Vatican City, Oct 25, 2007 / 08:20 am
This morning in the Vatican's Old Synod Hall, the book "Processus Contra Templarios," was presented by the Vatican Secret Archives.
The book, the third volume of the Vatican Secret Archives "Exemplaria Praetiosa" series, contains facsimile copies of the original acts of the hearing against the Knights Templar (1308-1311) which are kept in the Vatican Secret Archives, while an accompanying volume contains a critical edition of the transcription of the acts (from Schottmuller's transcription of 1877). The new book has a print run of just 799 copies and has already been ordered by collectors, scholars and libraries from all over the world.