Details

Subjects:

Pérez, Antonio, 1559-1637.
Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598.
Carlos, Prince of Asturias, 1545-1568.
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.
Clotilda, Queen, consort of Amalaric, King of the Visigoths, -531.
Blanche, de Bourbon, Queen, consort of Pedro I, King of Castile and Leon.
Elizabeth, of France, Queen, consort of Philip II, King of Spain, 1545-1568.
Spain -- History -- Charles I, 1516-1556.
Spain.
History.
Spain -- History -- Philip II, 1556-1598.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

Spanish with some notes and passages in Latin.

Summary:

Manuscript containing the biographies of King Philip II of Spain and his son, Prince Carlos of Asturias. The biographies are followed by notes and reflections by numerous authors, including Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Manuel de Faria e Sousa, François Eudes de Mézeray, and Gregorio Leti. The notes are followed by two short works: An account and refutation of the false rumor of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V's conversion to Protestantism before his death; and the stories of three French queens "killed by the Spanish" while ruling as the wives of Spanish kings. The queens are Clotilda, consort of Amalaric, King of the Visigoths; Blanche de Bourbon, consort of Pedro I, King of Castile and Leon; and Elizabeth of France, consort of Philip II. Of particular interest is the prologue at the beginning of the manuscript in which the author discusses the debate over the origin of the biography of Philip II. The two possible authors discussed are Antonio Pérez, secretary to King Philip, and Pierre Matthieu, a French historian contemporary with Pérez. The author of the manuscript is in favor of Matthieu, and apparently is working from a translation of Matthieu's work in Italian. Henry Charles Lea also attributes the work to Matthieu, according to a note in his hand that appears in the manuscript (f. 7r).

Contents:

1. f.3r-6r: Prologo a el lector.
2. f.7r-45r: Compendio de la vida de el rey de España Felipe Segundo / Pierre Matthieu.
3. f.45v-113v: Relacion tragica y veridica de d[o]n Carlos principe de España sacrifido de su padre a el odio inextinguible de la Ynquisicion / M. l'abbé de Saint-Réal (César Vichard).
4. f.113v-197v: Reflexiones historicas y politicas s[ob]re lo contenido en esta relacion y correspond[en]tes a las notas marignadas [sic] en ella / [multiple authors].
5. f.198r-209r: Adicion citada en el discurso de esta obra, es sobre el falso rumor de el emperador Carlos V.
6. f.209r-214r: Adicion ultima citada en el discurso de esta obra, es sobre las tres reynas francesas, que publica un autor frances, han muerto los españoles.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Foliation: Paper, ii + 215 + ii; [1-214, i]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 23-26 long lines.
Script: Written in a cursive script.
Decoration: Ornamentation in ink on title page (f.1r).
Watermark: Joaquim Osca, similar to Valls i Subirá, Españolas, 1841.
Binding: Half morocco, boards now detached (Zacour-Hirsch).
Origin: Probably written in Spain in the 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

Held by Gabriel Sánchez Librería (Madrid), stamp on title page (f. 1r).
Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea (signature on title page (f. 1r), 1888; 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. 156 (Ms. Lea 39).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1385.

Contributor:

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

Contains:

Matthieu, Pierre, 1563-1621.
Saint-Réal, M. l'abbé de (César Vichard), 1639-1692.
Navarro, Miguel.
Cabrera de Córdoba, Luis, 1559?-1623.
Strada, Famiano, 1572-1649.
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, 1559-1625.
Faria e Sousa, Manuel de, 1590-1649.
Vander Hammen y León, Lorenzo, 1589-
Moréri, Louis, 1643-1680.
Mézeray, François Eudes de, 1610-1683.
Dupleix, Scipion, 1569-1661.
Leti, Gregorio, 1630-1701.

OCLC:

303292912

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