Explicaçoens e provas dos agravos, dos quais sequeixão a Seé App[ostolica] os christaos descendentes do sangue hebreu no reino de Portugal : contra os stillos, uzo, e modo de proceder dos Inquizadores daquelle reyno.

Abstract:

Anonymous polemic against the treatment of christaos descendentes do sangue hebreu (New Christians of Hebrew blood, converts from Judaism to Catholicism and their descendants) by the Portuguese Inquisition.

Timespan:

Portugal.

Date:

1673

Description:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George L. Murray Fund.

Identifier:

9950095423503681; (OCoLC)ocn768490038; (PUVoyagerBIBID)5009542; (OCoLC)768490038; (PU)5009542-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Portuguese; Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by antiquarian bookdealer and collector Alfonso Cassuto (Lisbon; bookplate inside upper cover; notes inside upper cover, first flyleaf; embossed stamp, f. 1r, 95r, 145r).; Sold at auction at Kestenbaum & Company as part of the Alfonso Cassuto collection, Part 2, 23 June 2011, lot 47.

Publisher:

[Portugal], [after 1673]

Relation:

Noticias reconditas.; http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/927926

Subject:

Christian converts from Judaism -- Portugal -- History -- Early works to 1800.; Inquisition -- Portugal -- Early works to 1800.; Christian converts from Judaism.; History.; Inquisition.; Codices.; Polemics.; Manuscripts, European.; Manuscripts, Portuguese.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

146 leaves : paper; 259 x 198 (188 x 126) mm bound to 266 x 212 mm

Personal Name:

Cassuto, Alfonso, 1910-1990, former owner.; Vieira, António, 1608-1697, attributed name.

Corporate Name:

George L. Murray Fund.; Alfonso Cassuto Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in Portugal after 1673 (last date in text, f. 38r, 48v, 82r-82v; Kestenbaum dated manuscript to late 17th century).; Title from caption title (f. 1r).; Cassuto identified this work with the Portuguese section of Noticias reconditas y posthumas published in London in 1722 and sometimes attributed to the Portuguese Jesuit Antonio Vieira (note by Cassuto, who gives the date as 1720, inside upper cover), who pleaded with Pope Clement X on behalf of the New Christians.; Moderate oxidation of ink, resulting in bleed-through and some cracking in larger initials.; Foliation: Paper, ii + 146 + ii; [1-146], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 25 long lines; inner margin marked by folding. Catchwords on each page.; Binding: Contemporary (17th-century) mottled calf, gilt spine.; Decoration: 2- and 3-line calligraphic initials throughout.; Script: Written in cursive script.; Portuguese, with occasional words, phrases, or brief passages in Latin.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 1610

Collection:

George L. Murray Fund.