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Seville (Spain)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Bertran, Felipe, Public edict regarding banned works, 1778 March 28

 File — Box 10, Folder: 174
Identifier: INQ-390
Scope and Contents

Edict banning a book entitled "L'An dux mille quatre-cent quarante. Réve s'il en fut jamais" (London 1776); no copies may be held in any library, except for the Biblioteca Real. Contains signature.

Dates: 1778 March 28

Familiar Certificate of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, given to D. Francisco Martin Boca, citizen of la Villa de Encina Sola, by the Inquisition of Seville, 1572 September 26

 File — Box 11, Folder: 189
Identifier: INQ-95
Scope and Contents

Ornate certificate with hand-colored border illustrations, naming Francisco Martin Boça a familiar of the inquisition. Contains signatures (Licenciado Paramo et al.). Contains signatures.

Dates: 1572 September 26

Familiar Certificate of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, given to D. Joseph Antonio de la Torre Carbonera in the Real Castillo de Triana by the Inquisition of Seville, 1685 October 3

 File — Box 12, Folder: 214
Identifier: INQ-107
Scope and Contents

Certificate naming Joseph Antonio de la Torre Carbonera a familiar of the inquisition. Contains signatures and wax seal.

Dates: 1685 October 3

"Indulgencias Plenarias y Gracias espirituales, concedidas por los Sumos Pontifices, a los señores Inquisidores, Oficiales, y Ministros del Santo Oficio de la Inquisicion, Cofrades de la Cofradia de San Pedro Martyr", 1724

 File — Box 12, Folder: 222
Identifier: INQ-316
Scope and Contents

Translation of a 1571 collection of bulls and indulgences granted to crusaders and familiars of the inquisition by popes from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, confirmed by Pius V (1570). Text gives incipits and dates of the original documents, with minimal summary. Last folio contains Spanish summary of Pius V's 1569, "Institución de la Cofradía de San Pedro Martyr, de Oficiales, y Ministros del Santo Oficio de la Inquisicion."

Dates: 1724

Inquisicion de Sevilla, Certification of legitimacy, 1807 October 6

 File — Box 13, Folder: 236
Identifier: INQ-581
Scope and Contents

Certification of legitimacy and blood purity (limpieza) for Hernando Portocarrero Benito and Geronima de Mendoza, his wife. Genealogical and archival research goes back to 1570s. Contains signature and wax seal.

Dates: 1807 October 6

Inquisicion de Sevilla, Edict regarding absolution, 1746 January 22

 File — Box 15, Folder: 288
Identifier: INQ-345
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1746 January 22

Inquisicion de Sevilla, Public decree, 1747 February 17

 File — Box 8, Folder: 140
Identifier: INQ-348
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1747 February 17

Inquisicion de Sevilla, Public edict, 1625 March 7

 File — Box 14, Folder: 253
Identifier: INQ-222
Scope and Contents

Edict recalling papal approval of the Jesuit Order, and condemning certain anti-Jesuit propositions as heretical. Contains signatures and wax seal.

Dates: 1625 March 7

Inquisicion de Sevilla, Public edict of faith, circa 18th century

 File — Box 2, Folder: 15
Identifier: INQ-287
Scope and Contents

Extended text for Edict of faith, requiring denunciation of various heresies. Space for place and date left blank.

Dates: circa 18th century

Inquisicion de Sevilla, Public edict regarding absolution, 1776 April 13

 File — Box 16, Folder: 294
Identifier: INQ-388
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1776 April 13

Inquisicion de Sevilla, Public edict regarding banned works, 1679 August

 File — Box 5, Folder: 70
Identifier: INQ-250
Scope and Contents

Edict banning or expurgating various books and writings, including a 1662 edition of Blaeu's Atlas to be expurgated as one folio includes an illustration of Christ crucified beneath a female image depicting "la Secta de Mahoma."

Dates: 1679 August

Inquisicion de Sevilla, Public edict regarding banned works, 1739 September 20

 File — Box 8, Folder: 127
Identifier: INQ-334
Scope and Contents

Edict banning or expurgating various books and writings. Contains signature and wax seal.

Dates: 1739 September 20

Inquisicion de Sevilla, Public edict regarding banned works, 1741 June 22

 File — Box 8, Folder: 130
Identifier: INQ-338
Scope and Contents

Edict banning or expurgating various books and writings, including a 1643 bilingual Venetian edition of the "Historia, ó brevissima relacion de la distribucion [sic] de la india Occidental" by Bartholomé Dalle Case, ó Causaus.

Dates: 1741 June 22

Inquisicion de Sevilla, Public edict regarding banned works, 1743 July 27

 File — Box 8, Folder: 132
Identifier: INQ-341
Scope and Contents

Edict banning or expurgating various books and writings, including Erasmus' "L'Elogie de la folie."

Dates: 1743 July 27

Inquisicion de Sevilla, Public edict regarding banned works, 1747 July 15

 File — Box 8, Folder: 141
Identifier: INQ-350
Scope and Contents

Edict listing thirty-two works to be banned, seven to be expurgated.

Dates: 1747 July 15

Inquisicion de Sevilla, Public edict regarding banned works, 1766 May 24

 File — Box 10, Folder: 163
Identifier: INQ-374
Scope and Contents

Edict banning various writings. Contains signature; wax seal missing.

Dates: 1766 May 24

Inquisicion de Sevilla, Public edict regarding banned works, 1772 October 26

 File — Box 10, Folder: 172
Identifier: INQ-386
Scope and Contents

Edict banning satirical writings or images related to the expulsion of the Jesuits which had recently emerged in Spain and the Americas. Contains signature and wax seal.

Dates: 1772 October 26

Inquisicion de Sevilla, Public edict regarding banned works, 1807 January 12

 File — Box 10, Folder: 177
Identifier: INQ-400
Scope and Contents

Edict banning seventeen books and writings, nine of which are forbidden even to those with licenses, expurgating one other and making corrections. Contains signature.

Dates: 1807 January 12

Inquisicion de Sevilla, Public edict regarding banned works (1 of 2), 1746 July 15

 File — Box 8, Folder: 136
Identifier: INQ-346
Scope and Contents

Edict listing twelve works to be banned, one to be expurgated.

Dates: 1746 July 15

Inquisicion de Sevilla, Public edict regarding banned works (2 of 2), 1746 July 15

 File — Box 8, Folder: 137
Identifier: INQ-347
Scope and Contents

Edict listing twelve works to be banned, one to be expurgated.

Dates: 1746 July 15

Inquisicion de Sevilla, Public edict regarding devotional images, 1767 August 17

 File — Box 10, Folder: 164
Identifier: INQ-378
Scope and Contents

Edict baninng improper use of devotional images, for example on tobacco packages. Contains signature and wax seal.

Dates: 1767 August 17

Inquisicion de Sevilla, Public edict regarding King Philip V, circa 1706

 File — Box 15, Folder: 274
Identifier: INQ-286
Scope and Contents

Edict denouncing clergy who reject the oath of fidelity to King Philip V as required by Pope Clement XI, and requiring parishioners to denounce such clergy to the inquisition. Spaces for date left blank.

Dates: circa 1706

Inquisicion de Sevilla, Public edicts, 1776

 File — Box 16, Folder: 293
Identifier: INQ-389
Scope and Contents

Collection of four separate but related documents with texts for promulgation of an Edict of faith (Cádiz 1776) and pronouncement of anathema (both printed), and different types of abjuration and absolution formulas in cases of heresy (manuscript). Contains signatures and wax seals.

Dates: 1776

Pope Paul V; Cobellutius, Scipio, "Indulgencias concedidas por Nuestro Santissimo Padre Paulo Papa Quinto, à los Inquisidores, contra la Heretica pravedad...", 1724

 File — Box 12, Folder: 223
Identifier: INQ-318
Scope and Contents

Translation of papal indulgences issued to familiars and officials in 1611 by Paul V. Scipio Cobellutius's name is printed at the end of the document.

Dates: 1724

Quintano Bonifaz, Manuel; Pope Clement XIII, "Damnatio et Prohibitio", 1759 October 27

 File — Box 9, Folder: 156
Identifier: INQ-362
Scope and Contents

Clement XIII's condemnation of Diderot and Alembert's "Encyclopedie," endorsed by Miguel Quintano Bonifaz.

Dates: 1759 October 27

Quintano Bonifaz, Manuel, Public edict regarding banned works, 1768 May 7

 File — Box 10, Folder: 167
Identifier: INQ-381
Scope and Contents

Edict banning various satirical writings, some of which have been found in the Americas, opposing the expulsion of the Jesuits.

Dates: 1768 May 7

Quintano Bonifaz, Miguel, Public edict regarding banned works, 1758 February 19

 File — Box 9, Folder: 148
Identifier: INQ-349
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1758 February 19

"Relación del auto de la fe que celebro el santo oficio de la ynquisicion de sevilla...", 1627 February 28

 File — Box 4, Folder: 40
Identifier: INQ-589
Scope and Contents

Description of an auto de fe held in Seville during Lent and presided over by L.D. Juan Sortiz de Sotomayor; L.D. Juan Dionisio Fernandes Portocarrero; El D.D. Fernando de Andrade y Sotomayor; and el Fiscal, señor D.D. Antonio de Figueroa.

Dates: 1627 February 28

"Sepan cuantos esta carta vieren como yo Francisco Gonçalez Vinero vezino que soy della ciudad de Sevilla…", 1559 October 23

 File — Box 13, Folder: 240
Identifier: INQ-5
Scope and Contents

Signed document listing benefices and possessions of various clergy in Seville region.

Dates: 1559 October 23

"Titulo de la familiatura de don Fernando de Puerto Carrero, beçino de la ciudad de Sebilla, y Cavallero del abito de al cantara", 1577 March 20

 File — Box 11, Folder: 190
Identifier: INQ-96
Scope and Contents

Ornate certificate with hand-colored illustration at top, naming Hernando de Port Carrera (Fernando de Puerto Carrero) a familiar of the inquisition. Contains signatures (Licenciado Paramo et al.) and wax seal. Document was certified the following day (on verso). Contains signatures and wax seal.

Dates: 1577 March 20