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The Inquisition: Decrees

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8155

Scope and Contents

A set of decrees condemning printed books and manuscript works in circulation. 1. Copy of a proclamation by the inquisitors of the dioceses of Cartagena and Orihuela condemning thirty-two works and ordering the expurgation of seven others, 11 pages, Murcia, 1747. 2. Copy of a proclamation by the Inquisitor General, D. Manuel Isidro Orozco Manrique de Lara, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, condemning eight propositions and ordering printed books to be altered accordingly, 7 pages, Madrid, 1745. 3. Copy of a proclamation by the inquisitors of Murcia condemning twenty-nine works, 8 pages, Murcia, 1743.

Dates

  • Creation: 1743-1747

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

1 volume(s) (1 volume)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The volume was formerly part of the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps, MS 20625. Received as a bequest of Professor Edward M. Wilson, Emeritus Professor of Spanish, 1978.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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