Noticias reconditas y posthumas del procedimiento de las Inquisiciones de Espanha y Portugal con sus presos : divididas en dos partes, la primera en idioma portuguez, la segunda en castellano; deduzidas de autores catholicos, apostolicos y romanos eminentes por dignidad o por letras; obras tan curiosas como instructivas

Contributor:

Lequini, Sebastian (translator)

Name:

John IV, King of Portugal, 1604-1656; Ramè, Luiz

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1722

Description:

Manuscript copy of an edition of this late 17th-century work published in 1722 in London (with a title page falsely placing the publisher in Villafranca). Collection of documents related to the Inquisitions of Spain, Portugal, and Mexico. The first part of the manuscript (f. 3v-56v), written in Portuguese, consists of a short letter written by King John IV of Portugal, followed by a general account of the Inquisition in Portugal, including acceptable practices and specific examples from individual cases. The second part (f. 58r-132v), written in Spanish, consists of philosophical arguments supporting the Inquisition, a letter from Pope Innocent XI detailing the rights of new Christian converts in Portugal, instructions (translated from Italian) on how to conduct interviews on witnesses brought before the Inquisition, and the case of Luiz Ramè, who was charged with heresy and tried by the Inquisition of Mexico. Ramè's case is written in the first person and begins with what appears to be a letter he wrote to an unnamed aristocratic woman.

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Michał Wisnievsky (bookplate, inside upper cover).; Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea (bookplate, inside upper cover).; Wisnievsky, Michał, former owner.; Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner.

Subject:

Inquisition -- Spain -- Early works to 1800; Inquisition -- Portugal -- Early works to 1800; Inquisition -- Mexico -- Early works to 1800; Christian converts from Islam -- Portugal -- History; Christian converts from Judaism -- Portugal -- History; Christian converts from Judaism; History; Christian converts from Islam; Inquisition

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); church records; Manuscripts, European; Manuscripts, Spanish; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

135 leaves : paper; 215 x 165 (165 x 115) mm bound to 222 x 180 mm

Geographic Subject:

Portugal; Mexico; Spain

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 1r).; Table of contents: 1. f.2r-3r: Prologo.; Table of contents: 2. f.3r: Indice.; Table of contents: 3. f.3v-5r: Alvara que o senhor rey dom João o quarto de gloriosa memoria mandou passar / John IV, King of Portugal.; Table of contents: 4. f.6r-56v: Relacion portugueza de la Inquisicion de su reino.; Table of contents: 5. f.58r-59v: Prefacion.; Table of contents: 6. f.60r-90v: Reflexiones sobre las noticias reconditas del procedimiento de las Inquisiciones de España y Portugal con sus presos.; Table of contents: 7. f.91r-102v: Sagrada atarazana o practica de la Santa Inquisicion de nuevo corregida y ampliada en Genova y en Perugia en la imprenta Cameral por Sebastian Lequini, 1653.; Table of contents: 8. f.103r-132r: Relacion de la detencion de m[onsieu]r Luiz Ramè en las carceles de la Inquisicion en los reinos de Mexico y España, y de su feliz livranza embiada por él a Madama de [name not given].; Table of contents: 9. f.132v: Post-scriptum.; Foliation: Paper, i + 135 + i leaves; 1-4, 1-102, iii-vi, 2-146; [ii, 1-132, i]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper center or outer corners; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. References in this record are to modern foliation. Catchwords, lower right corner.; Layout: Written in 21-31 long lines.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Watermark: Similar to Valls i Subirá, Garreta, 442, but with the initials G R underneath.; Binding: Quarter morocco, upper cover detached (Zacour-Hirsch).; Origin: Written in Villafranca after 1722.; Spanish and Portuguese.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1400