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Petition to officials of the Inquisition in Mexico City for license to publish an astronomical almanac 1655

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Open book Petition to officials of the Inquisition in Mexico City for license to publish an astronomical almanac 1655

Title Petition to officials of the Inquisition in Mexico City for license to publish an astronomical almanac 1655

Creator Lopez de Bonilla, Gabriel

Date 1655

Place Mexico, Mexico--Mexico City

Language Spanish

Subjects Astronomers, Catholic Church, Censorship, Ephemerides, Inquisition

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
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Summary Brief petition of Gabriel López de Bonilla to the Inquisitors of Mexico City, requesting official permission to publish an astronomical almanac for 1656. López de Bonilla justifies his request by stating that his astronomical work would be "useful and necessary" for agriculture, medicine, and navigation. The review of his petition, noted in a different hand, presumably that of an Inquisition official whose signature also appears beneath, was conducted by the Inquisitors Pedro de Medina Rico, Francisco de Estrada y Escobedo, Juan Sáenz de Mañozca, and Bernabé de la Higuera y Amarilla.

Biographical/Historical Note Mexican astronomer, professor of mathematics, and author of several scientific almanacs. His Disertación cometográfica sobre el cometa aparecido en México el mes de diciembre de 1652 was published in Mexico in 1653 by Bernardo Calderón.

Extent [2] leaves ; 21 cm

Format Petitions

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 1833

BibID 116614

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3962px × 5061px 114.76 MB

Filename 991166148805867_ayer_ms_1833_01.tif

Unique Identifier NL11E26B

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