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Add MS 8691

Record Id:
032-002029575
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029575
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000045.0x0000c2
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8691
Title:

RELACIÓN OF SPAIN; 17th cent. Spanish. Copy. A miscellaneous collection of anonymous tracts, compiled to provide an account of Spain and primarily Madrid. Title (f. 1) 'Relacion breve de España, casa y corte de su Magestad y villa de Madrid, fecha el año de 1610'. The MS. is described in Gayangos, I, pp. 355-356, who states that the work must have been composed, not in 1610, as written in the title, but approximately 1616. He based his assertion on the fact that on f. 4 the author refers to Don Bernardo de Rojas y Sandoval, Archbishop of Toledo, as then living and overseeing the construction of the Capilla de Nuestra Señora del Sagrario, in the cathedral of Toledo. Armorial bookplate of 5thEarl of Guilford, with shelfmark 'L/16/B' (front pastedown). '254' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8685, 8687, 8689, 8700, 8703, 8705, 8708, from R. H. Evans, 9 Dec. 1830, lot 254 (part).

1. ff. 1-45. Account of Spain. Inc. 'Toda la Tierra de España, que se entiende desde los Montes Pireneos al estrecho de Gibraltar'. The text includes a short topographical and historical account of Spain (ff. 1-2v), brief descriptions of Spain's most outstanding architectural features and customs (ff. 4-7v); an account of the structure of the Spanish aristocracy (ff. 8-25v), church (ff. 26-28), and royal household (ff. 31-33v), a description of Royal Chapel ceremonial and protocol (ff. 33v-35v), a list of Spanish army and naval postings (ff. 35v-36), a summary of royal income and expenditure (ff. 36v-39), an account of royal ceremony (ff. 39-41v) and an explanation of Spain's political structure (ff. 41v-44). Another copy of the same text is in Sloane 3602 and a different version in Add. 30629, ff. 139-191.

2. ff. 45v-47. 'Instruccion de algunas cosas del Reyno de Napoles cerca del buen govierno, y otras cosas, sacada de una carta del Conde de Benave[n]te, que escrivio a su Magestad el año de 1607', extract from a letter to Philip III from Juan Alfonso Pimentel, Count of Benavente y Luna and Viceroy of Naples, offering advice and information for future govenors of Naples. Inc. 'Aquel, que govierna el Reyno de Napoles deve tener buena correspondencia siempre con el Papa'.

Paper; ff. 47. Modern foliation in pencil. 314 x 228mm. One 17th-cent. hand. Binding of quarter vellum with green marbled paper covers.

Scope & Content:

Philip III of Spain: Madrid, Spain: An account of Spain and primarily Madrid: 1610: Span: Copy.

Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828.

Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/16/B): bef. 1828.

includes:

  • ff. 45v-47 Philip III of Spain: Don Juan Alonso de Pimentel, Conde de Benavente: Letter to Philip from Don Juan Alonso de Pimentel: 1607: Span: Copy.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002029575
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-002029575
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Spanish
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
17th century
Era:
CE
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User Conditions:
Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 254, part), 9 Dec. 1830.

Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford: Owned, bef. 1828.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Philip II, of Naples and Sicily
Philip III, King of Spain
Pimentel, Juan Alonso de, Don Conde de Benavente
Places:
Madrid, Spain