Ms. documents. In Spanish. Title devised by cataloger. Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis. Secundo folio: ...estado en posesion... Section 1 (fols. 1-8) on parchment; Section 2 (fols 9-14) on paper Collation: Parchment, paper, fol. i + 14 + i (front and rear flyleaves are a conjugate parchment bifolium); 18, 26 ; 18th-century arabic foliation in brown ink, skips fol. 9, 10 and 14, so reaches 11 on fol. 13; modern arabic foliation added to versos. Layout: Section 1: 1 column, 53 lines, Section 2: 1 column, 33 lines. Script: Section 1: written in a round Gothic bookhand in brown ink ; Section 2: fols. 9-14 written by two scribes in brown ink; fols. 11v-12 in a gothic cursive, fols. 12v-13 in a poor, hurried gothic cursive. Decoration: 11-line opening initial on fol. 1v in gold and colors, 2-line initials in blue on gold on fol. 7v and 8. Binding: 16th-century (original?) blindstamped and rolled panelled calf covers laid down on newer goatskin over boards. Pastedowns front and back from 13th-century Latin liturgical manuscript from Spain. Origin: Written in 1514 in Valladolid, with later additions, possibly from Arenas. Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by BPL in 1943 from H.P. Kraus (Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts 57057) Call number: MS f Med.117. Former call number: MS D.53. Bibliography: Bourland, C. "The Case of Sancho de Almazán and Juan de la Cámara versus the Crown of Castile and the Town Council of Arenas," Smith College Studies in History XXIX (Northampton,1947).
Do you have more information to share with the Holding Institution about this manuscript or would you like to suggest a correction? Contact information is available for member institutions via our member directory.
