Details

Subjects:

Carranza, Bartolomé, 1503-1576.
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Toledo (Spain) -- History.
Catholic Church -- Spain -- History -- 16th century.
Catholic Church.
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Toledo (Spain).
Bishops -- Spain -- Toledo.
Inquisition -- Spain -- Toledo.
Inquisition.
Bishops.
History.
Toledo (Spain) -- Church history.
Spain -- History -- Philip II, 1556-1598.
Spain.
Spain -- Toledo.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Biographies (literary works)
Manuscripts, Spanish.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

Spanish, with list of errors in Latin (f. 242v-244r).

Summary:

Biography of Bartolomé Carranza, Archbishop of Toledo, written by Pedro Salazar de Mendoza. The majority of the text is dedicated to Carranza's life from the time he was first arrested on suspicion of heresy by the Spanish Inquisition in 1559 to his death in Rome in 1576 (thus revealing as anachronistic the date of 1568 on the title page). Text includes numerous chapters on topics such as: Nacimiento y padres del arzobispo Carranza (f. 5r); Llevan preso a el arzobispo a Valladolid (f. 59r); Es llevado el arzobispo a Roma (f. 146r); Todo quanto acaecio al arzobispo hastta que murio (f. 246v). Also of interest are the 16 errores (f. 242v-244r) he was forced to abjure from his writings upon being found not guilty of heresy and the pronouncement (f. 251r) he made after his release regarding all those who had opposed him.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (f. 1r).
For other manuscripts of the biography of Bartolomé Carranza, see Ms. Codex 1345 (f.1r-120r) and Ms. Codex 1367 (f.3r-68v), Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania.
Foliation: Paper, 267 + ii; [1], 2-9, [10], 11-120, 131-211, 213-217, 217-277; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 17-19 long lines.
Script: Written in a cursive script.
Watermark: Unidentified watermark resembling a flourished crown with a cross on top, and at the base six letters.
Binding: Contemporary parchment with two sets of leather ties.
Origin: Written in Spain, probably in the 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Libros Antiguos (Almeria, Spain), 1959 (receipt inside upper cover).

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. 172 (Ms. Lea 120).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1338

OCLC:

300274031