Dilig[encias] sobre averiguacion del principio, y origen del a vos comun, y pub[lica] que[?] divulgo de estar tomada, y [amenasar?] cierta providencia militar contra este S[anto] Oficio, dirigida a su abolicion, o mutacion, con otras varias divulgaciones.

Abstract:

Proceedings of the Inquisition in Mexico concerning riots in Mexico City and elsewhere in 1767. A compilation of various letters, declarations, and legal documents, many with signatures and many noted as reviewed by the inquisitors, whose surnames are given as Fierro, Vicente, and Amestoy. Sewn into a volume with no binding.

Timespan:

Mexico.; Mexico -- Spanish colony, 1540-1810.

Date:

1767

Description:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Henry Charles Lea Fund.

Identifier:

9959801193503681; (OCoLC)ocn1049501787; (PUVoyagerBIBID)5980119; (OCoLC)1049501787; (PU)5980119-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

Gift of Alfredo Chavero to the Real Academia de la Historia (Spain), 1873 (inscription, f. i verso).; Formerly owned by Mexican archeologist, congressman, and playwright Alfredo Chavero (ownership stamp, f. i recto and elsewhere).; Sold at auction by International Autograph Auctions, 13 July 2013, lot 690.

Publisher:

Mexico, 1767-1768.

Relation:

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366238; Video orientation http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000253

Subject:

Inquisition -- Mexico -- Early works to 1800.; Inquisition.; History.; Legal documents.; Codices.; Notarial documents.; Manuscripts, Spanish.; Manuscripts, European.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

175 leaves : paper; 210-315 x 152-220 mm bound to 315 x 220 mm

Personal Name:

Chavero, Alfredo, 1841-1906, former owner.

Corporate Name:

Tribunal de la Inquisición en México.; Real Academia de la Historia (Spain), former owner.; Henry Charles Lea Fund.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Script: Written in cursive script by numerous hands.; Title from title page (f. i recto).; Foliation: Paper, 175; [i, 1-92, i, 93-172, i], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Origin: Written mostly in 1767, with a few documents late in the volume with added dates in 1768 (f. 125r, 131r, 137r, 140r).; Spanish.

Physical Location:

Oversize Ms. Codex 1639

Collection:

Henry Charles Lea Fund.