Processo [contra] Ysabel Rodriguez, natural dela Salceda en Portugal, muger de Manuel Diaz, mercader de Mexico ... [etc.]

Contributor:

Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 (former owner); Riva Palacio, Vicente, 1832-1896 (former owner); Manozca, Pedro de (scribe)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1595

Description:

Comprises notarized contemporary transcripts of three trials of Portuguese Jews held by the Inquisition in Mexico in 1595.; 1. f.1r-115r: Processo contra Ysabel Rodriguez, natural dela Salceda en Portogal, muger de Manuel Diaz, mercader de Mexico. -- 2. f.116r-275v: Processo contra Manuel Diaz, mercader natural del Fondenel, reyno de Portogal. Vezino desta ciudad de Mexico. -- 3. f. 276r-464r: Processo contra Sebastian Rodriguez, natural dela villa de Sanct Vicente del obispado delaguardia en Portogal.

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

Former owners include: Vicente Riva Palacio (note bound into the manuscript) and Henry Charles Lea (bookplate, inside upper cover).; Bequest from Henry Charles Lea, 1909.

Subject:

Díaz, Manuel; Rodriguez, Ysabel; Rodríguez, Sebastián, 1896-1968; Inquisition -- Mexico -- Early works to 1800; Jews -- Mexico -- Early works to 1800; Trials -- Mexico; Trials; Jews; Inquisition

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Legal documents; Notarial documents; Manuscripts, Spanish; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

464 leaves : paper; 318 x 218 (258 x 160) mm bound to 330 x 225 mm

Geographic Subject:

Mexico

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title for manuscript from title of first work; date from title pages (f. 1r, 116r, 276r).; Foliation: Paper, vii (19th-century notes) + iii (19th-century paper) + 465 + iii (19th-century paper); [i], 1-31, [i], 32-114, 1-33, [i], 34-41, [iv], 42-69, [i], 70-127, 127, 129-145, 145, 147-154; [ii], 1-5, [i], 6-56, [i], 57-60, [i], 61-79, [v], 80-178, [i]; contemporary or near-contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; [1-465]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Folio references in this record follow modern foliation.; Layout: Written in 24-25 long lines.; Script: Written in a cursive script, primarily in a single hand signed Pedro de Manozca, with a few leaves in at least one other hand.; Binding: 19th-century quarter leather. Both boards detached and spine leather completely lacking. Moderate oxidation of ink. 19th-century leaves bound into the front are brittle and crumbling at the edges.; Origin: Written in Mexico (Zacour-Hirsch) in 1595 (f. 1r, 116r, 276r).; Letter from General Riva Palacio to Henry Charles Lea dated 21 February 1872 bound inside upper cover.; Spanish.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 804