Forma moderna di fabricar li processi del S[anto] Offizio pratticata' hoggi dì nel supremo tribunale di Roma

Alternate Title:

Prattica procedere nelle causa del S. Off[izi]o

Date:

1700

Description:

A manual of procedure for inquisitors preparing a denunciation before the Roman inquisition, aimed chiefly at promoting a more careful initial presentation of the evidence, with sample passages of interrogation and testimony from a 1678 case of swearing during a game of chance in Fermo (Italian text with Latin citations of legal and doctrinal documents). The second item appears to be similar to the text in UPenn Ms. Codex 575, organized in 25 chapters on inquisitional procedure and various categories of crime, with a particularly long chapter on the special problems of convents, including libidinous confessors, "womanly rivalries" leading to frivolous denunciations, and "lightness of brain" leading to visions and voices.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 5336).; Offered for sale at Sotheby's as part of the collection of the late Andre de Coppet, Part VI, 28-29 May 1956, lot 1568.; Offered for sale at Sotheby's, 6-8 July 1959, lot 763; sold to Maggs Bros. (London).; Sold by Maggs Bros., 1959.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.; De Coppet, Andre, 1892-1953, former owner.

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Discipline; Catholic Church; Discipline; Inquisition -- Italy; Inquisition; Monasticism and religious orders for women

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); Handbooks and manuals; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

136 leaves : paper; 263 x 198 (225 x 147) mm bound to 261 x 202 mm

Geographic Subject:

Italy

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.2r-53v: Decrees and testimony dated 1678. -- 2. f.53v-113r: Prattica procedere nelle causa del S. Off[izi]o (in 25 chapters, including De testimonii falsi; Delli confronti; Della tortura, f. 102-107). -- 3. f.114r-136v: Modo di procedere nel S.O. quando occorre nel S.O. prendere ....; Title from caption title (f. 2r).; Incipit for item 1: Nel pigliare una denunzia in materia del S. Offizio ... Incipit for item 2: Le cause del S.O. ò sono d'eresia, ò di sospizione di essa ... (f. 2r).; Foliation: Paper, iv (contemporary paper) + 136 + iv (contemporary paper); modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Binding: Contemporary boards.; Origin: Written in Italy, 18th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Italian and Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 573