Prevencion, ò Tizon delas primeras familias de estos reynos

Alternate Title:

Tizon delo mas dela grandeza de España; Tizon dela nobleza de España

Name:

Mendoza, Francisco de, -1566

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1772

Description:

Manuscript copy of work written in 1560 (f. 3r) critically examining the lineage of Spain's nobility; not published until 1849.

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

Sold by William H. Allen (Philadelphia), 1984.

Subject:

Nobility -- Spain -- Early works to 1800; Nobility

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Manuscripts, Spanish; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

94 leaves : paper; 206 x 149 (185 x 100) mm bound to 215 x 150 mm

Geographic Subject:

Spain

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 1r). Caption titles and attribution, f. 3-4.; Foliation: Paper, iii (contemporary paper) + 94 + iii (contemporary paper); [1-88]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Watermark: Includes date 1772 (back flyleaf iii).; Binding: Contemporary parchment.; Origin: Written in Spain[?], circa 1772.; Spanish.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 789