Informe de la causa y proceso fulminado contra el pa[dr]e m[aest]ro Froilan Diaz, confesor del rey n[uest]ro señor d[o]n Carlos [Segund]o : con noticia de su antecesor el pa[dr]e m[aest]ro fr[ay] Pedro Matilla.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Morante, Joachím Gómez de la Cortina, marqués de, 1808-1868, former owner.

Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner.

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Matilla, Pedro.

Díaz de los Llanos, Froilán, -1709.

Díaz de los Llanos, Froilán.

Charles II, King of Spain, 1661-1700.

Charles.

Inquisition--Spain--Early works to 1800.

Inquisition.

Demonology--Spain.

Demonology.

Spain--History--Charles II, 1665-1700.

Spain.

History.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

biographies (literary genre)

Manuscripts, Spanish.

Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by the Marquis de Morante (note on front flyleaf).

Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea (inscription on front flyleaf, 1873; bookplate, inside upper cover).

Physical Description:

244 leaves : paper ; 190 x 144 (158 x 97) mm bound to 198 x 157 mm

Place of Publication:

[Spain], [between 1700 and 1799]

Language Note:

Spanish.

Summary:

An account of the case of Froilán Díaz, Dominican friar and Spanish theologian, who ascended to the position of confessor to King Charles II of Spain upon the death of the previous confessor, Pedro Matilla. Díaz, a professor of theology at the University of Alcalá and politically unaligned, found himself at the center of a power struggle for control of the Spanish throne. The case outlines how he took over from Matilla, the almost immediate intrigues against him and plots to overthrown him, and his lengthy and secret imprisonment by the Inquisition while his trial bogged down in a battle over jurisdiction between the Spanish Crown and the Vatican. The case ends with his eventual acquittal, restitution to his former position, and the reparation of his lost salary. Of particular interest are the details of Díaz's involvement in efforts to glean insight into the seemingly "bewitched' nature of the physically and mentally impaired king, Charles II, by conducting clairvoyance rituals with individuals supposedly possessed by demons.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title from summary at beginning of manuscript (f. 1r).

For other manuscripts of the case of Froilán Díaz, see Ms. Codex 1362, Ms. Codex 1367 (f. 69r-186v), and Ms. Codex 1452 (f. 174r-235r), Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania.

Foliation: Paper, i + 244 + i leaves; [1-244]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Layout: Written in 14-15 long lines.

Script: Written in a cursive script.

Watermark: Double eagle watermark similar to Valls i Subirá, Vía, 1047, but with the name Stefano appearing underneath; watermark consisting of the name Fioretto Quartino.

Binding: Half leather (Zacour-Hirsch).

Origin: Probably written in Spain in the 18th century.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 184 (Ms. Lea 180).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1363

OCLC:

302356712