Compendio, y Summario del Edicto General de la Fé, y casos en él contenidos... [“Compendium and Summary of the General Edict of the Faith, and Cases Pertaining to it...”]

AUCTION 63 | Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 144
(INQUISITION).

Compendio, y Summario del Edicto General de la Fé, y casos en él contenidos... [“Compendium and Summary of the General Edict of the Faith, and Cases Pertaining to it...”]

Printed Broadside. Text in Spanish. Formerly in the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg Single folio leaf. Lightly browned, central fold. 12.5 x 17.5 inches. Tipped to mat.

n.p.: 1795

Est: $1,000 - $1,500
This broadside issued by the Inquisitors of the Spanish Inquisition against heresy and apostasy, was fixed at Church entrances seeking information on heretics and blasphemers, “especially... those who keep the Law of Moses.” A manuscript notation at the lower margin states that this particular edict is from the Spanish parish of Sora and dated April 7th, 1795