Details

Subjects:

Carranza, Bartolomé, 1503-1576.
Calderón, Rodrigo, -1621.
Morovelli de Puebla, Francisco, 1575?-1649.
Teresa, of Avila, Saint, 1515-1582.
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.
Favorites, Royal -- Spain -- Biography.
Courts and courtiers.
History.
Favorites, Royal.
Inquisition.
Bishops.
Toledo (Spain) -- Church history.
Spain -- History -- Philip II, 1556-1598 -- Early works to 1800.
Spain -- History -- Philip III, 1598-1621 -- Early works to 1800.
Spain -- History -- Philip IV, 1621-1665 -- Early works to 1800.
Spain -- Court and courtiers -- Biography.
Spain.
Spain -- Toledo.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Biographies (literary works)
Satires (document genre)
Manuscripts, Spanish.
Manuscripts, European.
Biographies.

Language:

Spanish, with some passages in Latin.

Summary:

Collection of works from late 16th- to early 17th-century Spain by various authors. The major work is a biography of Bartolomé Carranza, Archbishop of Toledo, centering on his seventeen-year imprisonment by the Spanish Inquisition. The manuscript also includes copies of two letters written by Philip IV, King of Spain, to his favorite, Gaspar de Guzmán, conde-duque de Olivares; a letter from Francisco Sandoval y Rojas, duque de Lerma, to Philip IV upon the latter's ascension to the throne; a discourse on the nature of life and death by a certain Padre Maestro Guerra; a biography of Rodrigo Calderón, Marquis de las Siete Iglesias and a Spanish royal favorite; a report on an unnamed resolution of the Pope and the opinion of a religious council convened by the king; Francisco de Melgar's censure of a paper written by Francisco Morovelli de Puebla defending the patronage of Saint Teresa of Avila and responding to Francisco de Quevedo; and several small satirical works by Francisco de Quevedo. Of particular interest are the references Philip IV makes to his illegitimate son, Alonso, born in 1642 (f.122v).

Contents:

1. f.1r-120r: Vida, sucesos prosperos y adversos de fr[ay] d[on] Bartholome de Carranza y Miranda, arçobispo de Toledo, primado delas Espanas, cançiller maior delos reinos de Castilla / Pedro Salazar de Mendoza.
2. f.121r-123v: Copia de dos papeles originales escritos ambos dela real mano del señor rey d[o]n Ph[elipe cuarto] a su valido el conde duque de Olivares / Philip IV.
3. f.124r-125r: Copia de la carta que el duque cardenal valido del rey Phe[lipe tercero] enbio a Phe[lipe cuarto] cuando heredo la corona / Francisco Sandoval y Rojas.
4. f.127r-142v: Discurso al sermon de zeniça del p[adre] maestro Guerra sobre las palabras siguientes: Es la vida una respiracion que si corre es aire, si calma es muerte / P[adre] Maestro Guerra.
5. f.143r-174v: Nacimiento, vida, prision y muerte de d[on] Rodrigo Calderon / Geronimo Gascón de Torquemada.
6. f.175r-181v: Dictamen del d[octo]r d[on] Diego Castell Ros de Medrano abad de Alcala la real sobre la resolucion del Papa y consulta de la junta que de orden de s[u] m[ajestad] se hico en cassa del señor presidente / Diego Castell Ros de Medrano.
7. f.183r-196v: Zensura del papel que escrivio d[on] Fran[cis]co de Morovelli de Puebla defendiendo el patronato de Santa Teresa de Jesus y respondiendo a don Francisco de Quevedo / Francisco de Melgar.
8. f.199r-217r: D[on] Reymundo el entremetido al buen entendedor dice / Francisco de Quevedo.
9. f.217r-219r: Memorial que dio en una academia pidiendo una plaça y indulgencias que le mandaron escrivir en interin q[ue] [v?]acan maiores cargos concedidos a los devotos de monjas / Francisco de Quevedo.
10. f.220r-222r: Desposorio entre el cassar y la jubentud / Francisco de Quevedo.
11. f.223r-244v: Capitulaciones dela vida de corte y oficios entretenidos en ella / Francisco de Quevedo.
12. f.245r-246r: Carta de d[on] Fran[cis]co de Quevedo ala rectora del colegio de las virgenes / Francisco de Quevedo.
13. f.247r-250v: Carta de d[on] Fran[cis]co de Quevedo sobre casarse / Francisco de Quevedo.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title for manuscript from title page of predominant work (f.1r).
For another manuscript of the biography of Bartolomé Carranza, see Ms. Codex 1338 and Ms. Codex 1367 (f.3r-68v), Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania; for another manuscript of the biography of Rodrigo Calderón, see Ms. Codex 1448 (f.26v-58v), Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania.
Foliation: Paper, 252; [i], 1-250, [i]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 18-23 long lines.
Script: Written in a cursive script.
Watermark: Unidentified watermark consisting of a cross inside an oval, underneath a crown, flanked on either side by a figure, possibly a griffin, with two circles underneath, the first containing the letters B S and possibly L, the second containing the numeral 4.
Binding: Contemporary parchment.
Origin: Written in Spain, probably in the 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea (bookplate, 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. 174 (Ms. Lea 130).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1345

Contributor:

Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner.

Contains:

Salazar de Mendoza, Pedro, -1629.
Philip IV, King of Spain, 1605-1665.
Olivares, Gaspar de Guzmán, conde-duque de, 1587-1645, addressee.
Lerma, Francisco Sandoval y Rojas, duque de, 1552-1625.
Gascón de Torquemada, Gerónimo, 1572?-1637.
Castell Ros y Medrano, Diego, -1717.
Melgar, Francisco de.
Quevedo, Francisco de, 1580-1645.

OCLC:

300477996