Carlos V en Francia.
- Format/Description:
- Manuscript
68 leaves : paper ; 210 x 147 mm bound to 220 x 157 mm - Production:
- Toledo (Spain), 1604.
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3tq5rf2g - Status/Location:
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- Standardized Title:
- Carlos Quinto en Francia.
- Subjects:
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558 -- Drama.
Vega, Lope de, 1562-1635 -- Autographs -- Specimens.
Vega, Lope de, 1562-1635.
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.
Autographs.
Spanish drama -- Classical period, 1500-1700.
Spanish drama.
Spanish drama -- Classical period.
Spanish literature -- Classical period, 1500-1700.
Spanish literature.
Spanish literature -- Classical period. - Form/Genre:
- Specimens.
Autographs.
Codices.
Manuscripts, Spanish.
Manuscripts, European.
Drama. - Language:
- Spanish.
- Summary:
- Autograph manuscript copy of the play Carlos V en Francia, by Lope de Vega, in the hand of the author. Signed by Lope de Vega and dated 20 November 1604, at Toledo (f. 61v).
- Notes:
- Ms. codex.
Title from spine.
Title from spine; title page has title Carlos 5⁰ en Francia (f. 1r).
Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 68 + i (modern paper); 1-[18], [v], 1-17, [vi], 1-[18], [iv]; [1-68]; contemporary foliation in ink; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. In the contemporary foliation each act of the play is independently foliated. References in this record are to the modern foliation.
Script: Written in a cursive script in the hand of Lope de Vega. Notes in several other hands after the end of the play, some with dates and signatures (f. 62r-64r, 65v, 66v).
Decoration: Ink drawing of a face (f. 46v).
Binding: 19th-century brown gilt morocco with gold stamping. Inscription on front cover reads: "A Lord Howden. Recuerdo de antigua y constante amistad. Madrid, abril de 1858."
Origin: Written in Toledo on 20 November 1604 (f. 61v).
The paper is delicate and worn. The edges of most leaves are splitting and cracking. - Penn Provenance:
- Duke of Sessa [Lope's employer and patron]; Salustiano de Olózaga (1805-1873) [inscription, lower cover]; John Hobart Caradoc, second Lord Howden (1799-1873) [inscription, upper cover]; Robert Hoe [bookplate, inside upper cover]; Mr. and Mrs. John B. Stetson, Jr. (Zacour-Hirsch).
Gift of Mrs. John B. Stetson, Jr., 1957. - Cited in:
- Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 136 (Ms. Spanish 3).
- Publications about:
- Reichenberger, Arnold G. The Library Chronicle, XXIII (1957), pp. 82-83.
Vega, Lope de. Carlos V en Francia. Edited from the autograph manuscript with introduction and notes by Arnold G. Reichenberger (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1963). Contains a facsimile of the manuscript. - Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Codex 63
- Contributor:
- Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909, former owner.
Howden, John Hobart Caradoc, Baron, 1799-1873, former owner.
Olózaga, Salustiano, 1805-1873, former owner.
Sessa, Luis Fernández de Córdoba Cardona y Aragón, duque de, 1582-1645?, former owner.
Stetson, John B., Jr. (John Batterson), 1884-1952, former owner. - OCLC:
- 155962941
- Access Restriction:
- May be examined only by permission of the curator.