Collection of documents concerning Gonzalo Peres de Cartagena. All documents are notarized. Includes the establishment of memorial masses "en el monasterio de SenĚor Ssancto Agostin ... de Burgos," by Gonzalo and his wife, dated 1517 (f. 1r-9v). Also includes a testament, executed in Arroya on 9 April 1518 (f. 10r-24v; see modern pencil note on f. 10v). Also includes codicils, 28 August 1519 (f. 25r-27v; see modern pencil note on f. 25v).
28 leaves : parchment, illustrations; 310 x 221 mm
Geographic Subject:
Spain -- History -- Charles I, 1516-1556; Spain
Rights:
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Notes:
Ms. codex.; Overall title supplied by cataloger. Titles of individual sections taken from Zacour-Hirsch. Descriptive title on f. 1r is hard to read.; Foliation: Parchment, 28; 1-28; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Folio missing between f. 9-10 and f. 10-11.; Script: Written in various cursive and formal book script scripts by several different hands. Folios 11r-23v (text of the testament) are in a more formal minuscule hand; these pages have been lined in ink. Includes marginalia and other miscellaneous notations.; Decoration: Rubrication in red and blue (f. 11r-22v). Illustration of a manicule, in green, white and brown (f. 16v).; Origin: Written in Arroya (Spain), near Burgos; 1517-1519.; Sewn in two quires; no cover. The two quires have almost completely separated from each other.; According to a modern notation on the paper wrapper that once enclosed the manuscript (now on file in the Library), Gonzalo Peres de Cartagena was a favorite official of Queen Isabella and was a descendent of the famous Jewish convert, Paul of Burgos.; Spanish.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 149
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