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Complutensian

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Com`plu`ten´sian
a.1.Of or pertaining to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares) a city near Madrid; as, the Complutensian Bible.
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Trained at the College of San Idelfonso at the University of Alcala, he practiced the philological approach to Scripture embraced by the humanists, helped in rendering the Old and New Testaments for the Complutensian Polyglot Bible, corresponded with Erasmus, was fond of classical authors such as Cicero and Suetonius, and owned works written by Lorenzo Valla, Pietro Bembo, and Angelo Poliziano.
The complex nature of Catholicism in the Renaissance. (Review Essay) by Cesareo, Francesco C. / Renaissance Quarterly
Within the Catholic church, at the time Erasmus was producing his New Testament translation, Cardinal Ximenes was directing a team of scholars to produce the Complutensian Polyglot Bible, which eventually appeared in 1522.
The Archival View of Technology: Resources for the Scholar of the ... by ZEIDBERG, DAVID S. / Library Trends
And there is the marvelous Complutensian Polyglot, published in Spain in 1522.
A Bible for the plowboy by Cahill, Elizabeth Kirkland / Commonweal
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