Varias quriosidades.

Abstract:

Collection of miscellaneous works in Spanish. Some are concerned with the power of the Spanish throne (Work 1, with respect to the papacy of Clement XI; Work 2, a history of Spain and the Catholic Church; and Work 3, with respect to the British throne). Many are in verse (Work 4, a drama with Love, Friendship, and Body as characters; Work 5, a poem about the discalced Carmelites in Mexico; Work 7, a song about Jesus and the Virgin of Loreto for September 8, Mary's birthday; and Work 8, numerous short poems). One is a copy of the real cedula of Charles III, King of Spain, that established the fourth Provincial Council.

Timespan:

Mexico.; Mexico -- 18th century.; Spain.; Spain -- 18th century.; Mexico -- 18th century.

Date:

1700

Identifier:

9915805943503681; (OCoLC)ocn155962799; (OCoLC)155962799; (CStRLIN)PAUR94-A337; (PU)1580594-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Spanish; Castilian; Latin

Provenance:

Gift of Daniel Garrison Brinton.; Formerly owned by José Fernando Ramírez (stamp, f. 1r; Zacour-Hirsch); Daniel Garrison Brinton (stamp, f. 159v).

Publisher:

[Mexico and Spain], [between 1700 and 1799]

Relation:

Varias curiosidades.; Norte del nuevo Adam.; Thebaida indiana.; Norte de el nuebo Adam.; Thebaida yndiana.

Subject:

Church history.; History.; Codices.; Treatises.; Poems.; Plays (performing arts compositions); Histories.; Manuscripts, Spanish.; Manuscripts, European.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

186 leaves : paper; 207 x 148 mm bound to 215 x 150 mm

Personal Name:

Monroy, Antonio.; Macanaz, Melchor Rafael de, 1670-1760.; Eguiluz, Feliz.; Ruiz de León, Francisco.; Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788.; Truxillo, Raphael.; Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899, former owner.; Ramírez, José Fernando, 1804-1871, former owner.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Leaves show evidence of having been trimmed before the volume was bound; a little bit of text has been lost on some leaves. A few leaves were not trimmed perfectly and so their corners have been folded down. Stains and smudges.; Script: Written in several different cursive hands.; Foliation: Paper, 186; [i], 1-184, [i]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Folios 33-34, 54-55, 95-96, 148-151, 159 and 184 are blank.; Title from spine; Zacour-Hirsch regularizes spelling of title, Varias curiosidades.; Origin: Written in Mexico and Spain in the 18th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Binding: Contemporary vellum.; Spanish; one section of Item 7 in Latin (f. 163v-164v).

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 191