Details

Subjects:

Molinos, Miguel de, 1628-1696.
Quietism.
Molinism.
Christian heresies.
Mysticism -- Early works to 1800.
Mysticism.
Inquisition -- Italy -- Venice.
Trials (Heresy) -- Italy.
Trials (Heresy).
Inquisition.
Italy.
Italy -- Venice.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Church records.
Manuscripts, Italian.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

Italian.

Summary:

The first part of the manuscript contains summaries of the Inquisition trials of Miguel de Molinos, Simone Leoni and Antonio Maria Leoni in 1687, leading figures of the Quietist movement in Italy. The second part contains a short description of the Beccarellist doctrine, named after the Italian priest Giuseppe Beccarelli, who was strongly inspired by Quietism and tried for heresy and sodomy in 1710, and a list of principles that the priest had to publicly forswear. The description of the first trial consists of a brief but detailed account of the initial questioning of the suspect, Miguel de Molinos, after which the Quietist thought is illustrated in 263 points, referred to as theses damnatae. The descriptions of the trials of the two Leoni, both accused of heresy, follow a similar pattern to that of Molinos, but they are much shorter and present fewer details. The manuscript does not offer much information about Beccarelli's trial, but rather focuses on the doctrine that he tried to promote; the only account of his trial that appears is a short list of the principles he was forced to publicly forswear before being taken to a Venetian prison.

Contents:

1. f.4r-78v: Ristretto del processo e della sentenza contra Michele Molinos.
2. f.79r-85v: Ristretto del processo e della sentenza ... contra D. Simone Leoni.
3. f.86r-95r: Ristretto del processo ... contra Antonio Maria Leoni.
4. f.99r-113r: Regole e istruzzioni de' Beccarellisti.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from spine.
Foliation: Paper, 116; [2-116]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 20-24 long lines. Marginalia and other miscellaneous notations are also present.
Script: Written in a cursive script.
Decoration: Portraits in pencil of Miguel de Molinos (f. 3r), Simone Leoni (f. 80r) and Antonio Maria Leoni (f. 87r).
Watermark: Similar to Briquet, Oiseau 12212 (Ferrara, 1599), but with a slightly larger bird.
Binding: Contemporary parchment.
Origin: Written in Italy, probably in 1710.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800: Supplement A (2), Chronicle 36 (1970), no. 1, (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 18 (Ms. Lea 409).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1450

OCLC:

315885575