Details

Subjects:

History.
Spain -- Foreign relations.
Spain.
International relations.
Spain -- History -- 17th century.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Manuscripts, Italian.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

Italian.

Summary:

Includes chapters on the Spanish monarchy's relations with foreign countries, including Poland, Russia, Turkey, the western hemisphere, and a chapter on navigation.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 141 + i (contemporary paper); [1-141]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Script: Written in a cursive script by one hand.
Decoration: Ornamental borders and initials in pen and ink throughout.
Binding: Contemporary parchment. Pastedowns have come loose; title page torn; moderate to severe ink oxidation, mainly of the decorated initials and borders.
Origin: Written in Italy, before 1690.

Penn Provenance:

Purchased, 1961.

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. 125 (Ms. Italian 164).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 398

OCLC:

155968391