[Report on the fourth Provincial Council of Mexico].

[Madrid?], [after 1771]

148 leaves : paper ; 295 x 205 (275 x 160) mm bound to 305 x 210 mm

An official report of the Fourth Provincial Council of Mexico. The council was presided over by archbishop (later cardinal) Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana, one of colonial Mexico's leading developers of ecclesiastical law. This report contains a substantial amount of theological discourse and draws heavily on Church history. Many of the suggested reforms and decisions of the council are set in the practical context of the ministry to Mexico's indigenous people.

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Paper (watermark: Coat of arms, not in Heawood), fol. iii + 144 + i; 1-14¹⁰ 15⁴; catchwords.
Layout: Written in long lines of 23.
Script: Written in a neat cursive by a single hand.
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Robbins Collection, UC Berkeley School of Law, Robbins MS 302.

Mostly in Spanish, some Latin.

Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts, 21283

Manuscript was once in the collection of Sir Thomas Phillips (his no. 21283); number "33014" written on one of front flyleaves.

Bound in contemporary calf, ornate gilt-tooled cover and spine. Painted endpapers.

RESTRICTED ORIGINAL. USE POSITIVE MICROFILM COPY ONLY: Use of original only by permission. Inquiries concerning this item should be directed, in writing, to the reference librarian for The Robbins Collection.

Spain -- Madrid.

Robbins MS 302

Spanish