Copia del capitolare delli ecc[elentissi]mi sig[no]ri inq[uisito]ri di stato : con le aggionte che li sono state fatte

Date:

1700

Description:

Rules and regulations of the inquisitors of state of the Venetian Republic beginning with the proceedings of the Great Council of June 16, 1504; proceedings of the Council of Ten of June 19, 1504, and continuing with the "Capitolar antico," the regulations issued June 23, 1504, followed by two supplements. According to bookseller's description (on file in Library) these regulations provided for a system of espionage covering all of Venetian society.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein (bookplate, inside upper cover).; Sold by H.P. Kraus, 1956.; Franz Josef II, Prince of Liechtenstein, 1906-1989, former owner.

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

68 leaves : paper; 244 x 180 (208 x 130) mm bound to 255 x 191 mm

Geographic Subject:

Venice (Italy) -- History

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from caption title (f. 1r).; Foliation: Paper, i (18th-century paper) + 68 + i (18th-century paper); [1-68]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 24 long lines; ruled in ink.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Binding: 18th-century marbled paper.; Origin: Written in Venice, ca. 1700 (Zacour-Hirsch).; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 558