23 NOVEMBER 1934, Page 40

THE INTERDICT OF INNOCENT HI

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

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SIR,----May I very briefly -correct an error in my letter on this subject ? I stated there that the ,document quoted by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch is not printed among the collection of Innocent III's letters in Migne's Patrologia. This, as I now remember, is incorrect. It is printed there in an appendix, with a reference to Marten as the source (Opera Innocentii III,-Vol. IV, col. 190), and this was actually one of the books in which I verified the text. The point I really wished to mike was that'Martene'S MS. is the sole ultimate source for the .document, so that my argument is not affected, but I. apologize for the slip.—I am, Sir, yours faithfully,

THOMAS M. PARKER.

St. Mary's Presby'ery,..15 Harrington. Square, N.W.1.