Details

Subjects:

Pablo de Santa Maria, Bishop of Burgos, approximately 1351-1435.
Nobility -- Spain -- Genealogy.
Nobility.
Jews.
Spain.
Kings and rulers -- Genealogy.
Jews -- Spain -- Early works to 1800.
Muslims -- Spain.
Muslims.
Spain -- Civilization -- Jewish influences.
Civilization.
Spain -- Civilization -- Islamic influences.

Form/Genre:

Genealogy.
Codices.
Genealogies (histories)
Histories.
Manuscripts, French.
Manuscripts, European.
Family histories.

Language:

French.

Biography/History:

First marquis of Cañete and viceroy of Navara during the reign of Carlos I. Francisco de Mendoza y Bobadilla (1508-1566) was named the governor of Siena by Phillip II and was appointed Cardinal in 1544. Widely considered as one of the leading Spanish humanists, he donated his library of 953 volumes to Phillip II.

Summary:

A French translation of the Spanish work El tizón de la nobleza española, o, Máculas y sambenitos de sus linajes composed in the mid-16th century. This manuscript is a genealogical investigation into the origins of the most prominent aristocratic families of Spain and Portugal, presented by the author to king Philip II. This is a controversial treatise because, in seeking to defend the purity of the lineage of his own nephew (maquis of Cañette), Mendoza traces the origins of the Iberian aristocracy to Jewish and Moorish ancestors. The author begins by citing the case of Ferdinand (Fernando) Alonso de Toledo, who converted from Islam to Christianity during the reign of Alonso VI and was the ancestor of several noble families. Similarly, a Jewish conversion Ruy Capon is designated as the founding ancestor of several noble families in Portugal and in Castile. There is an addendum to the original work, tracing the ancestors and the descendants of Paul of Burgos. He was a wealthy and prominent Jew who converted to Christianity and became an archbishop and Lord Chancellor under Castilian king Henry III. Although the work circulated widely in mansucript form, it was not printed until 1849.

Contents:

1. p.1-62: Le tison d'Espagne ou origines de la plus grande partie des familles nobles de ce royaume et du Portugal.
2. p.62-73: Addition au Tison d'Espagne.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (p. i); author from text (p. 1).
Incipit: Mémoire presenté au roy Phillipe II de ce nom par le Cardinal Archevèque de Burgos Don François de Mendoza Bobadilla a l'occasion de ce que sa majesté ne voulu pas lui d'accorder...(p. 1); Explicit:...il se maria avec Dona Anna Maria tenuë pour fille changée quoique legitimée par le roy Don Alphonse XIe dela quelle il est l'eveque et patriarche Don Paul, qui a reconnü l'origine de sa famille en France (p. 72-73).
Pagination: Paper, iii (contemporary paper) + 38 + iii (contemporary paper); [ii], 1-73, [74]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.
Layout: Written in 18-20 long lines.
Script: Written in a cursive script.
Watermarks: a variety of watermarks; several dated 1742 (p. 47-52); several with fin de on top line and identifying paper maker as M. [fleur de lys] Iohannot on the next line (p. 65-70); one indicates the province of paper maker as Auvergne (p. 73-[74]); one with coat of arms (p. 71-72); several with half of coat of arms.
Binding: Contemporary calf, rebacked (Zacour-Hirsch); coat of arms stamped on both covers.
Origin: Written in France after 1742.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Lord Stuart de Rothesay (Zacour-Hirsch).
Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea, 1889 (bookplate, inside upper cover; signature and date, flyleaf 3).

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. 175 (Ms. Lea 134).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1186

Contributor:

Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598, addressee.
Stuart de Rothesay, Charles Stuart, Baron, 1779-1845, former owner.
Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner.

OCLC:

229907588