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Title

Copia del capitolare delli eccelentissimi signori inquisitori di stato

Other related names

• Franz Josef II, Prince of Liechtenstein, 1906-1989, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 558
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 2486511
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/2486511

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

ca. 1700

Place

Venice

Summary

Rules and regulations of the inquisitors of state of the Venetian Republic beginning with the proceedings of the Great Council of June 16, 1504; proceedings of the Council of Ten of June 19, 1504, and continuing with the "Capitolar antico," the regulations issued June 23, 1504, followed by two supplements. According to bookseller's description (on file in Library) these regulations provided for a system of espionage covering all of Venetian society.

Notes

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

Extent

68 leaves : 244 x 180 (208 x 130) mm. bound to 255 x 191 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (18th-century paper) + 68 + i (18th-century paper); [1-68]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

18th-century marbled paper.

Layout

Written in 24 long lines; ruled in ink.

Script

Written in a cursive script by a single hand.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein (bookplate, inside upper cover).
   
• Sold by H.P. Kraus, 1956.
   

Genres

• Codices
• Manuscripts, Italian--17th century
• Manuscripts, Italian--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

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Decorations

• Inside front cover — Bookplate, Inside front cover