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Lisbon (Portugal)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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

"Notitia. No Domingo 11 de 8obre de 1778 se celebrou Auto da Fe na…salla do Palacio da Inquisicao de Lxa…", circa 1778-1779

 File — Box 4, Folder: 46
Identifier: INQ-84
Scope and Contents

First documnt is a description of an auto in Lisbon; the other is a copy of a royal decree against the Marquis de Pombal. The second document only is dated 3 September, 1779 at the royal Palacio de Queluz, near Lisbon.

Dates: circa 1778-1779