Details

Other Title:

Constitution of the order of St. Peter.

Subjects:

Catholic Church -- Societies, etc.
Catholic Church.
Inquisition -- Spain -- Palencia -- Early works to 1800.
Confraternities -- Early works to 1800.
Confraternities.
Inquisition.
Spain -- Palencia.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Constitutions.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.
Manuscripts, Spanish.

Language:

Spanish.

Summary:

Constitution and rules of the confraternity of St. Peter, martyr, Palencia. Members were inquisitors, familiars, and office holders of the Spanish Inquisition.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from heading, f. 1; date from f. 11. Spine title from 19th century container.
Foliation: Parchment, 12; [i], i-x, [xi], in contemporary hand, upper right recto; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
Layout: Written in a single column of 30-32 lines; frame-ruled in red ink.
Script: Written in a humanist script by a single hand.
Decoration: Written in brown and black ink with red used for double ruled margins, initials, and headings. Woodcut stamp of an initial E (f. 1r).
Binding: Contemporary black morocco, elaborately tooled in gold and with the seal of the Holy Office on both covers. Later brass bosses in 16th century style; clasps intact.
Origin: Written in Palencia, Spain on 27 April 1569 (f. 11r).
Worm damage on boards.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts, 1989.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 894

OCLC:

155922764