[Carta on payments in 1419].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Juan II, King of Castile and Leon, 1405-1454.

Contributor:

Lopez de Cordova, Martin.

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Charles VI, King of France, 1368-1422.

Charles.

Castile (Spain)--History--John II, 1406-1454.

Castile (Spain).

France--History--Charles VI, 1380-1422.

France.

History.

Genre:

documents (object genre)

Manuscripts, Spanish.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Penn Provenance:

Acquired 1962.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment ; 74 x 49 cm folded to 30 x 25 cm

Other Title:

Sepan quantos esta carta vieren como yo Don Juan ... Rey de Castilla, de Leon ... et conosco que recebi de vos Martin Lopes de Cordova ... que vos recebistes por mi mandado.

Language Note:

In Spanish.

Summary:

"Carta" on payments of 800, 960, and 1030 maravedi for armaments and a naval force of 40 ships, prepared to aid Charles VI, King of France, in 1419. The carta is addressed to King Juan's "contador," Martin Lopez de Cordova, who had been charged with the procurement.

Notes:

Title and description taken from Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue.

Incipit: Sepan quantos esta carta vieren como yo Don Juan ... Rey de Castilla, de Leon ... et conosco que recebi de vos Martin Lopes de Cordova ... [stating the amount] que vos recebistes por mi mandado ...

Ocana, 20 July 1433 [?].

Various signatures on verso.

Consists of 113 lines of text.

Later paper leaf with summary sewn onto upper left corner of the document. Possibly 17th century in date.

In modern slipcase.

Many holes. Stains. Tears and imperfections at edges.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 143 (Ms. Spanish 34).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 107

OCLC:

213480274