Hesburgh Libraries

Public edict by the Archbishop of Mexico stating that while the Inquisition may be extinct, the prohibitions on written works from the Indices expurgatorios are still active. Contains wax seal.

Notice to booksellers and book owners that they must comply with inquisitorial expurgation orders.

Guidelines for questioning witnesses and determining blood purity (limpieza). Space for date left blank.

Blank form for apprehending and imprisoning enemies of the inquisition, with spaces for names, dates, and places left blank.

Edict reminding confessors of inquisitorial jurisdiction over various sins and doctrinal errors, which cannot be otherwise absolved.

Decree notifying local clergy of requirement that citizens declare all property pertaining to seized estates, and anathematizing those who fail to comply. Blank form, with spaces for details to be filled in.

Edict banning illicit private religious gatherings and other devotional acts. Contains signatures and wax seal.

Incomplete edict banning various works, including two works that are banned even to those with licenses.

Edict denouncing a text by José Rojas, resident of Baltimore, Maryland. Contains signatures and wax seal.

Edict banning fifty-five books and writings (including Gibbon's "Decline and Fall"), twenty-four of which are forbidden even to those with licenses, and expurgating six others. Contains signatures.

Edict banning a proclamation by Joseph Bonaparte and a Mexican creole tract deemed insulting to the Spanish king Ferdinand VII. Contains signatures.

Edict banning a proclamation by Joseph Bonaparte, as well as other writings including Nicolás Freret's "Lettres à Eugenie."

Public edict banning the trade of unlicensed books within the city. Space for place and date left blank.

Edict banning improper use of painted crosses, along with a book on philosophy. Contains signature.

Ban on several books, including some pertaining to Catalan affairs and to a 1654 auto-de-fe held in Cuenca. Space for date left blank.

Edict denouncing Joseph Bonaparte's pretensions in Spain and his encouragement of rebels in the Americas, banning all his proclamations and requiring parishioners to denounce clergy who support him.

Public notice of sentence against Mexican priest and rebel leader Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, signed by inquisitors.