Licence to carry arms, issued by the Inquisitors of Granada to their 'familiar' Diego de Spinoza, 1568, on parchment, with illuminated initial, decorated borders, and a miniature of the Crucifixion.
Dates
- Creation: 1568
Extent
1 leaf
Language of Materials
- Spanish; Castilian
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Spanish b. 4, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Spanish b. 4
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 17579
Abstract
Licence to carry arms, issued by the Inquisitors of Granada to their 'familiar' Diego de Spinoza.
Biographical / Historical
The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition was established in Spain in 1478 to fight heresy.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, no. 53028.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from Judith Masefield, 1967.
- Title
- Licence to carry arms
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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