Vota decisiua canonica et ciuilia
Subtitle: cum quamplurimis nouissimis decisionibus Sacrae Rotȩ Romanȩ & decretis Sacrarum Congregationum nullibi adhùc impressis
By: opus Iosephi Bertachini Firmani et Bononiae Auditoris Generalis ; dicatum Eminentissimo et Reuerendissimo Principi D. D. Ioanni Baptistae Cardinali Spinolae, nuncupat. Sancti Caesarei Bononiae à latere legato.
Contributors: Spinola, Giovanni Battista, 1646-1719.; Papal States. Legazione di Bologna.; Catholic Church. Rota Romana.
Publisher: Typis Petri-Mariae de Montibus
Published: 1698
Place of publication: Bononiae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 468
Subjects: Consilia.; Canon law.; Roman law.
Other titles: Vota decisiva canonica et civilia
Notes: Includes legal references and indexes.
Title page, in red and black, includes ecclesiastical coat of arms (of Cardinal Legate Spinola ?). On p. 410 (before indexes), full-page woodcut (device?): allegorical woman warrior with banner inscribed "Libertas Li[rest obscured]" on the ground, books with motto "Bononia docet."
Work consists of 200 author's legal opinions (apparently decisive in the court of papal legation in Bologna, then part of Papal States), and includes 52 decisions of Roman Rota (indexed on p. 411-412) cited in full as precedents supporting a particular opinion.
Signatures: a-c⁴ A-Z⁴ Aa-Zz⁴ Aaa-Lll⁴ Mmm⁶. Two-column layout.