Karl von Gebler

Name: Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia — Appendix I.
Author: Karl von Gebler

Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia… (1879)

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“Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia — Appendix I.”, published in 1879, is a work by Karl von Gebler. It explores elements such as Epinois, Marini and Galileo.

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Karl von Gebler, Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia… (1879)

“ Thus we learn from Albèri, editor of "Le Opere di Galileo Galilei," Florence, 1842–1856, in 16 vols., in which all the materials for the history of Galileo are collected, that Marini had made obliging offers to him about the Vatican MS.; but his death put an end to the hopes thus raised, and Albèri had to content himself with reproducing the extracts and documents given by Venturi and Marini. It is obvious that the MS. was not accessible to him, or he would surely have included the Acts in his great work. ”

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Karl von Gebler, Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia… (1879)

“ We know next to nothing of the history of the Vatican MS. up to the time when Napoleon I. took possession of the papal city. During this period, when proud Rome had sunk so low as to be a department of France, in 1811, by the mandate of the then ruler of the world, the treasures of the Vatican archives were removed from Rome to Paris. Among them was the volume containing the Acts of Galileo's trial. ”

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Karl von Gebler, Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia… (1879)

“ It is clear that Barbier expected to find support in the Acts of the trial for the assumed torture of Galileo; and as they reported nothing of the kind, and could not report anything consistently with the facts of history, the librarian entirely overlooked the vast importance of the papers. After this report Count Blacas felt no scruple about letting the Papal Commissary have them. On 15th December the minister wrote a note to Barbier, asking him for the volume of documents, that he might himself hand it to Marini. ”

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Karl von Gebler, Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia… (1879)

“ In the same year, also, Marini's work, "Galileo Galilei e l'Inquizione," appeared at Rome, intended to be the fulfilment of the French conditions.
We purposely say "intended to be," for they were not really so at all. The entire contents of the Vatican MS. were thereby by no means given to the public, but such a sight of it as the editor thought proper, and which was, as far as possible, an apology for the Inquisition. Instead of the full original text of the Acts, the world only received disjointed extracts, arbitrary fragments—in many instances nothing at all. ”

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Karl von Gebler, Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia… (1879)

“ Two days afterwards we were on our way to Rome, and soon had the volume in our hands. As we turned over the pages with a curiosity easy to be imagined, and compared it with Berti's publication, we discovered, to our no small surprise, its many omissions and inaccuracies. The idea then occurred to us of making a copy of all the documents in the collection with the greatest possible precision. Not the least "improvement" should be made ”

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Karl von Gebler, Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia… (1879)

“ Three days later Delambre wrote to Venturi that the original Acts certainly had been at Paris some years ago, but had disappeared, and it was not now known whether they were still there or had been taken away. He told him that during the Empire the publication and translation of the documents had been projected, but political events had prevented it from being carried out; the extracts, however, then made, and the French translation which had been begun, were in existence. These, which M. Barbier had placed at Delambre's disposal, he sent to Venturi. ”

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Karl von Gebler, Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia… (1879)

“ In consequence of the controversy as to the genuineness of the document of 26th February, 1616, we resolved in the spring of 1877 to attempt to get a sight of the papers, our sole reason being the desire to see for ourselves whether external evidence was for or against falsification, or whether any certain conclusions could be drawn from it. ”

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Karl von Gebler, Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia… (1879)

“ He first applied for the Acts of Galileo's trial to the Minister of the Interior, who referred him to the Count de Blacas, Minister of the Royal Household. [3] He assured Marini that he would have a search instituted in the royal library. [4] He wrote on the same day to Barbier charging him to search for the documents, and to report to him on their historical value. [5] Barbier's answer is too characteristic not to be given.
"A Son Excellence le Ministre de la Maison du Roi,
Paris, 5 Decembre, 1814. ”

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