Carta ejecutoria de hidalguia, 1517 July 20, in favor of Rodrigo de Oviedo : in Spanish

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Title:
Carta ejecutoria de hidalguia, 1517 July 20, in favor of Rodrigo de Oviedo : in Spanish
Description:
Original copy of royal grant of hidalguia or nobility, issued by Juana la Loca of Castile and her son Charles I. Included are testimonies and the decision rendered in a civil suit begun in 1514 by Rodrigo de Oviedo, resident of Almagro, Spain. Rodrigo claimed exemption from payment of taxes, one of the privileges enjoyed by hidalgos, members of the lower Spanish nobility.
Author:
Juana, la Loca, Queen of Castile, 1479-1555
Plaintiff:
Oviedo, Rodrigo de, active 1514
Witness:
Ribera, Alonso de
Witness:
Alcacar, Hernando de
Witness:
Hernandez, Alonso
Witness:
Lucian Ruis, Anton Martines de
Witness:
Alcacar, Anton de
Contributor:
Spain. Sovereign (1516-1556 : Charles I)
Former owner:
Laurence Witten (Firm)
Contributor:
Spain. Chancillería de Granada
Date:
[July 20, 1517]
Format:
Manuscripts
Books
Genre:
Illuminations
Manuscripts, Medieval--Spain
Manuscripts, Spanish--Spain
Gothic scripts
Vellum bindings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts
Subjects:
Nobility--Spain--Early works to 1800
Nobility--Spain--Manuscripts
Tax exemption--Spain--Castile--History--16th century--Sources
Oviedo, Rodrigo de, active 1514,--Trials, litigation, etc.
Places:
Spain > Andalusia (region) > Granada (province) > Granada
Extent:
26 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 319 x 230 (210 x 130) mm bound to 33 cm in box 36 cm
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Place of origin:
[Granada]
Language:
Spanish
Notes:
Ms. codex.
Title derived by cataloger.
Text begins on verso of fol. 1, with contemporary cursive notations and signatures on recto. Additional signatures(?) at end of text on fol. 25v.
Origin: Written in Granada in 1517.
Notes (acquisition):
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Laurence Witten (in 1953?).
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (object):
Secundo folio: ...[di]chas curaldes villas y lugares...
Collation: Parchment, fol. 26 ; 1²⁶ ; modern pencil foliation in lower corner.
Layout: 1 column, 40 lines; bounding and writing lines in red ink.
Script: Written in Southern textualis formata in brown ink. Cursive inscriptions on fol. 1; 3 lines of cursive follow end of text.
Decoration: On fol. 1 at top the divine monogram flanked by putti above the historiated and illuminated letter D containing portraits of the seated queen Juana and her son Charles V (Ist of Spain); in left margin is the royal coat of arms and in lower margin flanked by angels, that (presumably) of the litigant. On fol. 22 a historiated 10-line initial H showa 3 officials seated above the gilt legend "ALCALDES E NOTARIO". Fol. 23v includes a 12-line initial P historiated with the equestrian portrait of Charles on horseback, his name CARLOS in blue letters on horses's crupper. Gilt and colored 4-, 5-, 7- and 8-line initials on fols. 5, 7v, 9, 11, 12v, 14v, 20v, and 23.
Binding: Single gathering, stiched through fold, through which also is drawn the original seal cord of yellow, white, red, and green silk (broken with lead seal missing), augmented with later braided hemp cord which holds gathering into later semi-limp vellum covers with hemp fore-edge ties. Upper corners of most leaves chewed or burned away, not affecting text.
Notes (language):
In Spanish.
Identifier:
06_01_020025
Call #:
RARE BKS MS f Sp.25
Barcode:
39999092202124