Joannis Torre nobilis Lucensis, primum in patria senatoris, postea vero Supremi Concilii Serenissimi Parmae & Placentiae Ducis consiliarii, et demum ejusdem Supremi Consilii praesidis Mantissa ad tractatum De pactis futurae successionis
Subtitle: cum S. Rotae Romanae aliorúmque tribunalium decisionibus ; nec non Typus & initium libri quarti de pactis futurae successionis : cum indicibus necessariis.
Contributors: Torre, Joannes, fl. 1673-1699?.; Dalla Chiesa, Domenico, 17th cent.; Torre, Joannes, fl. 1673-1699?.; Catholic Church. Rota Romana.
Publisher: Apud Fratres de Tournes
Published: 1699
Place of publication: Genevae
Language: lat
Subjects: Lupi di Soragna, Giampaolo, 1654-1721.; Lupi Scotti, Maria, fl. 1651-1699.; Inheritance and succession -- Italy -- Early works to 1800.; Feudal law -- Italy -- Parma and Piacenza.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Mantissa ad tractatum De pactis futurae successionis; Mantissa ad Joannis Torre Tractatum de pactis futurae successionis; Sacrae Rotae Romanae aliorumque tribunalium decisiones novissimae ad Mantissam tractatus De pactis futurae successionis Praesidis Joannis Torre nobilis Lucensis pertinentes
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Produced as documentation for the case between Marquis Giampaolo Lupi di Soragna and Countess Maria Scotti née Lupi that was about to be decided by Giovanni Torre as praeses of the Parma-Piacenza Supreme Council (cf. Ad lectorem).
Vol. [1] is a collection of 28 legal opinions signed by various jurists; v. [2] assembles the Roman Rota's and other courts' decisions in cases deemed similar. Argumentation is based on Roman law, on laws of Parma/Piacenza, and on precedent.
"Ad lectorem / Dominicus ab Ecclesia": v. [1], prelim. p. [3-5]. Domenico dalla Chiesa seems to be the actual compiler of the Mantissa and of the set of court decisions in v. [2]; also editor, if not author, of what is presented as inchoative Liber 4 (v. [2], 3rd page group) of Torre's treatise De pactis futurae successionis.
Device on t.p., v. [1]: salamander in fire; v. [2]: shield with "Quod tibi fieri non vis alteri ne feceris" flanked by Justice and Prudence.
Vol. [1]: [8], 154, [2] p. (last leaf blank]; v. [2]: [8], 72, 12, [44] p. (the last leaf blank).