BRA1441

Title

Subject

Description

This prohibited book by Jacob Otther of Speyer was compiled from the unpublished sermons of his controversial teacher, the Catholic preacher Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg (1445–1510). This copy of the book reflects the prohibited status of its author according to the Index librorum prohibitorum: on the title page, an early owner or librarian wrote "NB Otherus est Authore prohibitus, primae classis" ("Note: Otther is a prohibited author of the First Class").

Creator

Otther, Jacob, fl. 1500 and Geiler von Kaysersberg, Johann, 1445–1510.

Source

BRA1441. Jacob Otther (fl. 1500). Fragmenta passionis domini nostri Iesu Christi. A celeberrimo (divini eloquii oratore) domino Ioanne Geiler ex Keisersberg theologo. Strasbourg: Matthias Scher, 1508.

Relation

IndexProhibited

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Latin

Type

Sermon compilation

Collection

"Heresy and Error": The Ecclesiastical Censorship of Books, 1400–1800

Citation

Otther, Jacob, fl. 1500 and Geiler von Kaysersberg, Johann, 1445–1510., “BRA1441,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed February 11, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1925.