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Council of Trent documents
Title
Council of Trent documents.
Created
Italy, [between 1550 and 1600]
Physical Description
ff. i + 106 + i : paper ; 195 x 138 (160 x 135) mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Script: Written by several hands in italic.
Some headings and initials square capitals, done in brown ink by scribe.
Ink has bled through paper, but seldom obliterates text.
Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Rigid vellum with red ties. Written in ink on front cover: "Concilio di Tronto".
In Latin.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Barbara Shailor.
Provenance
Purchased from W. H. Schab (New York) in 1967 with the income of the Henry Fletcher Fund, as the gift of Mrs. Henry Fletcher.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper (watermarks buried in gutter) of a collection of 514 clarifications and letters issued and submitted by the bishops and prelates who participated in the Council of Trent; the title (f. 1r) is "Elucidationes Nonnullorum Locorum Sacri Concilij Tridentini ab Illustrissimis et Reverendissimis Dominis eiusdem Concilij Interpretibus emisse et concesse nonnullis Episcopis et alijs Prelatis." Topics include the education of girls (nos. 134, 184), sale of relics to subsidize schools (185), and indulgences for visits to the Holy Land (395); the most numerous clarifications concern seminary schools and matrimonial questions.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 02, 2011
References
Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 366.
Council of Trent. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Council of Trent. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Renaissance - Italy - 16th century.
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