Details

Subjects:

Inquisition -- Portugal -- Early works to 1800.
Inquisition.
Portugal.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Histories.
Poems.
Sonnets.
Manuscripts, Portuguese.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

Portuguese.

Summary:

Memorandum on the history of the Inquisition attributed to the inquisitor Alvaro Beserra (or Becerra) and written for Joseph I, who was crowned king of Portugal in 1750, followed by a group of 8 sonnets (f. 103r-106v) attributed to João Crisóstomo and addressed to the king, the queen, and various nobles.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from caption title (f. 54r).
Foliation: Paper, 54; 54-75, [i], 76-106; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 21 long lines. Catchwords on each page, lower right corner, some trimmed.
Script: Written in cursive script.
Binding: Paper wrapper, glued at spine.
Origin: Written in Portugal, possibly Lisbon, after August 1750 (f. 101v, 102v).

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by antiquarian bookdealer and collector Alfonso Cassuto (Lisbon; embossed stamp, f. 54r, 107r).
Sold at auction at Kestenbaum & Company as part of the Alfonso Cassuto collection, Part 2, 23 June 2011, lot 48.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1611

Contributor:

Joseph, King of Portugal, 1714-1777, addressee.
Cassuto, Alfonso, 1910-1990, former owner.
Alfonso Cassuto Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Contains:

Crisóstomo, João.

OCLC:

770114323