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Title

Discurso apologetico de la Ynquisicion en satisfaccion a la carta que escribió el ciudadano frances Gregoire, obispo que se titula de Blois

Call number

Ms. Codex 1396
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4449396
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4449396

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Spanish

Origin

Date

after 1798

Place

Spain

Summary

A defense of the Spanish Inquisition, written by an author who only identifies himself as an anti-revolutionary Spaniard, in response to a letter by Henri Grégoire, bishop of Blois and French revolutionary leader, which criticized the Inquisition. The main text is thematically divided between the necessity of the Inquisition, its legitimacy, and its conformity to scripture and the teachings of the church. The work is preceded by a preface addressed to the Spanish people, in which the author refers to previous responses to Gergoire's letter by two clergymen. However he feels that both have omitted a defense of the Inquisition from their responses, which is what compels him to "make up for this silence." He may be, in part, referring to the response to bishop Grégoire written by Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva, published in 1798.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   

Watermark

Similar to Valls i Subirá, Bas, 89, but with the papermaker's name, Abad, enclosed in the circle and the name of a Valencian papermaking town, Alcoy, underneath.

Extent

236 leaves : 197 x 142 (150 x 95) mm. bound to 205 x 155 mm

Foliation

Paper, i + 236 + i leaves; [i, 1-234, i]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary marbled calf (Zacour-Hirsch), with now detached ribbon bookmark.

Layout

Written in 16 long lines.

Script

Written in a cursive script.

Subjects topical

• Inquisition--Spain--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Polemics
• Manuscripts, Spanish--18th century
• Manuscripts, Spanish--19th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 3r — Proemio a los espan?oles, f. 3r
• fol. 11r — S[en?]or ciudadano obispo, f. 11r