El Orden que se ha de Tener, quando se lea la Carta de la Anathema.

Auction 92 | Thursday, February 18th, 2021 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts

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Lot 215
(INQUISITION).

El Orden que se ha de Tener, quando se lea la Carta de la Anathema.

Text in Spanish and Latin. Single printed page within type-ornament border. Folio.

(Mexico?): Mid 17th century

Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $350
Text of a Catholic ritual of anathema (excommunication). The text commences instructing the gathering priests to be robbed in special black clothing, the cross should be covered as in in mourning, candles lit, and a series of Latin phrases are recited, including: Reuelabunt cali iniquitatem Iudæ (“Uncover the iniquity of the Jews).”