La regla y constituciones de la cofradia y congregacion y cofrades del glorioso y bienaventurado señor sant Pedro martyr

Description
Constitution and rules of the confraternity of St. Peter, martyr, Palencia. Members were inquisitors, familiars, and office holders of the Spanish Inquisition.
Alternate Title
Constitution of the order of St. Peter.
Creator
Cofradía del Señor Sant Pedro martyr (Palencia, Spain)
Form
manuscripts (documents)
codices (bound manuscripts)
constitutions
Manuscripts, Renaissance
Manuscripts, Spanish
Date
1569
Language
Spanish; Castilian
Subject
Catholic Church -- Societies, etc
Catholic Church
Inquisition -- Spain -- Palencia -- Early works to 1800
Confraternities -- Early works to 1800
Confraternities
Inquisition
Geographic Subject
Spain -- Palencia
Extent
12 leaves : parchment ; 283 x 197 (196 x 135) mm bound to 290 x 203 mm
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from heading, f. 1; date from f. 11. Spine title from 19th century container.
Foliation: Parchment, 12; [i], i-x, [xi], in contemporary hand, upper right recto; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
Layout: Written in a single column of 30-32 lines; frame-ruled in red ink.
Script: Written in a humanist script by a single hand.
Decoration: Written in brown and black ink with red used for double ruled margins, initials, and headings. Woodcut stamp of an initial E (f. 1r).
Binding: Contemporary black morocco, elaborately tooled in gold and with the seal of the Holy Office on both covers. Later brass bosses in 16th century style; clasps intact.
Origin: Written in Palencia, Spain on 27 April 1569 (f. 11r).
Worm damage on boards.
Spanish.
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 894
Provenance
Sold by Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts, 1989.
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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