Vida, sucesos prosperos y adversos de fr[ay] d[on] Bartholome de Carranza y Miranda, arçobispo de Toledo, primado delas Espanas, cançiller maior delos reinos de Castilla ... [etc.].

Format:

• Book
• Manuscript

Contributor:

• Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner.

Language:

• Latin
• Spanish

Subjects (All):

• Carranza, Bartolomé, 1503-1576.
• Calderón, Rodrigo, -1621.
• Morovelli de Puebla, Francisco, 1575?-1649.
• Teresa, of Avila, Saint, 1515-1582.
• Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Toledo (Spain)--History.
• Catholic Church--Spain--History--16th century.
• Catholic Church.
• Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Toledo (Spain).
• Bishops--Spain--Toledo.
• Inquisition--Spain--Toledo.
• Favorites, Royal--Spain--Biography.
• Courts and courtiers.
• History.
• Favorites, Royal.
• Inquisition.
• Bishops.
• Toledo (Spain)--Church history.
• Spain--History--Philip II, 1556-1598--Early works to 1800.
• Spain--History--Philip III, 1598-1621--Early works to 1800.
• Spain--History--Philip IV, 1621-1665--Early works to 1800.
• Spain--Court and courtiers--Biography.
• Spain.
• Spain--Toledo.

Genre:

• codices (bound manuscripts)
• biographies (literary genre)
• satires (literary genre)
• Manuscripts, Spanish.
• Manuscripts, European.
• Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

• Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea (bookplate, inside upper cover).

Physical Description:

252 leaves : paper ; 204 x 148 (172 x 113) mm bound to 213 x 164 mm

Place of Publication:

[Spain], [between 1700 and 1799]

Language Note:

Spanish, with some passages in Latin.

Summary:

Collection of works from late 16th- to early 17th-century Spain by various authors. The major work is a biography of Bartolomé Carranza, Archbishop of Toledo, centering on his seventeen-year imprisonment by the Spanish Inquisition. The manuscript also includes copies of two letters written by Philip IV, King of Spain, to his favorite, Gaspar de Guzmán, conde-duque de Olivares; a letter from Francisco Sandoval y Rojas, duque de Lerma, to Philip IV upon the latter's ascension to the throne; a discourse on the nature of life and death by a certain Padre Maestro Guerra; a biography of Rodrigo Calderón, Marquis de las Siete Iglesias and a Spanish royal favorite; a report on an unnamed resolution of the Pope and the opinion of a religious council convened by the king; Francisco de Melgar's censure of a paper written by Francisco Morovelli de Puebla defending the patronage of Saint Teresa of Avila and responding to Francisco de Quevedo; and several small satirical works by Francisco de Quevedo. Of particular interest are the references Philip IV makes to his illegitimate son, Alonso, born in 1642 (f.122v).

Contents:

• 1. f.1r-120r: Vida, sucesos prosperos y adversos de fr[ay] d[on] Bartholome de Carranza y Miranda, arçobispo de Toledo, primado delas Espanas, cançiller maior delos reinos de Castilla / Pedro Salazar de Mendoza.
• 2. f.121r-123v: Copia de dos papeles originales escritos ambos dela real mano del señor rey d[o]n Ph[elipe cuarto] a su valido el conde duque de Olivares / Philip IV.
• 3. f.124r-125r: Copia de la carta que el duque cardenal valido del rey Phe[lipe tercero] enbio a Phe[lipe cuarto] cuando heredo la corona / Francisco Sandoval y Rojas.
• 4. f.127r-142v: Discurso al sermon de zeniça del p[adre] maestro Guerra sobre las palabras siguientes: Es la vida una respiracion que si corre es aire, si calma es muerte / P[adre] Maestro Guerra.
• 5. f.143r-174v: Nacimiento, vida, prision y muerte de d[on] Rodrigo Calderon / Geronimo Gascón de Torquemada.
• 6. f.175r-181v: Dictamen del d[octo]r d[on] Diego Castell Ros de Medrano abad de Alcala la real sobre la resolucion del Papa y consulta de la junta que de orden de s[u] m[ajestad] se hico en cassa del señor presidente / Diego Castell Ros de Medrano.
• 7. f.183r-196v: Zensura del papel que escrivio d[on] Fran[cis]co de Morovelli de Puebla defendiendo el patronato de Santa Teresa de Jesus y respondiendo a don Francisco de Quevedo / Francisco de Melgar.
• 8. f.199r-217r: D[on] Reymundo el entremetido al buen entendedor dice / Francisco de Quevedo.
• 9. f.217r-219r: Memorial que dio en una academia pidiendo una plaça y indulgencias que le mandaron escrivir en interin q[ue] [v?]acan maiores cargos concedidos a los devotos de monjas / Francisco de Quevedo.
• 10. f.220r-222r: Desposorio entre el cassar y la jubentud / Francisco de Quevedo.
• 11. f.223r-244v: Capitulaciones dela vida de corte y oficios entretenidos en ella / Francisco de Quevedo.
• 12. f.245r-246r: Carta de d[on] Fran[cis]co de Quevedo ala rectora del colegio de las virgenes / Francisco de Quevedo.
• 13. f.247r-250v: Carta de d[on] Fran[cis]co de Quevedo sobre casarse / Francisco de Quevedo.

Notes:

• Ms. codex.
• Title for manuscript from title page of predominant work (f.1r).
• For another manuscript of the biography of Bartolomé Carranza, see Ms. Codex 1338 and Ms. Codex 1367 (f.3r-68v), Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania; for another manuscript of the biography of Rodrigo Calderón, see Ms. Codex 1448 (f.26v-58v), Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania.
• Foliation: Paper, 252; [i], 1-250, [i]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.
• Layout: Written in 18-23 long lines.
• Script: Written in a cursive script.
• Watermark: Unidentified watermark consisting of a cross inside an oval, underneath a crown, flanked on either side by a figure, possibly a griffin, with two circles underneath, the first containing the letters B S and possibly L, the second containing the numeral 4.
• Binding: Contemporary parchment.
• Origin: Written in Spain, probably in the 18th century.

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. 174 (Ms. Lea 130).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1345

Contains:

• Salazar de Mendoza, Pedro, -1629.
• Philip IV, King of Spain, 1605-1665.
• Olivares, Gaspar de Guzmán, conde-duque de, 1587-1645, addressee.
• Lerma, Francisco Sandoval y Rojas, duque de, 1552-1625.
• Gascón de Torquemada, Gerónimo, 1572?-1637.
• Castell Ros y Medrano, Diego, -1717.
• Melgar, Francisco de.
• Quevedo, Francisco de, 1580-1645.

OCLC:

300477996