Collectio diversorum decretorum Sacre Congregationis Sancti Officii Urbis [Romae], ordine alphabetico digestorum

Name:

Catholic Church

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1685

Description:

An alphabetical digest of decrees, papal bulls, and letters pertaining to various aspects of the Inquisition: doctrine, crimes, judicial procedure, and administration. Most of the documents quoted date from circa 1590-1640.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Former owners include: James Lewis, LL. D., Cambridge (signature, p. i); Henry Charles Lea, 1891 (signature, p. i).; Gift of Henry Charles Lea, 1909.; Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner.

Subject:

Canon law -- Early works to 1800; Canon law; Inquisition

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Administrative records; Decrees; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

221 leaves : paper; 137 x 200 (160 x 114) mm bound to 207 x 145 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from caption title (p. 1).; Compare with UPenn Ms. Codex 672.; Pagination: Paper, i (18th-century paper) + 221 + i (18th-century paper); [iv], 1-423, [xvi]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Binding: Contemporary gilt parchment, with 18th-century endleaves.; Origin: Written in Italy after 1685 (p. 160).; Notes in pencil and in ink on p. i regarding provenance, dates in manuscript, and references to the Immaculate Conception are in the hand of Henry Charles Lea.; Latin and Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 583