Details

Subjects:

Catholic Church -- Spain -- History -- 17th century.
Catholic Church.
Inquisition -- Spain -- Córdoba.
Autos-da-fé -- Spain.
History.
Autos-da-fé.
Inquisition.
Córdoba (Spain) -- Church history.
Spain -- History -- Philip IV, 1621-1665 -- Early works to 1800.
Spain.
Spain -- Córdoba.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Judicial records.
Manuscripts, Spanish.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

Spanish.

Summary:

Fragment of a manuscript containing the record of an auto-da-fé, a public ritual whereby individuals convicted of heretic apostasy by the Spanish Inquisition have their crimes and sentences read aloud. The convicted individuals have mostly been charged with heresy and apostasy. The sentences include some combination of lashing, imprisonment, and confiscation of goods and property. This auto-da-fé took place in Córdoba, Tuesday, December 2, 1625, and the convicted individuals are mostly Portuguese.

Notes:

Ms. leaves.
Title from caption title (f. 7r).
Foliation: Paper, iii (modern paper) + 4 + ii (modern paper); 7-10; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.
Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Croix Latine, 5704, but with different initials, possibly E M.
Binding: Modern boards.
Origin: Written in Córdoba, 1625.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 222 (Ms. Lea 381).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1377

OCLC:

302358428