland, Glas
gow College
University Library
(Ewing Bible Col
lection) Rev. W. M. L.
Evans, M.A.
Cathedral Library

Library of United
Dioceses of Derry
and Raphoe
The John Rylands
Library
Victoria University
of Manchester

Purchased in 1805 and formerly in the
collection of Dr J. A. Danz (1654-
1727), Professor of Theology at
Jena.
Vol. I. only. Formerly belonging to
Thomas Barlow(1607-1691), Bishop
of Lincoln, and Richard Trevor
(1707-1771), Bishop of Durham,
who presented it to the library.
Bound in 18th-century mottled calf,
a good copy. Bought by the
library from David Lyon of London,
3rd February 1730. "Ex bib.
Martiniana."
A made-up copy. Vol. I. presented
by Rev. W. Laughton, D.D., of
Greenock.
Presented by William Ewing, the
Glasgow bibliographer.
Old Testament volumes only. For
merly in the Bishop's Palace
Library, Cordova.
Old Testament only, bound in two
volumes, old stamped calf over
boards with remains of clasps, re
paired and rebacked. " Monasterii
Dunelmensis ex douo Roberto
Ridler, 1532," is a manuscript note
on the title of Vol. I.
Imperfect. Two volumes of the
Old Testament.
The Spencer copy bound in citron
morocco, a stamp on title with
arms of Louis XIV.
Presented in 1876 by Canon Evans
of Birmingham, and formerly in
the collection of Dr J. Prince Lee
(1804-1869), the first Bishop of
Manchester.

96

CARDINAL XIMENES

No.

Country

38
39
40
41

United
Kingdom

42

Oxford

Collection

All Souls College
(Codrington Lib
rary) The Bodleian
Library.

3J 33

Christ Church

43

44

45

St John's College
Lincoln College
Magdalen College

Observations as to previous Owner
ship, Condition, and the like

Bound in red morocco, no record of
previous ownership.
Bound in full calf, with the Bodley
arms, wormed throughout and
slightly defective.
Imperfect, lacking Vocabulary volume
and some leaves missing in Vol. I.
Bound in old stamped vellum with
the bookplate of the Hon. Fredk.
North.
Bequeathed by the late Professor
Ingram Bywater. Bound modern
vellum. The following MS. note
appears on title : "Ex eleemosynis
piorum emit Fr. Innocentius
Pencini Venetiis Magister Anno D.
1663 pro suo conventu SS. Joannis
et Pauli Venetiarum."
A made-up copy. The Old Testament
and Vocabulary volumes are bound
in three and were presented to the
College by Dr Samuel Fell (1584-
1649), Dean of Christ Church. The
New Testament volume was pre
sented by Dr J. B. Morris (1812-
1880), Fellow and Hebrew Lecturer
of Exeter College, who afterwards
joined the Church of Rome.
Bound in calf with the arms of Sir
Thomas Tresham (1543-1605), by
whomitwaspresentedtotheCollege.
Slightly wormed and rebound. Pre
sented by John Longland, Bishop
of Lincoln and Visitor to the
College (1521-1547).
Imperfect, Vol. I. lacking several
leaves. The New Testament vol
ume in old stamped binding with
remains of clasps. Presented by
Edward Lee (1482-1544), Arch
bishop of York.

Plate XI V.

Reproduction (reduced) of Title-page from the Life by
Gomez published at Alcala in 1569.

APPENDIX A

97

No.

Country

46 47 48 49 50 5152

United
Kingdom

Denmark France

Oxford

St Andrews

Collection

Merton College
Queen's College
University Library

Wisbech j Lord Peckover of
Wisbech
Copenhagen j Royal Library

Amiens
Chantilly

Bibliotheque Com-
munale
La Bibliotheque du
Musee Conde

53
54 5556

Grenoble Lyons Paris

Bibliotheque Muni-
cipale
Bibliotheque de la
Ville de Lyon
Bibliotheque de
l'Arsenal

Observations as to previous Owner
ship, Condition, and the like

A copy of the issue with special title-
page. Imperfect, New Testament
volume wanting.
Slightly imperfect. Presented in
1599 by Henry Robinson, Bishop
of Carlisle.
Imperfect, lacking Vocabulary vol
ume. Bound in three volumes.
Presented in 1612 by Patrick
Young, librarian to James I.
Imperfect, lacking Vocabulary volume.
Bound in modern black morocco.
Bound green morocco, formerly in
collection of P. F. Suhm (d. 1897),
the Danish historian.
Bound sheep. A manuscript note in
dicates that this copy was in the
Monastery of Corbie in 1671.
This copy, printed on vellum, is bound
in modern morocco by Lewis.
Formerly in the collections of
Pinelli, MacCarthy and Hibbert ;
passing into the possession of Mr
Frank Hall Standish, who died in
Cadiz in 1840, it was bequeathed
by that gentleman to King Louis
Philippe, who in turn left it to his
son, the Due D' Aumale, the founder
of this library.
From the library of Jean de Coulet,
a former Bishop of Grenoble.
Bound citron morocco with arms of
Camille de Neufville de Villeroi
(1606-1693), Archbishop of Lyons.
Bound yellow calf. Presented by M.
de Panbury, founder of the library
in the 18th century.
Bound red morocco in three volumes.
Formerly in the possession of Jean
de Tort, Docteur de Sorbonne.
Acquired by the library at the
time of the Revolution.

98

CARDINAL XIMENES

No.

Country

Place

Collection

Observations as to previous Owner
ship, Condition, and the like

57

France

Paris

Bibliotheque Nationale

From the library of Henry II. with
his arms.

58

33

33

33 33

Bound in 16th-century brown calf.
Vocabulary bound as Vol. I. Pre
vious ownership unknown, but has
been in library since end of 18th
century.
Copy not available for inspection at

59

33

33

Bibliotheque

Mazarine

time of inquiry. [Press Mark 651-
A.F.]

60

Germany

Berlin

Royal Library

Bound in red morocco with the arms
of Pope Benedict XIII.

61

13

33

33 33

Bound in 16th - century German
stamped binding in three volumes.

62

33

Breslau

University Library

No particulars available.

63

33

Dresden

Royal Library

Bound in red morocco, with ex-libris
of Frederick Augustus III. of
Saxony.

64

33

Gottingen

Royal University
Library

Bound in 18th-century leather. No
information as to previous owner
ship.
Bound vellum in five volumes.

66

33

Munich

Royal Court and

State Library
Acquired in 1803 and formerly
in a Bavarian monastery at Pol
ing.
66
33
33
33 33
Old Testament only. Bound in red
morocco with the arms of the
Grand-ducal Court Library of Man-
heim. This copy formerly belonged
to George D'Auhusson de la Feuil-
lade (1649-1668), Bishop of Embrun
(France).
67
Holland
Leyden
University Library
Bound in three volumes. Acquired
in 1600, previous ownership un
known.
68
Italy
Milan
National Library
A rebound and cut-down copy former
ly in the Jesuit Library in the
Brera Palace.
69
33
33
The Ambrosian
Library
Bound vellum. Bought from or pre
sented by the Congregation of the
Oblati of S. Carlo, whose house ad
joins the library.
APPENDIX A

99

No.

Country

Place

Collection

Observations as to previous Owner
ship, Condition, and the like

70

Italy

Parma

Biblioteca Palatina

Bound in leather with the stamp
" Bibliothecas Regiae Parmensis."
Originally in the possession of Col
legium Parisiensis Soe. Jesus and
purchased for this library by its
founder, Father Paciandi, in the
second half of the 18th century.

71

33

Rome

Biblioteca Casana-
tense

Bound in morocco by Le Gascon,
with the arms of Mathieu Mole,
President a mortier au Parlement
de Paris (1584-1656) and acquired
in 1676 by Cardinal Casanete.

72

33

33

The Vatican
Library

A copy printed on vellum, bound in
red morocco, gilt back with the
arms of Pope Pius VI. (1775-1799).
[N.B. — This is not a copy of the
issue with special title-page.]
Bound in brown calf, slightly im
perfect.
Bound vellum, slightly imperfect.

73

33

33

33 33

74

Turin

National Library

Acquired in 1720 from the library
of the Dukes of Savoy. It bears an
interesting contemporary manu
i
script note on the New Testament
1
title : " Emit Mercurius Saluciis
2 Jullii 1579 aureo coronato."
75
33
Venice
BibliotecaNazionale di San Marco
Bound vellum, acquired in 1873 from
the Ferrara Library. Bears a
16th-century ex-libris " Guasparis
de Sardis."
76
Portugal
Lisbon
University Library
No particulars.
77
33
33
Biblioteca Nacional
No particulars.
78
Spain
Madrid
National Library
Acquired from the Royal Library
formed by Philip V.
79
Biblioteca del
Con la magnificia encuadernacion
Escorial
hecha en Salamanca pora los libros
de Felipe 11.
80
Switzerland
Basle
University Library
An imperfect copy.
81
Russia
Petrograd
Imperial Library
Bound in five volumes and purchased
from F. Muller of Amsterdam in
1857.
100

CARDINAL XIMENES

No. 8283

Country.

Collection

Observations as to previous Owner
ship, Condition, and the like

United States
of America

Boston
Cambridge, Mass.

Public Library
Harvard College
Library

848586 i
87

Chicago
Ithaca, N.Y.
New York

Andover-Harvard
Theological School
The Newberry
Library
Professor N.
Schmidt
General Theo
logical Seminary

Bound vellum. Acquired by purchase
in 1862.
Imperfect, lacking Vocabulary vol
ume. Purchased in 1811. The
New Testament volume has an
interesting manuscript note "De
Nicolas Astam Sacerdote Yngres
Anglicani Jesu Anno 1514." This
was the year the New Testament
was printed.
Bought 1890, the Vocabulary volume
being the one missing from the
Harvard College set.
Bound old mottled calf, gilt. Pur
chased in 1913 from A. Bull,
London.
No particulars.
A copy of the issue with special title-
page. Bound full polished brown
calf. Presented in 1827 by John
Pintard of New York. Formerly in
the Jesuits' College in Montpellier
in 1633. Looted during the French
Revolution. An offer was made
for this copy to London booksellers
in 1826, but the offer, being less
than the price asked, was refused.
If it had been accepted, the copy
would have been forwarded with
other books in a ship which foun
dered at sea. The original price
asked by the booksellers was sub
sequently accepted and the volumes
arrived in New York in July 1827.
The New York Daily Advertiser,
announcing the arrival, described
the copy as " unique and probably
the only one that has ever appeared
in the United States." This was a
mistake as the Harvard College copy
(No. 83) had been purchased in 1811.

APPENDIX A

101

No. Country

United States
of America

Place

New York

Collection

j Observations as to previous Owner
ship, Condition, and the like

89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97

Philadelphia

Princeton, N.J.

General Theo
logical Seminary
John Carter Brown
Library

J. P. Morgan's
Library
New York Public
Library, Astor,
Lenox and Tilden
Foundations

Union Theological
Seminary
Jewish Theological
Seminary
Dropsie College

Princeton Univer
sity Library
Princeton Theo
logical Seminary

Imperfect, consisting of Vols. III.,
IV. and VI. Purchased in 1893 and
formerly belonging to Dr W. A.
Copinger.
Bound calf with the Brown arms
and his monogram on back. Mi-
Brown had this copy in his posses
sion in 1840, but the previous
ownership is unknown.
Bound in olive morocco by Riviere,
slightly wormed throughout,
Lenox copy, bound by Clarke and
Bedford in black morocco. No
further particulars.
Astor copy, presented by John Jacob
Astor in 1884, bound in purple
morocco and bought from Quaritch
for £225.
No particulars.
Purchased from Quaritch (Cat. 305,
No. 87).
The Huth copy, bound in modern
French calf and purchased by the
College in 1915 from Voynich of
London.
Slightly imperfect, bound vellum
over boards. Formerly in the
collection of Dr G. Kloss of Frank
fort.
Bound in sheep and acquired by
purchase about 1870.

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APPENDIX B
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A7.B. — Alvarus Gomez de Castro was the first biographer of
Cardinal Ximenes. He was bom at St Eualalia, near Toledo,
in 1515.
At one time a professor in the University of Alcala, he was
commissioned by the authorities of that University to write a
biography of its founder. Facilities of every kind were placed at
his disposal and, after several years of research, he produced his
life of the Cardinal in 1569. It is a book full of interest and
detailed information. A specially fine piece of Latin prose, it
has often been employed as a textbook in Spanish schools and
colleges. The edition of 1569 is a particularly good specimen of
printing from the Press of Andrea de Angulo at Alcala (vide
reproduction of title-page, Plate, No. XIV.), and is a book of
some scarcity. Almost a century later, a Franciscan of the name
of Quintanilla organised an agitation with the object of securing the
beatification of Ximenes at the hands of the Pope. The attempt
failed, as probably the ecclesiastical authorities at Rome were unable
to accept as genuine the alleged miracles, which Quintanilla sets
out with more zeal than discretion in his biography.
The best narrative of the Cardinal's life, apart from Gomez, was
one written in 1693 by Fleshier, Bishop of Nismes.
The only attempt in English was written by the Rev. B. Barrett
in 1813, and was mainly a sketch founded on Gomez and Fleshier.
Dr Carl Joseph von Hefele, Bishop of Rottenburg, published a life
at Tubingen in 1844, but it was largely a defence of the Inquisition
from the Roman Catholic point of view. A translation of his work
from the German was published in London in 1 860.

APPENDIX B 103
References to Cardinal Ximenes are to be found in Prescott,
Burke, Hume, and other writers on Spanish history.

I. CARDINAL F. XIMENES DE CISNEROS
[British Museum Press Marks, where known, appear within
square brackets.]

MSS. IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
1. Copy of a letter from Ximenes to the Inquisitors of Aragon in
the year 1512. [Egerton 1507 (1).]
2. Agreement of the Dean and Chapter of Granada to celebrate
his anniversary, 1515. [Egerton 1937.]
3. Instructions to the Archbishop of Tortosa, 1516. [Add.
20848, ff. 56-64.]
4. Flechier (V. Esprit), Istoria del Cardinale Ximenes. [Egerton
308.]
5. Letter from Secretary Calcena to Cardinal Cisneros ; Guadalupe,
28th Jan. 1516. [Add. 28572 (59).]'
6. Original Contract Deed, signed by Juan Antonio Pinelo, a
Genoese merchant residing at Toledo, for and in the name
of Bartholome Ordonez, a sculptor of Barcelona, and of
Tomasso de Forne and Adam Vivaldo, both Genoese. Deed
dated 12th November 1519, and the price stipulated
20,100 gold ducats. (Docketed in the autograph of P. de
Quintanilla, author of a life of Ximenes, published at
Palmero in 1653.) [Egerton 1936 (3).]
7. Warrant of Charles V. ordering that his library and the original
manuscripts of the Complutensian Polyglot Bible should be
preserved in the College of St Ildefonso de Alcala. Burgos,
27th May 1524. [Egerton 1936 (4).]

104 CARDINAL XIMENES

PRINTED BOOKS
8. Ciruelo (M. Pedro), Oratio habita in Academia Complutensi
in obitu memorati Cardinalis Ximenes de Cisneros, anno
1517, en Alcala en este afio.
9. Constitutiones insignis collegii sancti Illefonsi, ac per inde
totius almas Complutensis Academias ab illustris Francisco
Ximenio Cardinali Academiae unico fundatore olim sancitae.
Compluti, 1560, fol. [731-1-15 (1).]
10. Gomez de Castro (Alvaro), De rebus gestis a F. Ximenio
Cisnerio Archiepiscopo Toletano libri octo, a Gomeeio
Authore. Compluti, 1569, fol. [181, f. 5.]
"Is extremely rare, it was the basis of every subsequent history." —
T. F. Dibdin.
11.  in Rerum Hispanicarum Scriptorum, Tomus III. Franco-
furti, 1581, fol. [593, i. 3.]
12.  in Schottus (A), Hispanise illustratse, Tomus I. Franco-
furti, 1603, fol. [593, i. 4.]
13. Robles (Eugenio de), Compendio de la vida y Lazanas del
Cardenal F. Ximenez de Cisneros : y del Oficio y Missa
Muzarabe, pp. 344. Toledo, 1604, 4to. [685, g. 17.]
14. Poza (Juan Bapt.), Sermon, informacion y defensa de los
milagros, virtudes y meritos que tiene para ser canonizada
el 80. Cardenals y arcohisco de Toledo fray Francisco
Ximenez de Cisneros, fundador de la Universidad de Alcala,
pp. 32. Alcala, 162S, 4to.
15. Histoire du Cardinal de Ximenes. Paris, 16'31, 8vo.
16. Baudier (Michel), Histoire de 1' administration du Cardinal
Ximenes, grand ministre d'estat en Espagne. Paris, 1635,
4to. [1199, h. 21.]

APPENDIX B 105
17. Baudier (Michel), Annot6e et precedee d'une introduction et
d'une notice sur M.B. et ses divers ouvrages par E. Baudier.
Paris, 1851, 8vo. [1372, i. 6.]
18.  2e Edition, Paris, 1855, 8vo.
19  History of the Administration of Cardinal Ximenes,
translated by W. Vaughan London, 1671, 8vo. [614,
b. 2.]
20. Pardo (Man.), Oratio in anniversario F. Ximenii, Cardinalis,
Archiep. Toletani. Compluti, 1641, 4to.
21. Quintanilla y Mendoza (Pedro de), Archivium Complutense,
registro universal y autenticas glorias de la vida inculpable,
virtudes milagros y singulares hazanas de . . . d. fr.
Francisco Ximenes de Cisneros, pp. 149. Palermo, 1653, fol.
22.  Archetypo de virtudes : espejo de prelados el padre F.
Ximenez de Cisneros, pp. 15, 22, 360. Palermo, 1653, fol.
[G. 6439.]
23.  Breve Sumario de la vida, virtudes, santidad milagros y
estado de la causa del varon y benditto Padre Don Fr.
Francisco Ximenez de Cisneros. Palermo, 1653, fol.
[G. 6438 (8).]
24.  Oranum Ximenii virtute catholicum, sen de Africano
bello, in Tremezenii Regno, sub. F. Ximenii de Cisneros
Cardinalis protectione per 152 annos continuato, etc.
Romse, 1658, 4to. [583, f. 18 (1).]
25. Panegyricos del Cardenal Cisneros. Roma, 1654, 4to.
26. Sanchez (Thom.), Panegyrique du Card. Ximenes. (In
Spanish.) Alcala, l66l.
27. Lucas de la Madre de Dios. Oracion panegyrica. Historial
recuerdo, que en las honras del Eminmo. Senor Don Fray
Francisco Ximenez de Cisneros. d y. d. Al Rector y Colegio
Mayor de San Ilefonso el M. R. Padre Maestro Fray Lucas
de la Madre de Dios, ff. 12. Madrid, 1668, 4to. [835,
e. 29 (1).]

106 CARDINAL XIMENES
28. Toletana Beatificationis Canonizationis Ven. Servi Dei Fr.
Francisci Ximenez de Cisneros, etc., p. 198 and portrait.
[1672?], fol. [G. 6438 (1).]
29. Sac Rituum Congregatione Emmo, et Revdo. D. Cardinali
Carpineo Toletana . . . et canonizationis Ven. Servi Dei
Fr. F. Ximenez de Cisneros Compendium omnium magis
Substantialium, etc. [1672?], fol. [G. 6438 (2).]
30. Decreta Sacr^e Rituum Congregationis in favorem causae
beatificationis et canonizationis Ven. S. D. fratris Francisci
Ximenez de Cisneros. 1672, fol. [G. 6438 (3).]
31. Testamento del venerable siervo de Dios y Cardenal D. Fr.
Francisco Ximenez de Cisneros. [1672?], fol. [G. 6438
(9)0
32. Pulgar (Fern, de), Vida y motivos de la comun aclamacion
de santo de Francisco Ximenes de Cisneros. Madrid, 1673,
4to.
33. Oldoini (August.), Franciscus Ximenius Cisnerus. To be
found in Athenaeum Romanum, pp. 255-256. Perusiae, 1676,
4to. [659, c 5.]
34. Marin (Juan), Sermon. Que consagra el Colegio Mayor de
San Ildephonso, a la gloriosa memoria del Santo Cardenal
F. Ximenez de Cisneros, pp. 23. Alcala, 1691, 4to. [4856,
c. 12 (2).]
35. Flechier (Valentin Esprit), Bishop of Lavane and of Nimes,
Histoire du Cardinal Ximenes. Paris, 1693, 4to. [207,
c. 10.]
36.  2 torn. Amsterdam, 1693, 12mo. [614, b. 20-21.]
37. — - 2 torn. Paris, 1694, 12mo.
38.  2 torn. Amsterdam, 1700, 12mo. [867, a. 25.]
39.  (Italian translation). Venezia, 1721, 12mo, 2 vols.
40.  ¦ (Spanish translation), by M. Franco de Villalva. Madrid,
1773, 8vo. [4863, df. 2.]
41. — — (German translation), by P. Fritz. Wursburg, 1828, 8vo.

APPENDIX B 107
42. Marsollier (Jacques), Histoire du ministere du Cardinal de
Ximenes, archeveque de Tolede et Regent d'Espagne.
Toulouse, I694, 8vo.
*3.  Paris, 1704, 2 vols., 12mo. [295, h. 11-12.]
**•  Paris, 1739, 2 vols., 12mo. [684, c. 18-19]
45. Malavehar (Juan Ign. de), La Vida en sus tres esclaricidas
imagines del emo. ser. y so. Cardenal don fr. Francisco
Ximenez de Cisneros, oracion panegerica, pp. 24. Alcala,
1701, 4to.
46. Richard (Rene), Parallele du Cardinal Ximenes, et du Cardinal
de Richelieu. Paris, 1704, 12mo.
47.  Rotterdam, 1705, 12mo. [1193, c. 26.]
48.  Amsterdam, 171 6, 12mo.
49. Marsollier decouvert et confondu dans ses contradictions
ecrivant l'histoire du Cardinal Ximenes. Paris, 1708,
12mo.
50. Cisneros (Juan de), Real ghronologia del emm. sr. Cardenal d.
fray Franc. Ximenez de Cisneros. Madrid, 1716, fol.
51. Hardt (Hermann von der), memoria secularis Ximenii Hispania
Primatis qui veteris et novi Testamenti codices tribus edidit
voluminibus quae a. 1517 absolvit octogenarius senex a. 1717
humanitatis et veritatis Jubilaeo recensuit H. v. d. H. (vita
Ximenii par I. Ballart). Helmstadii, 1717, 8vo. [700.
b.7(l).]
52. Historie von dem Staatsministerio des Cardinals von Ximenes,
Erzbischoffs von Toledo und Regentens von Spanien.
Hamburg, 1719, 8vo.
53. Comedia Nueva. Pluma, Purpura y Espada, solo en Cisneros
se halla, y restauracion de Oran. De un Ingenio de esta
Corte. Madrid, 1740, 4to. [T. 1734 (13).]
54. Alcolea (Nicolas Aniceto), Seminario de nobles ... el
Collegio Mayor de S. Pedro y S. Pablo, fundado en la
Universidad de Alcala de Henares por el Cardenal F.

108 CARDINAL XIMENES
Cisneros. Con su admirable vida. Madrid, 1777, 4to.
[8356, c. 30.]
55. Don F. Ximenes, oder Schilderung der Unternehmungen des
Nationalcharacters und der Sitten der Spanier unter der
Staatsverwaltung des Card. Ximenes. Leipzig, 1796, 8vo.
56. Gonzalez Arnao (Vicente), Elogio historico del Cardenal Don
Fra. F. Gimenez de Cisneros. Madrid, 1803, 4to. [9180,
ccc. 10 (3).]
57. Conca y Alcoraz (Ant.), Elogio del Cardinal Ximenez de
Cisneros, trad, del Espanol. Genova, 1805, 8vo.
58. Barreit (B.), Revd., The Life of Cardinal Ximenes, pp.
v + 396. London, 1813, 8 vo. [1124, f. 21.]
59, Lavergne (L. de), Le Cardinal Ximenes. To be found in
Revue des Deux Mondes, Tome 26. Mai 15, 1841, pp, 505-
556. [R.P.P. 4329.]
60. Hefele (Carl Joseph von), Bishop of Rottenburgh, Der
Cardinal Ximenes und die kirchlichen Zustande Spaniens
am Ende des 15 und Anfange des 16 Jahrhunderts : ins-
besondere ein Beitrag zu Geschichte und Wiirdigung der
Inquisition. Tubingen, 1844, 8vo. [1372, e. 10.]
61.  Zweite, verbesserte Auflage. Tubingen, 1851. 8vo.
[4863, e. 29.]
62.  The life of Cardinal Ximenez. Translated by the Rev.
Canon Dalton. London, I860, 8vo. [2216, bb. 1.]
A so-called second edition was published in 1885, but
merely consists of the sheets, of the I860 edition with a new
title.
63.  Le Cardinal Ximenes et la situation de l'Eglise en
Espagne a la fin du 15e et au commencement du l6e siecle.
Traduit par MM. C. Sainte Foi et P. A. de Bermond.
Paris, 1856, 8vo. [4865, d. 40.]
64. Havemann (W.), Francisco Ximenez, in Gottinger Studien,
1847. Abth. 2, pp. 280-340. [8706, d. 23.]

APPENDIX B 109
65. Francisco Ximenes and his Times, in Dublin Review, 1852,
xxxiii. 140.
66. Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes. No. II. Cardinal
Ximenes, in Dublin University Magazine, vol. xii v. 1854,
pp. 579-588. [P.P. 6155.]
67. Boys (Albert Du), Le Cardinal Ximenes et l'inquisition
Espagnole, in Le Correspondant. Tome 40. Avril, 1857,
pp. 719-747. [P.P. 4332.]
68. Rodrigo y Lopez (Bernardo), Elogio funebre del Cardenal
Arzobispo de Toledo, F. Ximenez de Cisneros. Madrid,
1857, 8vo. [4863, dd. 22 (2).]
69- Gonzalo de las Casas (Jose), Honor a la memoria del celebre
Franciscano fray Francisco, fundador de la Universidad de
Alcala. Biografia del Cardinal Ximenez de Cisneros.
Madrid, 1857, 8vo. [4865, c. 27.]
70. Goicoerrotea (Roman), Relacion de la solemne ceremonia
celebrada para la inhumacion de los restos mortales del
Cardenal F. Ximenez de Cisneros. Madrid, 1857, 8vo.
[4863, dd. 22 (1).]
71. Godard (Leon), Souvenirs de l'expedition de Ximenes en
Afrique [inscription de la Cath6drale de Tolede, siege
d'Oran.] in Revue Africaine, 1861, v. 54.
72. Cartas del Cardenal F. Jimenez de Cisneros, dirigidas a Don
D. Lopez de Ayala. (Cartas de los Secretarios de Cardenal
J. de C, 1516-17.) Madrid, 1867-75. 2 vols., 8vo. [10909,
h. 14.]
73. Navarro y Rodrigo (Carlos), El Cardenal Cisneros. Estudio
biographico. Madrid, 1869, 8vo. [4863, ee. 10.]
74. Elogio del Cardenal Jiminez de Cisneros. Madrid, 1878,
4to.
75. Finlay (Peter), S. J., Cardinal Ximenes in The Irish
Monthly, vol. vii., 1879, pp. 23.9-253, 319-330. [P.P.
6158, d.]

110 CARDINAL XIMENES
76. Nebrija (E. A. de), Gimenez de Cisneros, seguido de un
estudio critico biografico. Madrid, 1880, 4to.
77. Sadleir (A. T.), Memoirs of Cardinal Ximenes . . . and Simon
de Montfort. New York, 1882, 12mo.
78. Stoughton (John), Alcala de Henares [and Cardinal Ximenes]
in The Spanish Reformers, pp. 18-34, with portrait. London,
1883, 8vo. [4625, bb. 2.]
79- Martinez de Velasco (E.), El Cardenal Jimenez de Cisneros
(1492-1517). Madrid, 1883, 8vo.
80. Ulrich (Wilhelm), Ximenes. Ein Lebensbild nach historischen
Quellen entworfen. Langensalza, 1883, 8vo. [4863, bbb. 5.]
81. Simonet (Francisco Javier), El Cardenal Ximenez de Cisneros
y los manuscritos arabigo-granadinos. Granada, 1885, 8vo.
[11904, a. 18 (7).]
82. Russell (C. W.), Cardinal Ximenes, an unpublished fragment,
in The Irish Monthly, vol. xvii., 1889, pp. 469-474. [P.P.
6158 d.]
83. Nelly Blum, La Croisade de Ximenes en Afrique. Oran,
1898, 8vo.
84 Huidobro y Ortiz de la Torre (Eduardo de), Historia del
Cardenal D. Fray Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros, sacada
principalmente de la que escribio Esprit Flechier. Santander,
1901, 8vo. [4864, eee. 38.]
85. Banares y Magan (Jose), Cisneros y Richelieu. Ensayo de un
paralelo entre ambos cardenales y su tiempo. Pontevedra,
1911, 8vo. [4865, ee. 14.]
86. Vallejo (Juan de), Memorial de la Vida de Fray Francisco
Jimenez de Cisneros. Publicado con prologo y notas, por
Antonio de la Torre y del Cerro. Madrid, 1913, 8vo.
[Ac. 145, c./4.]
87. Coloma (Luis), Fray Francisco. Narracion historico. Madrid,
1914, 8vo. [W.P. 2236.]

APPENDIX B 111
II. THE COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOT
[The following works contain references to the Polyglot.]
88. Teutzel (W. E.), De bibliis polygl. Wittenberg, 1686.
89. Mill (John), A New Edition of the Greek Testament
(Proleg. 1089). Oxford, 1707, folio.
90. Le Long (J.), Bibliotheca Sacra. Leipzig, 1709.
91.  Discours historique sur les principales editions des Bibles
Polyglottes. Paris, 1713, 12mo.
92. Maittaire (M.), Annales Typographici (vol. ii.). Hag. Com.
1719-41, 4to.
93. Wetstein (J. J.), Novum Testamentum Grsecum. Amsterdam,
1751-2, folio.
94. Seemiller (S.), De bibliis complutensibus Ingolst. 1785.
95. Panzer (G. W.), Annales Typographici (vol. iv., pp. 441-2).
Nuremberg, 1793-1803, folio.
96. Michaelis (J. D.), Introduction to the New Testament,
translated from the German by Bishop Herbert Marsh.
Cambridge, 1798-1801.
97. Griesbach (J. J.), Novum Testamentum Grascum (2 vols.).
Jenae, 1796-1806.
98. Dibdin (T. F.), An introduction to the Greek and Latin
Classics. Second edition (pp. i-vi). London, 1 804, 8vo.
99.  Bibliotheca Spenceriana (vol. i., p 75). London, 1814.
100. Pettigrew (T. J.), Bibliotheca Sussexiana (vol. i., pt. 2, pp.
1-27). London, 1827.
101. Thompson (Dr James), The Critical Sources of the Complu
tensian Polyglot, in The Biblical Review, vol. xv., 1847.
102. Tregelles (S. P.), An Account of the Printed Text of the
Greek New Testament. London, 1854, 8vo.
103. Delitzsch (F.), Entstehungsgeschichte der Polyglotte des
Card. Ximenes. Lipsiae, 1871.

112 CARDINAL XIMENES
104. Reuss (W. E.), Bibliotheca Novi Testamenti Grseci. Bruns-
vigae, 1872.
105. Westcott (B. F.) and Hort (F. J. A.), The New Testament
in the original Greek, 2 vols., 8vo, Cambridge, 1881.
106. Scrivener (F. H. A.), A plain introduction to the criticism of
the New Testament. Fourth edition, 2 vols., 8vo. London,
1894.
107. Gregory (C. R.), Prolegomena to the eighth edition of
Tischendorf's Novum Testamentum Graecum, vol. iii.
Lipsiae, 1894.
108. Darlow (T. H.) and Moule (H. F.), Historical Catalogue of
the Printed Editions of Holy Scriptures. 2 vols, in 4, 4to.
1903-1911.
109. Kenyon (Sir F. G.), Handbook to the Textual Criticism of
the New Testament. Second edition, 8vo. London, 1912.

APPENDIX C
HANDLIST OF WORKS PRINTED AND PUBLISHED
BY DIRECTION OF CARDINAL XIMENES i
1. Missale mixtum aime ecclesie toletane. Toledo, P. Hagem
bach, 1st June 1499, fol. [Copinger II. 4167 ; Pastor 12.]
2. Missale Mixtum secundum regulam beati Isidori dictum
Mozarabes. Toledo, P. Hagembach, 9th January 1500,
fol. [Hain 11336; Proctor 9607; Pastor 15.]
3. Garcia de Villapando — Instruccion de la Vida Christiana.
Toledo, P. Hagembach, 25th February 1500, 4to. [Mendez,
p. 148, No. 9; Copinger III., p. 310, No. 2628a.]
4. Breviarium sec. regulam beati hysidori. Toledo, P. Hagem
bach, 25th October 1502, fol. [Pastor 24.]
5. Donati cum commento enarrationibusque Alphonsi camerae
vienneii. Alcala, 5 de Enero, 1 503, 4to. [Garcia 4.]
6. Jhesus Maria. Tratado. Alcala, L. Polonus, 2nd March 1504,
4to. [Garcia 5.]
7. S. Juan Climaco, Tablas y Escalera Spiritual. Toledo, P.
Hagembach, 8th November 1504, fol. [Pastor 31.]
8. S. Joannes Climacus, scala spiritualis. Toledo [P. Hagem
bach], 3rd January 1505, 4to. [Pastor 35, and see Plate,
No. XII.]
9. Liber qui dicitur Angela de Fulginio. Toledo [P. Hagembach],
18th April 1505, 4to. [Pastor 33.]
10. Arnaldus, Revelationes b. Melchiadys. Toledo [P. Hagem
bach], 31st May 1505, 4to. [Pastor 33, usually found with
No. 9.]
1 [For collations of the books contained in this list reference can be made to
the bibliographies given within square brackets after each entry.]
P 113

114 CARDINAL XIMENES
11. Vita et processus Sancti thome cantuariensis. Salamanca,
Joannes Gysser, 1506, 4to. [Burger, p. 41, and see Plate,
No. XL]
12. Cancionero de diversas obras de nuevo trobados. Toledo,
16th June 1508, 4to. [Pastor 38.]
13. Carta del Reverendissimo Cardenal de Espana arcobispo de
Toledo. Toledo, 1509, fol. [Pastor 39.]
14. Libro de la bien aventurada sancta Angela de Fulgino.
Toledo, 24th May 1510, 4to. [Pastor 40.]
15. I. H. S. Tratado compuesto por el muy reverendo Senor el
tostado obispo de Avila . . . de la missa. Alcala, A. G. de
Brocar, 1511, 4to. [Garcia 6.]
16. La Vida de la bien aventurada sancta Caterina de Sena
trasladada de latin en castellano por el reverendo maestro
fray Antonio de la pena. Alcala, A. G. de Brocar, 1511,
fol. [Garcia 7.]
1 7. La Vida de la bien aventurada Sancta Caterina ... y la vida
de la bien aventurada soror Joana de orbieto : y de soror
Margarita de castello. Alcala, A. G. de Brocar, 26th June
1511, fol. [Garcia 9.]
1 8. Obra de las epistolas y oraciones de la bien aventurada virgen
Sancta Catherina de sena. Alcala, A. G. de Brocar, 1512,
fol. [Garcia 12.]
19. Obra de agricultura copilada de diversos auctores por Gabriel
alonso de herrera. Alcala, A. G. de Brocar, 1513, fol.
[Garcia 14.]
20. Erotemata chrysolorae. Alcala, A. G. de Brocar, 1514, 4to.
[Garcia 17.]
N.B. — The Greek type used in this book is the same as in the Com
plutensian New Testament printed in the same year.
21. Musaei opusculum de Erone et Leandro (Graece). Alcala,
A. G. de Brocar, 1514, 4to. [Garcia 18.]

APPENDIX C 115
22. Complutensian Polyglot Bible. Alcala, A. G. de Brocar, 1514-
1517, 6 vols. fol. [SeeCh. IV.]
23. Intonarium Toletanum. Alcala, A. G. de Brocar, 17th March
1515, fol. [Garcia 20.]
24. Passionarium Toletanum. Alcala, A. G. de Brocar, July 1516,
fol. [Garcia 23.]
25. Officiarum Toletanum. Alcala, A. G. de Brocar, 17th October
1517, fol. [Garcia 30.]
26. Liber rethoricorum. Alcala, A. G. de Brocar [1518], fol.
[Garcia 36.]
Contains a dedication by Herrera, in which, among other biographical
references, allusion is made to the expedition of Ximenes against Oran
and the foundation ofthe University of Alcald.

ABBREVIATIONS
Burger (K.), Die Drucker und Verleger in Spanien, 1501-1536.
Leipzig, 1913, 4to.
Copinger (W. A.), Supplement to Hain's Repertorium Biblio-
graphicum, 3 vols. London, 1895-1902, 8vo.
Garcia (D. J. C), Ensayo de una Tipographia Complutense.
Madrid, 1889, 8vo.
Hain (L.), Repertorium Bibliographicum, 4 vols, Stuttgart, 1826-
1838, 8vo.
Mendez (F.), Tipographia Espanolo, o historia del arte de la
imprenta en Espana. 2nd Editn. por D. Hidalgo. Madrid,
1861, 8vo.
Pastor (P.), La imprenta en Toledo. Madrid, 1887, 8vo.
Proctor (R.), An Index to the early printed books in the British
Museum, with notes of those in the Bodleian Library,
3 vols, and supplements. London, 1898-1906, 8vo.

INDEX

Adrian, Dean of Louvain, claims the
regency from Ximenes, 77
Alcabala, the tax known as, 18
Alcala de Henares, 8, 24-28, 40, 71,
75,83
Alcala, University of ; its foundation,
Chap. IV., removal to Madrid, 83
Alfonso VL, King of Castile, 55
Aragon, 2, 5
Aristotle, 53
Baxter, Richard, 43
Bible, Complutensian Polyglot, 5,
Chap. IV., critically examined,
28-52 ; variations in existing copies,
33-36 ; census of existing copies,
summary of, 51, details Appendix
A ; Greek type employed, 46-48 ;
Hebrew type employed, 46 ; value
of, 37-38
Bibliography, of Cardinal Ximenes
and of the Complutensian Poly
glot Bible, Appendix B.
Brocar, Arnald Guillen de, printer,
45-49, 59
Castile, 2-3, 5, 66, 71, 77-80
Catherine of Sienna, Letters of, 49,
58, 114
Cervantes, 4, 25
Charles V., Emperor, 28, 60, 67,
77-83, 103
Clarke, Dr Adam, 36, 37
Columbus, 61, 80
Comma Johanneum, controversy as
to, 42-44
Complutum, vide Alcala

Epistolce expectativcB, 9
Erasmus, 35, 41, 44-45
Ferdinand of Aragon, 5, 13, 14, 19,
25, 60-65, 67, 69-71, 74-77
Gomez, biographer of Ximenes, 34,
40, 58-59, 63, 83, 102, 104
" Gonsalez," vide Ximenes
Gonsalvo de Cordova, 21, 23, 70, 71,
75,77
Gothic Bitual, 54
Granada, 2, 19
Gregory IX., Pope, introduces In
quisition into Spain, 63-64
Haebler, Konrad, 45 (note), 48
Inquisition, established in Spain,
64 ; revived and directed against
the Jews, 64-65 ; introduced into
the New World, 67
Isabella of Castile, 5, Chapters II. and
III. ; 60-61, 65
Jews, 27, 64, 65, 87
Joanna, daughter of Ferdinand and
Isabella, 60-62, 78
Leo X., Pope, 30, 31, 34, 39, 41, 47
Madrid, 37, 40, 78, 83
Manuscripts, used in preparation of
Complutensian Polyglot Bible, 38-
41
Martyr, Peter, historian, 12, 60 117

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CARDINAL XIMENES

Mendoza, Cardinal, 10, 11, 13-14, 30,
56
Mendoza, Count of Tendilla, 19, 22
Mendham, Joseph, 37
Mexico, The Mozarabic Missal printed
in, 58
Missal, the Mozarabic, vide Moz
arabic or Gothic Liturgy, Chap. V.
Moors of Africa, Chap. VIII.
Moors of Spain, 2-3, their enforced
conversion, Chap. III., destruc
tion of their literature, 22, 54
Mozarabic, or Gothic Liturgy, Chap.
V. ; its origin, 54 ; falls into dis
use, 55 ; revived by Ximenes,
56-58, 113
Navarre, Kingdom of, 2, 80
Navarro, Pedro, 71-74
New World of America, 61, 67, 80
Oran, conquest of, Chap. VII., 110
Ortez, Alphonso, revisor of Moz
arabic Liturgy, 56, 57
Philip, Archduke of Austria, 60-63
Polyglot Bibles, the other great Poly
glots that succeeded the Com
plutensian, 38
Printers of Spain, 45 (note) ; Brocar,
q.v. ; Hagembach of Toledo, 56,
59 ; Gysser of Salamanca, 57 ;
Ibarra of Madrid, 58
Roman Liturgy, 54, 55
Ruiz, Bishop of Salamanca, 76, 81
St Augustine, 27
St Ildefonso, College of, 25, 75;
burial place of Ximenes, 83
St Isidore, Bishop of Seville, 54, 55
St Jerome, 27, 30, 31
St Thomas Aquinas, 43
Saracens, vide Moors of Spain
Septuagint, 28, 29

Seville, 65, 79
Spain, in the age of Ximenes, 1-6, 88
Stunica (Diego Lopez de Zuniga),
27, 35, 44
Talavera, Archbishop of Granada,
19, 20
Toledo, 10, 54, 55, 56, 82 ; See of, 9,
13-15, 24, 71, 73, 76 ; Library of,
53
Torrelaguna, birthplace of Ximenes, 7
Vergara, Johannes, 7-8, 53
Vianelli of Venice, 62, 70, 71
Vulgate, 27, 28, 29, 34, 42, 43
Ximenes, Franciscus de Cisneros,
known also as " Gonsalez," birth
and parentage, 7 ; education, 8 ;
claims the benefice of Uzeda, 9 ;
imprisoned, 9 ; released after six
years, becomes Chaplain to Cardinal
Mendoza and enters the Fran
ciscan Order, 10 ; appointed Con
fessor to Queen Isabella, 12 ;
Provincial of the Franciscan Order
in Castile, 12 ; Archbishop of
Toledo and Primate of Spain, 14 ;
as a monastic reformer, 13, 15-16 ;
founds the University of Alcala,
25 ; selects a staff of scholars to
edit the Polyglot Bible, 27; his
influence on the progress of the
work, Chap. IV. ; his restoration of
the Mozarabic Liturgy, 53-58 ;
directs the issue of a Life of Thomas
a Becket and a translation of the
Letters of Saint Catherine of Sienna,
59 ; further services to literature,
59, Appendix C ; appointed
Cardinal, 63 ; Inquisitor-General
of Castile, 63-68 ; finances and
takes command of the expedition
against Oran, Chap. VII. ; Regent
of Castile, Chap. VIII. ; selects
Madrid as seat of government, 78 ;
institutes » form of militia, 79 ;

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effects reduction of crown pensions, death, 83 ; his character and
79-80; efiorts for milder treat- achievements reviewed, 85-S9;
ment of the natives of South Handlist of works printed and
America and to prohibit the im- published by direction of, Appendix
portation of negro slaves from C.
Africa to America, 81 ; his opposi
tion to the exploitation of Spain Zegri, Moorish nobleman, 21
by the Flemish Court, 81-83 ; his Zuniga, vide Stunica