Details

Subjects:

Mariana de Austria, Queen, consort of Philip IV, King of Spain, 1634-1696.
Philip IV, King of Spain, 1605-1665.
Charles II, King of Spain, 1661-1700.
Theater -- Law and legislation -- Spain.
Jurisdiction (Ecclesiastical law) -- Spain -- Early works to 1800.
Inquisition -- Spain -- Early works to 1800.
Church and state -- Spain -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine -- History -- 17th century.
Medicine.
History.
Politics and government.
Church and state.
Inquisition.
Jurisdiction (Ecclesiastical law).
Theater -- Law and legislation.
Spain -- Politics and government -- 1516-1700.
Spain.
Spain -- History -- Philip IV, 1621-1665 -- Early works to 1800.
Spain -- History -- Charles II, 1665-1700 -- Early works to 1800.
Spain -- Politics and government -- 1700-1746 -- Early works to 1800.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Government records.
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Spanish.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

Spanish.

Summary:

Collection of three different works. The first work dates from 1666 and is the recommendation of the Royal Council of Castile, given to Mariana of Austria, Queen of Spain, calling for the resumption of the performance of comedies, which she had suspended upon the death of her husband, King Philip IV, in 1665. The council argues that the income generated from the plays could be used to offset declining revenues from food taxes. The second work, which comprises most of the manuscript, dates from 1696 and is the record of a communication of the Royal Council concerning the jurisdiction of the Spanish Inquisition, protocol regarding the immunity of the inquisitors and their families, and the correction and limitation of certain excesses of the inquisitors. The third work is probably from the early 17th century and is a short medical treatise by Pedro Garcia Carrero, referred to in the text as Pedro Garçia or Pedro Garzia, professor of medicine at the University of Alcalá in the late 16th and early 17th century, in which he mentions Galen and Hippocrates.

Contents:

1. f.1r-14r: Consulta de el consejo real ala reyna n[uest]ra s[eño]ra doña Mariana de Austria, gouernadora de estos reynos, aprobando las comedias.
2. f.17r-132v: Consulta sobre la jurisdicion de el Santo Ofizio.
3. f.135r-140v: Tratado contra la opinion delos medicos en curar en comun, en suzinto panegirico / Pedro Garçia.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from spine.
Text from 1696 (f. 17r-132v) also appears in Ms. Codex 1316, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania.
Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 144 + i (contemporary paper); [iii, 1-141]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 20 long lines (f. 1r-14r, 135r-140v); 14 long lines (f. 17r-132v). Vertical bounding lines in lead on rectos in second work (f. 17r-132v).
Script: Written in a cursive script, perhaps by multiple hands.
Watermark: Variations on the Italian circle watermarks popular in Spain at the time (Valls i Subirá, p. 378) enclosing several designs including a column, a star, a crescent, and possibly the initials D B; unidentified watermark consisting of a cross inside an oval, underneath a crown, flanked on either side by a figure, possibly a griffin, and possibly with two circles underneath.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, with remnants of 2 sets of leather ties.
Origin: Written in Spain in the 18th century (Zacour-Hirsch).

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea.

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. 170 (Ms. Lea 108).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1318

Contributor:

Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner.
Spain. Consejo Real de Castilla.

Contains:

Garcia Carrero, Pedro.

OCLC:

299065564