Volume 2

The ceremonies and religious customs of the various nations of the known world. Together with historical annotations, and several curious discourses... / Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates ... designed by Mr. Bernard Picart ... Faithfully translated into English, by a gentleman some time since of St. John's College in Oxford.

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1733-1739
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Credit: The ceremonies and religious customs of the various nations of the known world. Together with historical annotations, and several curious discourses... / Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates ... designed by Mr. Bernard Picart ... Faithfully translated into English, by a gentleman some time since of St. John's College in Oxford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5t. Dominic and his Order cenfur’d, 3 54. The Pope fuppos’d to raife an Army of Priefts and Friars, to en¬ force the Enemy to leave Candid. Port given to the Inquifitors. Standard of the Inquifition. Emblem ot it, St. Dominic, Indulgences granted to him,2oS. In a whim- ncal Senle, ibid. .Thought by Pope Innocent to have all the Qualities requifitc for demolifhing of Heretics, 213. A Character of thele Monks. Their Solitude. Mean Habits. Mendicants. Humility. Renuncia¬ tion of all Things. Severity of their Rule. Learn¬ ing. Eternally exclaiming againft Heretics, ibid. E- itablifhed Inquifi.ors, ibid■ in Lombardy, Romania, and Marca Anconitana, 21l Mark Anthony de Dominis, feiz’d by the Inquifition, 242. V\ as i rimate of Dalmatia. Of an illuitrious Family and great Learning. Maintains the Tenets of the Lu¬ therans and Calvinifis in a Book, 243. King James I. oï Great Britain promifed him great Preferments, 244 Comes over. Is handfomely received. The Court of Rome employ every Art to get him back. He returns to Italy, notwithftanding the flrong Remonftrances of his Friends. He is forced to abjure. Seiz’d by the Inquifition and dies in it, fuppos'd of Poylon, ibid. Dungeons of the Inquifition deferib’d, 279. very flrong. The Cell twelve Foot long and ten wide. Very dark. A Lamp burns dimly at Night. The only Ltenfils in the Cell are four earthen Pots to mingin, and a larger for the the Neceifity of Nature. Stink moft abominably. Worms in Summer leen crawling about the Ceiis. The Prifoners half dead with the Stencil. A Bed, which the Moiflnefs of the Cell loon rets, tour or five Prifoners often coop’d in a Ceil, ibid. Deplorable Condition of Prifoners who 31e confin d alone, 2S0. Great Danger of having Com¬ panions, fuch often turning Evidences. Prifoners fre¬ quently remov’d from Cell to Cell, purely that they may ruin one another. If Prifoners make the lealt Noifethey are feverely whipt, 28:. This is done in terrorem. Thefe Punifhments in Aided on Perfons of all Ages, and Qualities, ibid. A cruel Circumftance. Horrid, that fo many virtuous young Ladies, and Men of the greatefl Probity and well born fliould be fo confin d. Prifoner forbid to be extraordinary pious and abftemiotis in Lent Cime, ibid. E. the Ground, and trod under Foot by the Acolytbîj 84. Three kinds of Excommunication, Major, Mi¬ nor, Anathema. How all are incurv'd : Minor, a kind of fpiritual Infection ; Major, againft thofe who difobey the Church ; the Pope fulminates all Heretics, Apoftates, ÔV. Excommunicated Perfons, how re¬ concil’d to the Church, 84, Sy Exorcifm ; how Rats, Caterpillars, Grafhoppers, are ex- orciled, 90. Whimfical Exorcifm of noxious Infeds, which are condemn'd by Judge and Jury in a legal way. St. Bernard excommunicates Flies ibid. Exorcifm defin’d, burlefqu’d by Heretics and Libertines, 120. Young Girls never poffefl’ed but by a Spirit of Wantonnefs, 121. Nuns poffefs’d. A noble Privi¬ lege that of exorcifing. Antient Heretics pradtiled Rxorcifms. Old Women only employ’d in this Office. The Woman poflfels’d at Loudun, fanfies an Incubus lay with her, N. 120. Great Importance of an Exorcift. 121. Indication by which a Perfon is known to be poilefs’d by the Devil. Some Devils put to the Trial ot fpeaking fixteen Languages. The Bifhop only can give Leave for exorcifing, 122. The Exorcift mull fall and pray ; muft bear with Patience the Devil’s Infults. The Devils laid to be vafily fond of talking at Random : Sometimes fight Hying : Equipage of^the Demoniac, ibid. Exorcifm muft be perform’d in the Church, but not by the Altar. The Exorcift enquires the Devil’s Name, 123. Is ordered to march off. Enters into dole Confiict with the Devil. He is told what a vile being he is. A multitude of Crofles made on this Occafion. How an evil Spirit is drove out of the Houfe, ibid. Exorcifts, their Functions, how ordained, 131. Explanation of the Plates relating to the Inquifition, 350. Of the firil Figure, when the Prifoner is carried to be examined, ibid. Explanation of the fécond Figure, reprefenting a fubter- raneous Groto, call’d the Place of ferments, where the Torture is given three feveral Ways, 351. How Sen¬ tences are pronounced on Prifoners, ibid. Explanation of the Figures reprefenting the Habits of Cri¬ minals condemned by the Inquifition for various Crimes, 355 Explanation of the lafi Plate, which reprefents the Place of Execution, 356. The Fire made in a deep Hole. Jews thrown into the Hole after a different Manner. A beautiful Jewefis of eighteen burnt, ibid. JJASCER-EVE, how folemniz’d. A mighty Cere¬ mony with the Tapers, 3 0 Eafer Sunday, its Solemnity. The holy Face, Lance, and true Crofs fhewn, 33 Eafer, Ceremonies oblerved at thatSeafon, 33. How an Emperor or King receives the Sacrament from the Pope’s Hands. The Faithful have all their Food blefs’d, 3 4 Ember JFeeks, what ; borrow’d from the Jews ; kept very fccret : Of great Antiquity according to fume. Priefts and Deacons then ordain’d, 14 Epiphany or Twelfth-Day, the King of Spain offers Cha¬ lices on it, 6 Efe, Houfe of, declar’d Heretics by the Inquifitors, 215. Severely handiy, ibid. Eucharifi, what it reprefents, 74. The Pried only may cqrilecrate the Holl. A whimfical Account why the Cup was taken from the Laity ; becaufe of the over¬ grown Whiskers and long Beards of fome Commu¬ nicants, which polluted the Wine, ibid. Reafons of it, from V Enfant s Council of Confiance, N. ibid. How many Times a Year a Chriftian is obliged to commu¬ nicate. Their Drefs on this Occafion, ibid■ If, in the adminiftring, the fmalleft Particle of a Hod or Wafer fhould fall to the Ground, it muft be taken up in the moft careful Manner, 75. The Floor muft he fcrap’d, and the Shavings of it thrown into the Sacrif- ty. If Worms or Maggots arc found in the Wafers, they are burnt. How Nuns receive. If a Bit of the Wafer fhould fall to the Ground, how difpofed of, ibid. Eulogies, Scraps of confecrated Bread. A kind of Com¬ munion, according to Cardinal Bona, 76. The Eu¬ charifi call’d Eulogy in the primitive Church, ibid. Excommunication pronounc’d on Holy fhurfday. Ceremony cf it ; Tapers uled at it, the Pope and Cardinals throw theirs among the Croud, 21 Excommunication, called Interdict from Fire and Water, S3. Excommunication perform’d with unlighted Candles, 84. Very formidable. Papal Fulmina¬ tions now little valued, ibid. The Tapers thrown on Vol. II. F. TJAlfities of a moft horrid Nature, invented by Perfons imprifoned in the Inquifition, 294 Familiars of the Inquifition, 2(58. The King their Pro¬ testor. Their Functions. Are allowed to commit all forts of Crimes. If impeached the Inquifitors clear them, ibid. Examples of Familiars whom the Inquifitors fereen, ibid. Fefivals defin’d, found in all Religions : Fauchet afferts they were all borrow’d from the Pagans. A curious Quotation from that Author, 1. That Priefts agran- dize them out of Self-Interefl. Moveable, double, -half double, and fimple Feafts. Different kinds of Feftivals among the Roman Catholics. Churches ém- bellilh’d and Altars adorn’d. The mighty Work made with their Saints. Feftivals, how proclaim’d in Romijh Countries, N. 2. The Offices of Saints double, or femi-double ; double, when they have his whole Body ; fomi-double, if they have but an Arm, Leg, &c. 3. Feftivals, how folemniz’d by the primitive Chriftians, who ufed to write congratulatory Let¬ ters. Feftivals firft fpent pioufly, afterwards in a moft Hagrant Manner, 4. Feftivals in Italy devoted by Lo¬ vers to Miftreffes : the former have Vefpers; Maffes celebrated in honour of the latter; particular Account of this whimfical religious Gallantry, ibid. Count de Foix, War proclaim’d againft him* 211 Forlorn Condition of Perfons feiz’d by the Inquifition,345. The Members of it lefs indulgent than the Pagans. Ithacius the Bifhop, implores the Proteftion of the Emperor Maximus. The Clergy extort from him a Decree, by which they are impower’d to put Heretics to Death. St. Martin oppofes them. This Condudfc compar’d with that of the modern Inquifitors, 34(5, St. Ithacius, would, in this Age, have been made a Cardinal, and St. Martin have been thrown into the In¬ quifition, ibid. Formalities obferved in the Inquifition, from Dellon, 307. How a Prifoner is feiz’d. Exhortations made to him. j B How <