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Edict banning or expurgating "in totum" various books and writings.

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Edict banning or expurgating various undated writings; space for date left blank.

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Edict banning or expurgating various books and writings. Folder 2 (INQ-383) contains signatures.

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Edict banning or expurgating various books and writings, including a 1718 "Historia del reynado del Señor Luis XIV, Rey de Francia." Spaces for date and place left blank.

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Edict noting the need for a new Index Expurgatorio to replace that of 1640 and for more Revisores to enforce it. Booksellers are reminded of the 1640 rules and informed that a new Index will soon be released. A list of Revisores empowered to search bookstores is appended at the end of the document.

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Royal edict condemning the entrance of Jews into Spanish dominion.

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Re-edition of 1640 rules governing expurgation of books, in anticipation of the new 1707 Index Expurgatorio. Space for date left blank at end.

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Re-edition of 1640 rules governing expurgation of books, in anticipation of the new 1707 Index Expurgatorio. Space for date left blank at end.

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Spanish promulgation of Pope Clement XI's constitution "Vineam Domini Sabaoth," denouncing a series of Jansenist assertions and banning texts in which these appear.

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Edict publicizing Clement XI's ban on two French translations from the French Testament. Space for date left blank.

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Edict banning works by Juan Fernando de Frías y Toledo. Space for date left blank.

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Incomplete memorandum on tax exemptions for inquisition officers.

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Notice of royal policy on inquisitorial jurisdiction.

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Consists of five notes: 1. About omissions of books and papers prohibited by public edicts; 2. About alterations against prohibited edicts; 3. About some apparently repairable expressions; 4. About books, and authors who call themselves Jansenistas; and 5. About mistakes in the list of AA. Jansenistas, with relation to the Catalog.

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Edict forbidding inquisitorial officials from publically disparaging the lineage (limpieza) of others, due to the resentment this generates toward the inquisition.

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Decree on fasting practices, banning a 1745 text on this subject by Francisco Martín Rangel.

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Edict clarifying policies on absolution by non-inquisition clergy in Jubilee years.

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Ornate gothic-style indulgence certificate, issued with papal authority by Inquisitor General de Sotomayor and filled in for a petitioner.

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Edict removing a ban on Henry Noris' "Historia Pelagiana," which was included in the 1747 Spanish Index despite papal opposition. Texts relating to the debate over Noris' work and its suppression are now banned.

Scope and Contents Collection of documents relating to the abolition of the inquisition, apparently dating to 1813 and purchased by a priest of Arganda named José Garcia Armesto. Included are five printed proclamations (some with signatures) from the regency Cortes on reform of religious life in Spain, including abolition of the inquisition while retaining punishments for heresy. Manuscript copies of instructions follow, with various signatures, explaining how measures are to be implemented in local...

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Nineteenth-century sepia photograph (numbered 109) of an original painting in the Prado, depicting the staging and audiences at a major auto-de-fe. The view is similar to engravings found in Olmo's 1680 Relacion for the event. Quite faded.

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Decree publicizing Innocent XI's condemnation of 65 propositions. Space for date left blank.

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Decree reproducing and publicizing Innocent XI's ban on the ancient lead sheets, Arabic and other texts allegedly found at Monte Santo (Sacromonte) and Torre Turpiana in Granada. Contains signatures and notarial marks.

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Decree reproducing and publicizing Innocent XI's ban on various books and writings. Space for date left blank.

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Decree reproducing and publicizing two of Innocent XI's bans on various books and writings. Space for date left blank.

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Edict lifting the ban on a 1670 edition of María de Jesús de Agreda's "Mística Ciudad de Dios"; other editions are to be seized and examined. Space for date left blank.

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Decree reproducing and publicizing a Spanish version of Innocent XI's 1687 ban on Ludovico Ellies Dupin's "De antiqua Ecclesiae disciplina Dissertationes Historiae" (Paris 1686). Manuscript summary on verso.

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Edict banning books, especially those hostile to religious Orders such as the Jesuits. Contains text of public announcement and description of a book burning. INQ-225, INQ-227, INQ-264, INQ-276, and INQ-327 are all issued on the same day.