[Los dos tratados del Papa, i de la Misa]

Contributor:

Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (former owner)

Name:

Valera, Cipriano de, 1532?-1625

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1588

Description:

Two anti-Catholic treatises on the papacy and the Mass, first printed in 1588, likely copied from the printed edition, based on the close match of the marginal notes and index to a later printed edition. An index to names of popes at the end of the manuscript covers most of the first treatise.

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

Inscriptions by French owners from the 1880s and 1890s on a flyleaf (p. v), including a note about a visit to Spain (sejour d'Espagne).; Formerly in the library of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (bookplate inside upper cover).

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800; Catholic Church; Papacy -- Early works to 1800; Papacy; Mass -- Early works to 1800; Mass

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Manuscripts, Spanish; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

234 leaves : paper; 210 x 135 mm bound to 220 x 165 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Former Observantine Hieronymite monk in Seville who left the Catholic Church, lived in exile in England after Queen Elizabeth I came to power, and was a professor at Cambridge University after 1599; editor of a Spanish translation of the Bible.; Title supplied from printed edition of work.; Table of contents: 1. p.1-8: Epistola al christiano lector -- 2. p.9-247: Tratado primero del Papa y su autoridad -- 3. p.249-254: Tabla, en la qual muy clara y sucintamente se declara, quien sea el Antechristo, y porque marcas se pueda conocer -- 4. p.257-459: Tratado segundo de la Misa y de su santidad -- 5. [p.461-468]: [Index of popes].; Pagination: Paper, ii (20th-century) + i (19th-century) + 234 + ii (20th-century) leaves; 1-460, [461-468], later foliation in ink, upper outer corners.; Layout: Written in 28-31 long lines (except for the leaves in a second hand at the beginning of the second treatise, written in 21-24 long lines, p. 257-340); papal names, biblical references, and other notes written in margins.; Script: Written in cursive script by one hand, except for a section at the beginning of the second treatise in a second hand (p. 257-340).; Binding: 20th-century library cloth, title in ink on spine: History of the popes.; Origin: Probably written in Spain, after 1588 (date of printed edition).; Spanish.

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 228