Ristretto circa li delitti piu frequenti à giudicarsi nel S[ant'] Officio

Alternate Title:

Delitti à giudicarsi nel S[ant'] Offizio

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1600

Description:

Selections from a manual for inquisitors, followed by procedures (regole) for legal matters (cause) before the Inquisition.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Giuseppe Renato Imperiali, after his elevation to Cardinal in 1690 (stamp, Ex bibl. Ios. Ren[ato] Card. Imperialis, p. iii).; Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea (signature, p. i).; Passed to the University with the library of Henry Charles Lea, 1909.; Imperiali, Giuseppe Renato, 1651-1737, former owner.; Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner.

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Discipline -- Early works to 1800; Catholic Church; Inquisition -- Early works to 1800; Inquisition; Discipline

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); manuals (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

97 leaves : paper; 162 x 115 (117 x 76) mm bound to 168 x 119 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. p.1-27: De bestemmiatori. -- 2. p.28-61: De sortileghi. -- 3. p.62-91: De sollecitanti. -- 4. p.92-109: De celebranti non promossi. -- 5. p.110-129: De poligami. -- 6. p.130-178: Regole generali per le cause del Santo Offizio.; Title for manuscript from decorated title page for predominant work (p. iii).; Pagination: Paper ii (modern paper) + 97 + ii (modern paper); [iv], 1-67, 67-129, [ii], 130-178, [ix]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners, modern pagination in pencil, upper right rectos of some leaves.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Decoration: Three initials decorated in yellow, red, and blue, paint (p. 1, 92, and 110); title (p. iii), headings, and initials in red, yellow, and blue throughout.; Binding: Modern quarter morocco.; Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1600 (Zacour-Hirsch); a reference to Cardinale Albici (Francesco Albizzi, elevated to Cardinal in 1654?) suggests a date in the second half of the 17th century.; See also UPenn Ms. Codex 573 and Ms. Codex 575 which have chapter headings similar to these.; Notes on p. ii are in the hand of Henry Charles Lea.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 585