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<dl><dd>Title from caption and first part of text</dd>
<dd>Place of publication and name of printer appears at foot of broadsheet</dd>
<dd>Wagner dates this document to 1571 because the Edict of Faith, dated November 4, 1571, established the Inquisition in Mexico</dd>
<dd>Valton dates this document to between the end of 1569 and prior to November 4, 1571</dd>
<dd>Communication of the papal edict, which is dated at end of text "Dada en Roma, apud sanctum Petrum, ano de la encarnacio[n] del Señor mil y quinientos y sesenta y nueve, en las kal[endas] de abril, y de nuestro pontificado, año quarto", calling for the support of the Inquisition in its crusade against heresy and the necessity of treating the inquisitors with respect. The letter of transmittal following the names of the churchmen who signed the edict, is by Bartholomé de Ledesma and is addressed to the clergy of New Spain. The Inquisition was formally established in Mexico in 1571</dd>
<dd>For a more detailed bibliographic history of this document please see JCB Annual reports for 1940 p. 52-54</dd>
<dd>Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.)</dd>
<dd>Valtón, E. Imp. mexicanos del siglo XVI</dd>
<dd>Wagner, H.R. Mexican imprints, 1544-1600, in the Huntington library</dd>
<dd>JCB Annual reports (1940)</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: where broadside was originally folded some text has been obscured; broadsheet is wanting a section of text on left middle side, which has been repaired with paper</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy acquired as a gift of Mrs. Jesse H. Metcalf</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Tribunal de la Inquisición en México; Catholic Church; Imprint 1569; Imprint 1571</div>
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<dl><dd>Catholic Church. Pope (1566-1572 : Pius V)</dd>
<dd>Pius V, Pope, 1504-1572</dd>
<dd>Ledesma, Bartolomé de, ca. 1515-1604</dd>
<dd>Metcalf, Jesse H., Mrs. fmo RIBRL</dd></dl></div>
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