Details

Other Title:

Noticias reconditas.

Subjects:

Inquisition -- Portugal -- Early works to 1800.
Christian converts from Judaism -- Portugal -- History -- Early works to 1800.
Christian converts from Judaism.
History.
Inquisition.
Portugal.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Polemics.
Manuscripts, Portuguese.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

Portuguese, with occasional words, phrases, or brief passages in Latin.

Summary:

Anonymous polemic against the treatment of christaos descendentes do sangue hebreu (New Christians of Hebrew blood, converts from Judaism to Catholicism and their descendants) by the Portuguese Inquisition.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from caption title (f. 1r).
Cassuto identified this work with the Portuguese section of Noticias reconditas y posthumas published in London in 1722 and sometimes attributed to the Portuguese Jesuit Antonio Vieira (note by Cassuto, who gives the date as 1720, inside upper cover), who pleaded with Pope Clement X on behalf of the New Christians.
Moderate oxidation of ink, resulting in bleed-through and some cracking in larger initials.
Foliation: Paper, ii + 146 + ii; [1-146], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 25 long lines; inner margin marked by folding. Catchwords on each page.
Script: Written in cursive script.
Decoration: 2- and 3-line calligraphic initials throughout.
Binding: Contemporary (17th-century) mottled calf, gilt spine.
Origin: Written in Portugal after 1673 (last date in text, f. 38r, 48v, 82r-82v; Kestenbaum dated manuscript to late 17th century).

Local notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George L. Murray Fund.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by antiquarian bookdealer and collector Alfonso Cassuto (Lisbon; bookplate inside upper cover; notes inside upper cover, first flyleaf; embossed stamp, f. 1r, 95r, 145r).
Sold at auction at Kestenbaum & Company as part of the Alfonso Cassuto collection, Part 2, 23 June 2011, lot 47.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1610

Contributor:

Vieira, António, 1608-1697, attributed name.
Cassuto, Alfonso, 1910-1990, former owner.
George L. Murray Fund.
Alfonso Cassuto Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

OCLC:

768490038

Web link:

The George L. Murray Fund Home Page