Origem da denominação de X. V. [Cristão velho], X.N. [Christão novo], em Portugal, e as cauzas da continuação destes nomes, como tambem da cegueira judaica : como méthodo para se extinguir em poucos an[os] esta differença entre os mesmos subditos, e ceguira judaica; tudo p[ara] augmento da religião catholica, e utilidade do estado.

Abstract:

History of the categories of Cristão velho (Old Christian) and Christão novo (New Christian, converts from Judaism to Catholicism and their descendants) in Portugal, and of discrimination against and persecution of Christãos novos.

Creator:

Sanches, António Nunes Ribeiro, 1699-1783.

Timespan:

Portugal.

Date:

1756

Identifier:

9950095453503681; (OCoLC)ocn774555796; (OCoLC)774555796; (PU)5009545-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Portuguese

Provenance:

Sold at auction at Kestenbaum & Company as part of the Alfonso Cassuto collection, Part 2, 23 June 2011, lot 56.; Formerly owned by antiquarian bookdealer and collector Alfonso Cassuto (Lisbon; label inside upper cover; embossed stamp, f. i, 66 ).

Publisher:

[Paris], 1756.

Subject:

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

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

66 leaves : paper; 213 x 160 (154 x 106-110) mm bound to 218 x 170 mm

Personal Name:

Cassuto, Alfonso, 1910-1990, former owner.

Corporate Name:

Alfonso Cassuto Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Origin: Copied in Paris in 1756 (front flyleaf) from a manuscript written in 1748 (front flyleaf, f. 66r).; Title from caption title (f. 1r); attribution to author in a near-contemporary hand on front flyleaf.; Foliation: Paper, i + 66 + i; 1-66, contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto. Catchword on each page, lower right corner.; Layout: Written in 14 long lines.; Binding: Contemporary (18th-century) mottled calf.; Script: Written in cursive script by a single hand; information about author and production of manuscript in a second hand (front flyleaf).; Portuguese.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 1619