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Subjects:

Fernández de Córdoba, Gonzalo, 1453-1515.
Carlos, Prince of Asturias, 1545-1568.
Kings and rulers -- Duties -- Early works to 1800.
Kings and rulers -- Duties.
Kings and rulers -- Correspondence -- Early works to 1800.
Nobility -- Spain -- Early works to 1800.
Bishops -- Spain -- Toledo.
Navigation -- History -- Encyclopedias -- Early works to 1800.
Politics and government.
Navigation.
History.
Bishops.
Nobility.
Kings and rulers -- Correspondence.
Kings and rulers.
Spain -- History -- Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516.
Spain.
Spain -- History -- Charles I, 1516-1556.
Spain -- History -- Philip II, 1556-1598.
Spain -- History -- Philip III, 1598-1621.
Spain -- Politics and government -- Early works to 1800.
Spain -- Toledo.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Pledges.
Encyclopedias.
Decrees.
Hybrid books.
Manuscripts, Spanish.
Manuscripts, European.
Personal correspondence.

Language:

Spanish, with two items in Latin (f. 56v-58r).

Summary:

Collection of different works primarily from 16th- through 18th-century Spain. The majority of the contents consist of royal correspondence including letters from Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, to his son Philip II; correspondence, possibly from Ferdinand V, referred to as Ferdinand the Catholic, concerning Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, referred to as El Gran Capitán; a letter from Ferdinand the Catholic, King of Aragon, to his cousin Juan II, count of Ribagorza and viceroy of Naples (including comments by Luperico Leonardo de Argensola, historiographer of Aragon); correspondence between Philip IV, King of France and Pope Boniface VIII; a pledge of military alliance from King Frances I of France to Süleyman I, Sultan of the Turks; a letter from Philip II, King of Spain, to Pope Pius V, conerning the imprisonment of his son Prince Carlos of Asturias; a letter from Bartolomé Carranza, Archbishop of Toledo, to King Philip II; a letter from Cardinal Antonio Zapata Cisneros, bishop of Cadiz, to King Philip III; and a communication of the Royal Council of Castile given to King Philip III. Other works include an account of events in the life of Ferdinand the Catholic; an excerpt from a maritime encyclopedia; and an article of the Royal Decree of 1740. Printed materials (f. 111r-236v) follow the manuscripts and include a pamphlet on the valuation of silver; a list of individuals receiving a public pardon in 1592; and a printed three-part eulogy of Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain and Portugal, who died in 1611.

Contents:

1. f.1r-26r: Primera carta del Emperador Carlos Quinto a su hijo Phelipe Segundo / Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
2. f.27r-30r: [Correspondence concerning Gonzalo Fernádez de Córdoba, El Gran Capitán]
3. f.31r-40v: Copia de la instruccion que el Emperador Carlos V embió desde el Monasterio de Yuste en 9 de julio de 1557 al señor rey don Phelipe II su hijo sobre el particular tratamiento de los Grandes de Castilla / Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
4. f.42r-56r: Copia de carta que el rey d[o]n Fern[an]do el Catholico escribió al conde de Rivagorza, virrey de Napoles sobre la conservacion dela jurisdicion real, que intentó turbar el Papa / Ferdinand V, King of Spain.
5. f.56v-57r: Epistolae notabilissimae / Pope Boniface VIII, Philip IV, King of France.
6. f.57r-58r: Liga perpetua / Francis I, King of France.
7. f.59r-64v: Carta que escrivio el rey Felipe Segundo [al] Papa Pio Quinto sobre la prision del principe don Carlos en Madrid / Philip II, King of Spain.
8. f.67r-70v: Copia de una carta de don fray Bartolome de Carrança, Arçobispo de Toledo, que escrivio asu Maj[esta]d del rey don Felipe [Segund]o / Bartolomé Carranza.
9. f.71r-74v: El Cardenal Zapata al rey d[o]n Felipe [III] en los expolios de los obispos / Antonio Zapata Cisneros.
10. f.75r-76v: [Events in the life of Ferdinand V]
11. f.77r-97v: Discurso y respuesta del Consejo R[ea]l al Rey Phelipe Tercero sovre el remedio dela despoblacion de España.
12. f.99r-106v: Enciclopedia maritima o diccionario y prontuario universal de marina / Juan Antonio Enríquez Lozano.
13. f.107r: Articulo de la R[ea]l Cedula de 14 de enero de 1740 expedida al Infante Almirante Gen[era]l.
14. f.111r-236v: [Printed materials: Sobre el valor de la plata; perdón publicado; relación de las honras a la Reina Margarita de Austria]

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Paper, ii + 236 + i; [1-236] (f.111-236 printed); modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Script: Written in a cursive script, by multiple hands.
Watermark: Crown watermark similar to the crown in Valls i Subirá, Flower, 1566; watermark similar to Briquet, Fleur, 6490, but with stem, and the name PITTALUGA inverted underneath; variations of the mounted bullfighter watermark appearing with the following names or initials: E G; RUSCA; GIO BATTA; GIO BATISTA; FABIANI GBF; S B P; circle watermark with bottom circle possibly containing a heart, and top circle containing a crescent, with a cross on top; tower watermark similar to Valls i Subirá, Guarro, 515.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, with two sets of leather ties.
Origin: Multiple documents, probably written in Spain in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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. 177 (Ms. Lea 141).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1357

Contributor:

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

Contains:

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.
Ferdinand V, King of Spain, 1452-1516.
Philip IV, King of France, 1268-1314.
Boniface VIII, Pope, -1303.
Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598.
Juan II, de Ribagorza, 1457-1528, addressee.
Francis I, King of France, 1494-1547.
Süleyman I, Sultan of the Turks, 1494 or 1495-1566, addressee.
Zapata Cisneros, Antonio, Cardinal, 1551?-1635.
Carranza, Bartolomé, 1503-1576.
Pius V, Pope, 1504-1572, addressee.
Philip III, King of Spain, 1578-1621, addressee.
Spain. Consejo Real de Castilla.

OCLC:

301734138