Quatuor concilia generalia


The Quatuor concilia generalia was a two volume book published in 1524 in Paris. It was edited by Jacques Merlin, printed by Jean Cornilleau and published by Galliot du Pré. It concerns four Ecumenical councils: the Third Council of Constantinople, the controversial Second Council of Nicaea, the Council of Constance and the dramatic Council of Basel.

Known copies

There are very few known extant copies:
LibraryProvenance
Harvard LibraryCuthbert Turner, Pusey House, Library
University of St Andrews Library
Bodleian LibraryCardinal Wolsey
Royal Library of the Netherlands
Bibliothèque nationale de France
University of Deusto
Biblioteca Nacional de España
Biblioteca de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Universitat de BarcelonaConvent of Sant Francesc d'Assís (Barcelona)
British Library

In volume one of the copy in the Bodleian there is the first example of an English bookplate David Pearson has suggested that the bookplatepainted on paper rather than printed – may have been put there by someone donating the book to Wolsey. Such a bookplate is not to be found in the second volume.

Digital copy

Tomus primus quatuor Conciliorum