[Inquisition proceedings against Don Isidro Lopez de Tobar]

Name:

Leyva, Gerónimo de, 17th century

Date:

1661

Description:

Records of Inquisition proceedings concerning priest and subdeacon Don Isidro Lopez de Tobar, under Commissioner Gerónimo de Leyva, gathered into three groups of stab-stitched bifolia. The proceedings are based in Vigan, the principal town of the archdiocese of Nueva Segovia, but Manila is also mentioned. The first sewn group of 50 leaves includes documents from 1661 and 1665, not in chronological order. Slightly more than half the first group (f. 1-28, 45-46) is on laid paper, stamped with the arms of Philip IV. On the first documents in the group, the seal date is 1658-1659 ("Sello quarto, un quartillo años de mil y seis cientos y cinquenta y ocho y cinquenta y nueve"; f. 1-13, with contemporary foliation) and the date stamped below the seal is 1661; the rest of the laid bifolia are stamped with the arms only and the dates 1662 and 1665 stamped below the seal. The rest of the first group (f. 29-44, 47-50) is written on fragile rice paper, with some leaves splitting or chipping. The second group is a single document of 30 leaves of rice paper written and signed by Gerónimo de Leyva in three sections of numbered paragraphs with citations in the margins for quotations from the Bible, Church Fathers, Church Councils, and Cicero in the text. The final group of eight leaves, with much of its sewing broken, includes documents from 1666 and 1663 (not in chronological order), on both laid and rice paper. The final leaves are damaged with some loss of text from folds and holes, including a document signed by Nicolas de las Infantas y Venegas, who was served as fiscal, inquisitor, and visitor for the Tribunal de la Inquisición en México.

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

Sold at auction at Sotheby's (New York), 28 June 2018, lot 223.

Subject:

Lopez de Tobar, Isidro, 17th century; Catholic Church -- Philippines -- History -- Sources; Inquisition -- Philippines

Form/Genre:

Codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, Spanish; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

88 leaves : paper; 312 x 220 mm bound to 312 x 220 mm.

Geographic Subject:

Philippines -- Church history -- Sources

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Commissioner for the Inquisition in the archdiocese of Nueva Segovia in the Philippines, under the jurisdiction of the Tribunal de la Inquisición en México.; Spanish, with quotations in Latin.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Group 1, 1-13, [14-50], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; Group 2, [1-30], Group 3, [1-8], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Group 1 written in 31-37 lines with a margin on the left; Group 2 written in 36-37 lines with outer margins used for citations; Group 3 written in 28-39 lines with a margin on the left.; Script: Written in cursive script by several hands, including those of Gerónimo de Leyva (Group 2), notaries, and secretaries.; Watermark: Three circles in a vertical line with a crown above the top circle, a cross in the top circle, perhaps TT in the middle circle, and N in the bottom circle (for example, f. 19).; Binding: Three groups of gatherings, each stab-stitched along the gutter.; Origin: Written in the Philippines, mostly in Vigan, between 1661 and 1666.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 2039