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Two Censors
A new catalog 1541 book , written by Erasmus ( left ) has pages rip out , text blotted out with ink and two page glued together . This Holy Writ is now in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto . A 1538 book in which Erasmus introduces the writing of fourth - century Saint Ambrose . In it Erasmus ' piece of work is censored but this time with great ravisher , with watercolour and baroque frames ; it is now at the Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies , also at the University of Toronto .
Erasmus of Rotterdam
Erasmus was born in Rotterdam sometime around 1466 . He was a prolific author who was critical of corruption in the Catholic Church . His lifetime would see a schism emerge in Western Christianity that would see breakaway groups call Protestant fight back against Catholics . Erasmus was seen as being benevolent to the Protestants and , in 1559 , more than two decennium after his death , his works were put on an index of forbidden books and dependent to censorship .
It’s Stuck
After four centuries the varlet of the 1541 schoolbook are still lodge together . Librarian Pearce Carefoote ( apply the pages ) has curated an expo on censorship and written a Holy Writ on the subject . He told LiveScience that he has never envision a case in which a censor used glue in his work . More research postulate to be done to see what the glue together portion contained .
Praise of Folly
If that was n’t enough the censor come along to have written a note on the front in Latin . It reads ( in transformation ) " O Erasmus , you were the first to compose the praise of folly , indicating the foolishness of your own nature . " One of Erasmus ' works was call " The kudos of Folly . " Carefoote says that we can not be sure that this note was go away by the censor , though the ink appears to oppose .
Careful Censoring
One division of the book starts with the phrase Dulce bellum inexpertis – “ war is sweet to those who have n’t see it . ” At first it was subject to some light censoring , just a condemnation here and there …
Lots of Marks
But , as the passing lead on , the censor die to town , blank out entire sections . More enquiry needs to be done however Carefoote believes that the censor did n’t like Erasmus ’s position against the melodic theme of " just war . "
Beauty in Censors
In contrast this 1538 leger , contain essay by Erasmus introduce the workplace of St. Ambrose , was censored beautifully , this section with a gloomy paint and ornately plan border .
Young Boy
This section , featuring an orange - colored paint , has an image of at top , believed to be that of a putto , a male child .
