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Title

Spanish royal correspondence

Authors

• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558
• Ferdinand V, King of Spain, 1452-1516
• Philip IV, King of France, 1268-1314
• Boniface VIII, Pope, d. 1303
• Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598
• Francis I, King of France, 1494-1547
• Zapata Cisneros, Antonio, Cardinal, 1551?-1635
• Carranza, Bartolomé, 1503-1576

Other related names

• Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner
• Juan II, de Ribagorza, 1457-1528, recipient
• Süleyman I, Sultan of the Turks, 1494 or 5-1566, recipient
• Pius V, Pope, 1504-1572, recipient
• Philip III, King of Spain, 1578-1621, recipient

Call number

Ms. Codex 1357
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4444638
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4444638

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

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

Origin

Date

between 16--? and 17--?

Place

Spain

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.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

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.

Extent

236 leaves : 199-213 x 143-157 mm. bound to 208 x 160 mm

Foliation

Paper, ii + 236 + i; [1-236] (f.111-236 printed); modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum, with two sets of leather ties.

Script

Written in a cursive script, by multiple hands.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea (bookplate, inside upper cover).
   

Subjects topical

• Kings and rulers--Duties--Early works to 1800
• Kings and rulers--Correspondence--Early works to 1800
• Nobility--Spain--Early works to 1800
• Bishops--Spain--Toledo
• Navigation--History--Encyclopedias--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Pledges
• Encyclopedias
• Decrees
• Hybrid books
• Manuscripts, Spanish--17th century
• Manuscripts, Spanish--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Primera carta del Emperador Carlos Quinto a su hijo Phelipe Segundo, f. 1r
• fol. 27r — Correspondence concerning Gonzalo Ferna?dez de Co?rdoba, El Gran Capita?n, f. 27r
• fol. 31r — Copia de la instruccion que el Emperador Carlos V embio? desde el Monasterio de Yuste..., f. 31r
• fol. 42r — Copia de carta que el rey don Fernando el Catholico escribio? al conde de Rivagorza..., f. 42r
• fol. 56v — Epistolae notabilissimae, f. 56v
• fol. 57r — Liga perpetua, f. 57r
• fol. 59r — Carta que escrivio el rey Felipe Segundo [al] Papa Pio Quinto sobre la prision del principe don Carlos en Madrid, f. 59r
• fol. 67r — Copia de una carta de don fray Bartolome de Carranc?a, Arc?obispo de Toledo..., f. 67r
• fol. 71r — El Cardenal Zapata al rey don Felipe III en los expolios de los obispos, f. 71r
• fol. 75r — Events in the life of Ferdinand V, f. 75r
• fol. 77r — Discurso y respuesta del Consejo Real al Rey Phelipe Tercero sovre el remedio dela despoblacion de Espan?a, f. 77r
• fol. 99r — Enciclopedia maritima o diccionario y prontuario universal de marina, f. 99r
• fol. 107r — Articulo de la Real Cedula de 14 de enero de 1740 expedida al Infante Almirante General, f. 107r
• fol. 111r — Printed materials: Sobre el valor de la plata; perdo?n publicado; relacio?n de las honras a la Reina Margarita de Austria, f. 111r