Cronica dela destrucion y renuevo de las españas : [Spain] : ms., [ca. 1450].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Microformat

Contributor:

Corral, Pedro de, active 14th century-15th century.

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Roderick, King of the Visigoths, -711?--Fiction.

Roderick.

Roderick, King of the Visigoths, -711?.

Manuscripts, Spanish--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Spanish.

Manuscripts, Medieval--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Medieval.

Manuscripts--Spain--Specimens.

Manuscripts.

History.

Spain--History--To 711--Early works to 1800.

Spain.

Spain--History--Gothic period, 414-711--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Specimens.

Physical Description:

1 volume (1 unnumbered leaf, 340 leaves) : parchment and paper ; 34 x 27 cm

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Place of Publication:

[ca. 1450].

Summary:

The text contains two "ejemplares" (copies) titled La crónica del moro Rasis and La crónica Sarracina. Cortijo categorizes this volume as the "most valuable" of the Fernán Núñez collection from both a literary and paleographic point of view. It is also the oldest, dating from the middle of the 15th century. Cf. Cortijo for more detailed description of contents.

Crónica del moro Rasis: After a dedication and prologue, the first chapter provides a geographical description of Spain, indicating that there existed two Spains, an east and a west.

Crónica Sarracina: The first part begins at f. 34vb and continues to f. 226vb. The second part begins with a prologue on f. 226vb and continues until f. 340v. A fictional compilation of numerous legendary episodes about Roderick, the last Visigoth king, the Arab invasion, and the subsequent loss of Spain.

Notes:

Written in sepia and red ink in two to three distinct hands in a Gothic script, in double columns, on both sides of leaves. First two folios are parchment, the rest is paper. Illuminated initials in red or purple ink, some with alternating purple or red ink decorative scrolls, which do not appear in all chapters although space has been left for them. Rubricated in red ink throughout. Pauses ('calderones') are in red ink. Numeration in red ink on top right hand margin until f. 123. Numerous marginal notes of various hands from the 15th-18th centuries. There is repeated misidentification of the author as Bernardo Aldrete (f. 34vb) in a 17th-18th century script.

Friction caused by rubbing has damaged ff. 1r and 2v, affecting legibility of the text. Numerous reparations to the leaves throughout. Fol. 3 is torn on the right margin and is suffering from deterioration. Likewise, many of the final folios (328-340) have been cut and/or torn and are deteriorating, leaving some with only fragments of legible text. F. 244 is loose from the binding.

Title from fly-leaf.

Dedication (f. 1r): Enel nonbre del padre e del fijo e del sp[irit]u santo.

Watermark: Two vertical bars connected with lines.

Microfilm. Berkeley, CA : Library Photographic Service, University of California, The Bancroft Library, 1985. 1 microfilm reel : positive ; 35 mm.

Cited in:

Cortijo Ocaña, A. Fernán Núñez, 25

Contains:

Rāzī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 888-955. Akhbār mulūk al-Andalus.

Corral, Pedro de, active 14th century-15th century. Crónica del rey don Rodrigo.

Crónica del moro Rasis.

Crónica Sarracina.

OCLC:

947854126