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Title

Informe de la causa y proceso fulminado contra el padre maestro Froilan Diaz, confesor del rey nuestro señor don Carlos Segundo

Other related names

• Morante, Joachim Gomez de la Cortina, marqués de, 1808-1868, former owner
• Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 1363
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4446177
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4446177

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Spanish

Origin

Date

17--

Place

Spain

Summary

An account of the case of Froilán Díaz, Dominican friar and Spanish theologian, who ascended to the position of confessor to King Charles II of Spain upon the death of the previous confessor, Pedro Matilla. Díaz, a professor of theology at the University of Alcalá and politically unaligned, found himself at the center of a power struggle for control of the Spanish throne. The case outlines how he took over from Matilla, the almost immediate intrigues against him and plots to overthrown him, and his lengthy and secret imprisonment by the Inquisition while his trial bogged down in a battle over jurisdiction between the Spanish Crown and the Vatican. The case ends with his eventual acquittal, restitution to his former position, and the reparation of his lost salary. Of particular interest are the details of Díaz's involvement in efforts to glean insight into the seemingly "bewitched' nature of the physically and mentally impaired king, Charles II, by conducting clairvoyance rituals with individuals supposedly possessed by demons.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from summary at beginning of manuscript (f. 1r).
   
• For other manuscripts of the case of Froilán Díaz, see Ms. Codex 1362, Ms. Codex 1367 (f. 69r-186v), and Ms. Codex 1452 (f. 174r-235r), Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania.
   

Watermark

Double eagle watermark similar to Valls i Subirá, Vía, 1047, but with the name Stefano appearing underneath; watermark consisting of the name Fioretto Quartino.

Extent

244 leaves : 190 x 144 (158 x 97) mm. bound to 198 x 157 mm

Foliation

Paper, i + 244 + i leaves; [1-244]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Half leather (Zacour-Hirsch).

Layout

Written in 14-15 long lines.

Script

Written in a cursive script.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by the Marquis de Morante (note on front flyleaf).
   
• Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea (inscription on front flyleaf, 1873; bookplate, inside upper cover).
   

Subjects topical

• Inquisition--Spain--Early works to 1800
• Demonology--Spain

Genres

• Codices
• Biographies
• Manuscripts, Spanish--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

• Text

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  URL

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• Text

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Decorations

• Inside front cover — Bookplate, Inside front cover