Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 186: Comedias The University of Pennsylvania Libraries This description is ©2016 University of Pennsylvania Libraries. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. All referenced images and their content are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Ms. codex. Title from spine. Titles of the three plays are taken from the text, from the headings for each act. The titles of the first two plays have a slightly different form as listed in the index (f. 1r): De los hechizos de amor la musica es el mayor y el montañes en la corte; De comedia no se trate, alla ba [= va?] esse disparate. Later note on f. 2r: "Esta comedia es de Cañizares. Véase el Catálogo de Barrern , paj. 540." This refers to "De los echizos de amor." Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Ms. Codex 186 1551777 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1551777 Collection of comedies by José de Cañizares. Table of contents with heading, "Tabla delas com[edia]s que contiene este libro de Figurones de Castro" (f. 1r), with Castro likely referring to a theater or theater owner. However this manuscript contains only the first three of the ten items listed in the index. The last four folios (f. 195r-198v) appear to be different in origin and unrelated to the Cañizares text. The text on them is in German and appears to consist of short diary entries ranging in date between 16 February 1585 and 14 August 1598. At the top of f. 195r a later hand has written the name "Aug. Merz Rotenb.", the phrase "Progymn. Rotenb. Rector" and the date 1862. The notes on f. 198v are in pencil and appear to be later in date than the rest. Spanish, with four leaves in German at the end Comedias Cañizares, José de, 1676-1750 former owner Rennert, Hugo Albert, 1858-1927 2r De los echizos de amor la musica es el mayor, f. 2r 62r De comedia nosetrate allaba ese disparate, f. 62r 121r [=68r] El Domine Lucas, f. 121r [=68r] 195r German diary entries and notes, f. 195r

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 198 leaves : 204 x 148 (195 x 70) mm. bound to 211 x 165 mm Paper, i + 198 + i; [1-66, 120-129, 67-119, 130-198]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. (Folios 120-129 were mistakenly bound in out of place, after f. 66). The Cañizares text is written in a cursive script by two different hands, with the index in a different hand from the text. The German text is written in a cursive script by a third hand, with the notation at the top of f. 195r in a fourth hand and the later pencil notes on f. 198v in a fifth hand.

Modern library binding. Some text at the upper and lower margins was cropped off when the edges of the leaves were trimmed before the manuscript was bound. Paper is slightly brittle. Many smudges and stains.

Written in Spain, 18th century (Zacour-Hirsch); origin of the German text is unknown.

17-- Spain Formerly owned by Hugo Albert Rennert (bookplate, inside upper cover). Spanish drama--Classical period, 1500-1700 Spanish drama--18th century Spanish literature--Classical period, 1500-1700 Spanish literature--18th century Codices Plays (document genre) Manuscripts, Spanish--18th century Manuscripts, European