Carta ejecutoria, Sancho de Almazán and Juan de la Cámara vs. the Town Council of Arenas : in Spanish

Item Information

Title:
Carta ejecutoria, Sancho de Almazán and Juan de la Cámara vs. the Town Council of Arenas : in Spanish
Description:
Records of the successful suit brought by half-brothers Sancho de Almazán and Juan de la Cámera against the town council of Arenas in 1514 to prove their status as tax exempt hidalgos.
Author:
Juana, la Loca, Queen of Castile, 1479-1555
Complainant:
Almazán, Sancho de
Complainant:
Cámera, Juan de
Former owner:
H.P. Kraus (Firm)
Contributor:
Arenas de San Pedro (Spain). Consejo
Contributor:
Spain. Consejo Real de Castilla
Date:
[1514]
Format:
Manuscripts
Books
Genre:
Illuminations
Manuscripts, Spanish--Spain
Manuscripts, Medieval--Spain
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Spain
Gothic scripts
Manuscript waste
Calf bindings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Subjects:
Taxation--Spain--Trials, litigation, etc.--Early works to 1800
Nobility--Spain--Castile--History--16th century
Places:
Spain > Castile-Leon (region) > Valladolid (province) > Valladolid
Extent:
14 leaves : parchment and paper ; Section 1, 322 x 326 (264 x 190) mm, Section 2, 306 x 220 (260 x 185) mm bound to 33 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/kp78mh310
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
[Valladolid]
Language:
Spanish
Table of Contents:
1. (Section 1). fol. 1-8v: Carta ejecutoria, September 1514 DONA JUANA POR LA gracia de dios Reyna de Castilla.../...[ ] dias del mes de setienbre anno del nascimiento de nostro salvador ihesu christo de mill et quinientos et catorge annos. [signatures of Juan Hernando del Busto and Pedro de Morales, Judges for the Hidalgos]
2. fol. 8v: notes dated 9 June 1626, requesting a new seal be added to this Carta ejecutoria to replace the original that had been lost.
3. (Section 2). fol. 9-10v: blank.
4. fol. 11: embossed seal sewn on paper.
5. fol. 11v-12 (numbered 9v-10) : Sobrecarta ("response" to the judgement), 27 October 1514.
6. fol. 12v-13v: Instrumento de respuesta (Defendent's response), 8 November and 10 November 1514.
Notes:
Ms. documents.
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
Origin: Written in 1514 in Valladolid, with later additions, possibly from Arenas.
Notes (acquisition):
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by BPL in 1943 from H.P. Kraus.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Bond, W.H. Supplement to the Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 212
Notes (object):
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 southern gothic semitextualis libraria 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 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.
Notes (bibliography):
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).
Notes (language):
In Spanish.
Identifier:
06_01_018682
Call #:
RARE BKS MS f Med.117
MS D.53 (no longer used)
Barcode:
39999090789460