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Engraving, "Execution des Criminels Condamnées par l'Inquisition" (2 folders), circa 18th century
File — Box 17, Folder: 43
Identifier: INQ-552
Scope and Contents
There are two copies of the same image of varying quality, both hand-colored. Both depict a burning on the docks in Lisbon, before a large crowd, at the conclusion of a public auto-de-fe. Only one copy has French text, along with a manuscript note in Dutch. The other may be from a different printer.
Dates:
circa 18th century
King Afonso VI (Portugal); Pedro Viera da Sylva, Contract termination, 1657 February 6
File — Box 14, Folder: 262
Identifier: INQ-241
Scope and Contents
Termination of an agreement with convicted judaizers, who had been allowed to retain their property so long as this was invested in Brasilian commerce. Such properties are now to be seized by royal authorities, including inquisitors.
Dates:
1657 February 6