Cencertatio civilis habenda in Reg. Ac. Pont. Mex. Univ. (D. O. M. favente intercedente Virg. Maria sine labe concepta Sanctissimis[.] necnon Studior. Patron.) XI. calendas Septembr. anni M. DCC. LXXXIX
Contributors: Zubicoeta y Arizcorreta, Manuel Ambrosio; Heros, Joseph de los; Real y Pontificia Universidad de México
Publisher: Apud Philippum Zunnigam, et Ontirverium typographum, et bibliopolam ad viam Sp[iritu] S[anc]ti.
Published: 1789
Place of publication: Mexico City]
Language: lat
Subjects: Interpretation and construction; Canon law; Academic exercises; Academic Dissertations
Other titles: Cencertatio civilis habenda in Reg. Ac. Pont. Mex. Univ. (D. O. M. favente intercedente Virg. Maria sine labe concepta Sanctissimis. necnon Studior. Patron.) XI. calendas Septembr. anni M. DCC. LXXXIX.
Notes: Title page proper preceded by half title leaf which is an invitation to attend the defense composed in Spanish by José de los Heros, the godfather of Manuel Ambrosio Zubicoeta y Arizcorreta, the defendent, reading: Don Joseph de los Heros suplica á V. [blank] su asistencia á ests acto de estatuto de leyes que ha de sustenar su ahijado el b[achile]r don Manuel Ambrosio de Zubicoeta y Arizcorreta el dia 22 del corriente á las nueve en la Real Universidad.

"Santissimo. patriarchae. Joseph. regniae. Davidicae. Stipits. [sic] nato. principi. domus Domini. Jesuchristi. putativo. patri. immaculatae. virginis. impoluto. sponso. virtutum. imnium. heroi. voto. pii. ac. clarissimi. viri. Joseph. Heros. aplissimi. sodalitii. Mariae. Virginis. de. Aranzazu. nunc praefecti. ac. deputati. atque. divi. Ignatii. virginum. Collegii. olim. quaestoris. quem. sibi. moecenatem. elegerat. Emmanuel. Ambrosius. Zubicoeta. et. Arizcoreta. in. philosophia. Bacc. regii. ac. Trid. collegii. Semin. Convictor. pro. subeundo. certamine. civili. ex. lege. ejusdem. collegii. D. O. C.", p. [5], is a poem about the oral defense of Manuel Ambrosio de Zubicoeta y Arizcorreta for the degree of canon law at the Real y Pontificia Universidad de México.

"Audemus (ast certè non sine diffidentia nostrae imbecillitatis) disputare de omnibus assertis repertis duobus primis libris operis Joannis a Sala sapientissimi metropolitices Valentinae [sic] ecclesiae praepositi: vinnius castegatus &c. editi anno M. DCC. LXXX. auctoris tamen sententias substinendo", p. [7], stating that the subject of Zubicoeta y Arizcorreta's thesis involved propositions contained in the first two volumes of Juan Sala Bañul's Opera printed, 1780.

"Praeses erit Joseph Ignatius Beye de Cisneros canon. juris Doct. ejusdemque facultatis Verspertinae exedrae, in eadem Universit. ad quadriennium moderator, civilis juris tandem in Trident. ac regali Semin. Colleg. professor", p. [8], identifies Joseph Ignacio Beye de Cisneros as the praesis who will be officiating at the oral defense.

Signatures: [A]⁴ ([A]1, [A]2, [A]3 versos blank)

Engraved printer's ornament on title page; head piece; initial.

Engraved plate of Joseph holding the Christ child is bound to face p. [5]

Thesis (B.A.)--Real y Pontificia Universidad de México, 1789.

John Carter Brown Library copy has the "pit" in "Stipits." on p. [5] and the "inae" in "Valentinae" on p. [7] crossed out in ms. hand.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full mottled sheep with gold tooling.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Bromsen Fund.