Land grant, manuscript on parchment, originally made to Alonzo Prieto, and awarded after his death to his brother Gonzalo Prieto, following litigation. The grant, valued at 35,000 maravedis annually, was given to defray the costs of preparing land and naval forces to protect Spain and the Catholic Church, particularly from the "Gran Turco" ( Süleyman I). Four ships carrying gold and silver were to arrive from Peru to support this. The text refers to places and dates in the years 1535-1536. The end of the document, apparently written when the authorizing signatures were added, gives the location as Valladolid, and the date as 27 February 1537
Description:
In Spanish., Single quire of 12 leaves containing 21 pages of text., Layout: 1 column, 40 lines., Script: Written in Gothic textura script., and Binding: Vellum cover, worn, with numerous notations on front.
Subject (Geographic):
Spain, Jerez de la Frontera., Connecticut, New Haven., Jerez de la Frontera (Spain), and America
Subject (Name):
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.
Subject (Topic):
Land grants, Land titles, Manuscripts, Medieval, Colonies, History, and Politics and government
Manuscript on paper. The document establishes the rights of Don Bernardo Antonnio Ramirez Tinagero to property in the district of Riobamba; dated 20 April 1740, Ciudad de los Reyes del Peru (Lima).
Description:
In Spanish., Watermarks: similar to Heawood 294-295 (with the number 4 added beneath circles) and to 740., Script: The manuscript has no uniform format; it consists of a single gathering written in a fine italic hand., and It was previously laid in Beinecke MS 34. The tops of ff. 1r and 8v bear stamps for the years 1739-1740.
Subject (Geographic):
Peru., Connecticut, New Haven., and Lima (Peru)
Subject (Topic):
Land tenure, Land titles, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper (with parchment leaves interspersed) of Manuel Diaz, Libre de cavalls. With three drawings of horses (f. 1r the effects of the signs of the zodiac on the horse; f.1v anatomical parts of the horse; and f. 2r the proper locations for bloodletting [?]); and Sixty-five diagrams of bits for horses, some with explanations in red
Description:
In Spanish (Valencian dialect)., Watermarks: similar to Piccard Turm 132-47 and Briquet Tete humaine 15670., Script: Written by a single person in Spanish fere-humanistic script., In addition to the illustrations mentioned, there is on f. 40r a drawing of a knight in armor on horseback, in red, blue, green. He holds a shield with the arms of Alfonso V, King of Aragon (d. 1458): per pale argent, a lion rampant gules; bendy of 4, argent and gules., 2-line red initials with penwork in black at beginning of each text section. Headings, paragraph marks, and strokes on initials, in red. Remains of directions to rubricator along lower edge., and Binding: Fifteenth century. Original sewing on three slit-strap, tawed supports laced to the inside of beech boards and pegged. Plain wound endbands with a secondary, multi-colored sewing on tawed cores. The spine is square and lined with vellum between supports, the sewing supports slightly defined. Covered in brown goatskin, blind-tooled with concentric frames, the spine diced. Two fastenings, the catches on the lower board decorated with floral designs, the clasps wanting. Repaired.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Díaz, Manuel.
Subject (Topic):
Horses, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Spanish literature
Manuscript on paper of Juan de Sant-Fahagun and Pedro Lopez de Ayala, Libros de Cetreria. With the Commentary of Don Beltran de la Cueva, Duke of Alburquerque, in margins surrounding text
Description:
In Spanish., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Main 11154., Script: Written by a single scribe in a neat humanistic bookhand, with a somewhat smaller script for the surrounding commentary., Two initials (both f. 1r), the first, 5-line, for the rubric, purple with red penwork; immediately below, the second, for the text, 9-line, the upper portion red, filled with purple penwork, the lower portion purple, filled with red; attached to a thick bar border (side and lower margins) of red and purple vine scrolls in pen, with touches of light brown. One 7-line initial (f. 88r) red, with purple penwork, with exuberant loops and flourishes extending into top and side margins. Depictions of various implements, in black, within text (ff. 37v, 72v, 114r, 115r, 125r, 127r, and 137r). 3-line initials, paragraph marks, and headings in red throughout (except f. 1r, on which, in keeping with the initials, some of the paragraph marks are purple)., and Binding: 17th-18th centuries. Limp vellum case; title, now illegible, on spine. Front and back pastedown and back flyleaf contain extensive Latin legal references (17th century).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
López de Ayala, Pedro, 1332-1407.
Subject (Topic):
Falconry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Spanish literature
Manuscript on paper of the history of the final days of the Moorish kingdom of Granada
Description:
In Spanish., Watermark: resembles Briquet 11272 (Toulouse, 1570)., Script: copied by a single scribe in a Spanish version of Humanistica Cursiva Formata. The first word of each paragraph is written in Capitalis. The Latin formula at the end is in Humanistica Textualis Formata. A few marginal notes, mostly by a later hand., The text recounts the history of the final days of the Moorish kingdom of Granada through the conquest by Gonsalvo de Cordoba, the "great captain" in the service of the Catholic Kings of Spain, 1492. This is the final quire of a manuscript that contained the full history of the Moorish Kings of Granada., and Disbound. Extracted from a larger manuscript.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Granada (Kingdom), and Spain
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Kings and rulers, and History
Manuscript on paper of a chronicle of the Kingdom of Navarre from the death in 1425 of Charles III, King of Navarre, through circa 1513, with the conquest of Navarre by Spain
Description:
In Spanish., Single quire of 8 leaves, with pagination 113-127 [128]., Layout: 1 column, about 36 lines., Script: copied by one hand in a Spanish version of Humanistica Cursiva Formata. "Finis" at the end is written in Capitalis., The text discusses members of the royal family of Navarre during the period of 1425 through circa 1513, their marriages, the royal succession, and a disruption to the line of succession that led to civil war. The chronicle closes with a justification for the rule of Navarre by Spain, based upon the historical ties of the kings of Navarre to Spain., Watermark: resembles Briquet 13995 (Bordeaux, 1550) and 14008 (Montreuil, 1559)., No decoration., and Disbound. Text complete, but extracted from a larger manuscript. First leaf repaired, with some loss to marginalia on verso.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Navarre (Kingdom), Navarre (Spain), and Spain
Subject (Name):
Blanca, Queen, consort of Juan II, King of Aragon, -1441., Catherine, Queen of Navarre, 1468-1518., Carlos, Prince of Viana, 1421-1461., Charles III, King of Navarre, 1361-1425., Ferdinand V, King of Spain, 1452-1516., John II, King of Aragon, 1397-1479., John III, King of Navarre, 1469-1516., and Juana Enríquez, Consort of Juan II, King of Aragon, 1425-1468.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Kings and rulers, and History
Manuscript on paper of Sermons in Nahuatl, beginning defectively in the sermon for the second Sunday after Easter, through the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost; material for each Sunday includes a reading from the Epistles with a "Declaracion del testo" and an "Aplicacion del testo," and a reading from the Gospels with the same exegetic material. Some marginal notes in Spanish, 16th century
Description:
In Nahuatl and Spanish., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Croix Latine 5688., Script: Written in small, even humanistic script, with heavy clubbing of ascenders and descenders., Initials, 2-line, are square capitals done by scribe in brown ink. Headings by scribe in a larger version of humanistic script., Many signs of wear: stains in margin, large water stain running into gutter from f. 110 on, some worm holes in upper and lower margins, but no loss of text., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Rigid vellum case. Edges spattered blue/green.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Central America.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Manuscripts, Medieval, Nahuas, Sermons, and Sermons, Nahuatl
Manuscript on parchment of the Statutes of the Confraternity of Corpus Christi, Our Lady of Peace and St. Ildefons at Toledo, under the patronage of the King of Castile and the Archbishop of Toledo, renewed during the reign of Henry IV, King of Castile (1454-1474), with an addition dated 11 July 1461. The latest date in the earlier statutes is 24 January 1417
Description:
In Spanish., Script: Written by one hand in bold Southern Gothica Textualis Formata with Spanish features; the addition on f. 17rb-va is by another hand in the same script., In art. 2 red paragraph marks. In art. 3 fine 2-line flourished initials with marginal extensions, alternately in red with blue penwork and blue with red penwork. Large littera duplex of the same type and in the same colours on f. 6r. Art. 4 is not decorated. On f. 1v, full-page miniature depicting the King of Castile and four noble members of the Confraternity in adoration of the Resurrection. On f. 2r, full-page miniature showing the Archbishop of Toledo and five clerics in adoration of the Virgin, who hands the chasuble to St. Ildefons Archbishop of Toledo. Both miniatures are set in a courtyard and are framed at the outer and lower side with a border of large acanths in gold and colours. The slight smudge in the middle of the paintings is probably caused by the noble and clerical members swearing an oath of fidelity to the Confraternity and touching the appropriate page., and Binding: ca. 1600. Blind-tooled light brown leather over pasteboard made from waste paper. The covers are decorated with fillets making a double lozenge in a rectangular frame, decorated with impressions of a star-shaped tool. Traces of two leather ties.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Spain
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Confraternities, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Religious life and customs