Collection of 6 manuscript items followed by 16 printed documents printed in 1606 and 1607 related to the Venetian Interdict. The Interdict was placed on the Republic of Venice by Pope Paul V when Venice passed two laws displeasing to the Pope, one forbidding the alienation of real estate in favor of the clergy, the second demanding approval of the civil power for the building of new churches. Moreover, two priests had been found guilty and imprisoned, and the Pope insisted that they be released to the Church; the Republic of Venice disobeyed the order and in April 1606 the Pope excommunicated the entire government of Venice and placed an interdict on the city. The first item contains a list of titles and contents of the 5-volume collection of which this manuscript is the only surviving volume. The second item is a copy of the comminatory written by Pope Paul V in which he threatened to place an interdict on and to excommunicate the Republic of Venice if they did not release the two priests they had jailed. The third item is a letter written by the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to Pope Paul V in an attempt to resolve the conflict between the Papal States and the Republic of Venice. The fourth item is a document containing a description of the differences of opinion between the majority of the members of the Venetian aristocracy and Venetian Senate and the Pope. The fifth item contains a sentence pronounced by a Venetian senator in which he urged his colleagues to accept the request of the Pope to prevent excommunication and papal interdiction. The sixth item is a letter of response, written by the Republic of Genoa, to a letter, written by the Venetians, who expressed their surprise after the Genoese obeyed to a papal order to renew decrees related to ecclesiastic immunity.
Language:
Italian
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Joseph Schweizer (note pasted inside lower cover).; Schweizer, Joseph, former owner.
manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European
Physical Description:
565 leaves (49 manuscript) : paper; 206 x 147 (160 x 105) mm bound to 208 x 158 mm
Geographic Subject:
Venice (Italy) -- History -- 1508-1797; Venice (Italy) -- Foreign relations -- Italy -- Papal States; Venice (Italy) -- Church history -- 17th century; Italy -- Venice
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. i recto).; Table of contents: 1. f.ii recto-vii verso: Opere contenute nelli presenti cinque volumi.; Table of contents: 2. f.1r-9v: Comminatoria dell'interditto et scomunica intimata alla Repubblica et signori di Venetia d'ordine di N.S. Papa Paolo Quinto per la revocatione di alcuni decreti fatti dalli SS. venetiani contra la liberta' ecclesiastica.; Table of contents: 3. f.11r-18r: Lettera di Santa Maiesta' Christianissima scritta al suo ambasciatore residente in Roma per accommodare le differenze che esistono fra N.S. Papa Paolo V et li signori venetiani per causa delli decreti da loro fatti contra la liberta' ecclesiastica.; Table of contents: 4. f.19r-26r: Discorso delle cose concernenti le differenze tra N.S. Paolo V et li signori venetiani, in ocasione della scomunica da loro cominata se non revocassero li decreti da loro fatti contra la liberta' ecclesiastica.; Table of contents: 5. f.27r-37r: Sentenza d'un clarissimo senatore veneto esposta nel Consiglio de' Pregati nella quale conseglia a cedere al Pontefice circa al renovari li decreti conforme alla monitoria intimata alla Repubblica.; Table of contents: 6. f.39r-42v: Lettera scritta dalla Repubblica di Genova a quella di Venetia in risposta d'un altra scrittali da quella di Venetia la quale in essa la si maraviglia che quella di Genova habbia obedito al Sommo Pontefice con renovar alcuni decreti da lei fatti in pregiudizio de alcuni oratori di essa citta.; Foliation: Paper, 565; [i-vii], 1-42, 46-82, [i-ii], 83-559, (f.46-559 printed), contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 20 long lines.; Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.; Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Ancre 491 (Florence, 1522).; Binding: Contemporary parchment, no. 668 and the heading Opere contra li Venetiani parte I on spine.; Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1606-1607 (Zacour-Hirsch).; Italian.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1437
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