Memorial

Contributor:

Joseph, King of Portugal, 1714-1777 (addressee)

Name:

Cunha, Luiz da, 1662-1749; Alfonso Cassuto Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800; 1706-1750

Date:

1750

Description:

Advice about reform in Portugal, including concerns about the Inquisition, addressed to Prince Joseph, who took an active role in ruling Portugal after his father, King John V, suffered a stroke in 1742.

Language:

Portuguese

Provenance:

Possible early owner inscription on cover and first leaf.; Formerly owned by antiquarian bookdealer and collector Alfonso Cassuto (Lisbon; label inside upper cover; embossed stamp, f. 1r); probably purchased in 1982 (pencil note, upper cover).; Cassuto, Alfonso, 1910-1990, former owner.

Relation:

Video orientation: https://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000269

Subject:

Inquisition -- Portugal -- Early works to 1800; Kings and rulers -- Duties -- Early works to 1800; Kings and rulers -- Duties; Inquisition; Politics and government

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); polemics; Manuscripts, Portuguese; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

32 leaves : paper; 208 x 150 (173 x 108) mm

Geographic Subject:

Portugal -- Politics and government -- 1706-1750; Portugal

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Portuguese ambassador in Vienna, the Hague, and Paris.; Title from cover title; later published under the title Testamento político.; Collation: Paper, i + 32 + i; 1-8⁴; gathering signatures 1, 3, and 8 visible, upper left recto (f. 1r, 9r, 29r); 1-32, contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto. Catchwords on each page, lower right corner.; Layout: Written in 26-28 long lines; vertical bounding lines ruled in lead; quarto format.; Script: Written in semi-cursive script, possibly by more than one hand.; Binding: Contemporary (18th-century) paper wrapper.; Origin: Probably written in Portugal, in the second half of the 18th century (Kestenbaum).; Portuguese, with occasional words in Latin and French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1656