Ragvaglio genealogico dell'inclita stirpe de Moncadi

Contributor:

Moncada, Ferdinando de (patron)

Name:

Cardela, Brignone Domenico

Date:

1696

Description:

Genealogies of the Moncadi family of Sicily and Spain, with numerous tables and diagrams, up to Ferdinando de Moncada, a member of the Sicilian branch of the family and likely the commissioner of the manuscript.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Commissioned by Ferdinando de Moncada.; Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea (bookplate, inside upper cover).; Sold by Frank Hammond, 1953 (catalog 83, no. 363).; Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner.

Subject:

Montcada family; Nobility -- Italy -- Sicily -- Genealogy; Nobility

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Genealogies (histories); Family histories; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European; Genealogy; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

115 leaves : paper, illustrations; 328 x 230 (278 x 194) mm bound to 338 x 245 mm

Geographic Subject:

Sicily (Italy) -- History; Italy -- Sicily

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.3r-3v: Introdutione.; Table of contents: 2. f.4r-30r: Linea retta della descendenza de' Moncadi sin'a D. Ferdinando de Moncada, duca di San Giovanni, conte di Camerata, &c. [followed by diagrams and tables].; Table of contents: 3. f.32r-99v: Ragvaglio genealogico dell'inclita stirpe de Moncadi.; Table of contents: 4. f.101r-103r: Sangue reale trasfuso dalli rè antichi nelle vene de Moncadi e all istessi restituito à gli attvali potentati d'Europa.; Title from title for third work (f. 32r).; Foliation: Paper, 115; [1-115]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 27-29 long lines; text block outlined in ink, with notes between the outline of the text block and a larger block also outlined in ink.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Decoration: Pen and ink decorations including coat of arms (f. 2r), genealogical tree (f. 4v-5r, detached), decorated title page with cherubs (f. 32r); emblem with foliate design, fruits, bird-like creature, and floating crown (f. 100r); numerous diagrams throughout.; Binding: 18th-century calf, with leather-stamped coat of arms tipped onto upper and lower covers (matching coat of arms on f. 2r).; Origin: Written in Camerata, Sicily, after 1695 (f. 98v).; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 496