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This manuscript is a Spanish translation of De regimine principum, a treatise on the conduct of princes originally written by Giles of Rome, copied circa 1500. The opening rubric attributes the translation to Bernaldo, bishop of Osma (fol. 1r), but the translation, along with its glosses, is now attributed to Juan García de Castrojeriz. The work is divided into three books, which are subdivided into parts; the parts are marked with pages with full illuminated borders and each chapter has an illuminated initial.
Support: Parchment; Extent: ii+175+iii; 368 x 260 mm bound to 380 x 290 mm; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; Collation: 1-11 (12), 12 (10), 13 (8), 14-15 (12), 16 (2); Signatures: Modern signatures in pencil, lower right first recto; Catchwords: Horizontal catchwords with simple decorative flourishes, lower center last verso
Written in two columns of forty-six lines; frame-ruled in lead; written area: 275 x 205 mm
Gothic--rotunda; multiple hands
Major text divisions marked with full illuminated borders and six- to eight-line illuminated initials (fols. 1r, 18r, 68r, 83v, 96r, 115v, 135r, 171v); chapters of text marked with three-line illuminated initials of gold, usually on divided ground of pink and blue or on pink ground, occasionally on black and grey ground, all with floral marginal extensions; chapters of gloss marked with three-line blue initials with red penwork and marginal extensions; rubrication in red and paragraph marks alternating in red and blue throughout
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
Eighteenth-century paper flyleaves, with a parchment flyleaf before the paper flyleaves at the end
Collation written on front flyleaf 2 is incorrect; quire M has ten folios
For another manuscript with the Ayala arms, see Lehigh University, Linderman Library, Codex 19
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Andalusia, Spain
Circa 1500
Eighteenth-century Spanish calf; gilt spine with title label, Govierno de principes
Castilian, Spanish
Illuminated border includes the arms of Herrera, marqués de Auñon, and López de Ayala (fol. 18r); purchased 18 January 1548 from the Marqués de Veduero of Herrera (inscription of record of purchase, end flyleaf recto); formerly owned by C. J. Arelio Vallejo, eighteenth century (owner inscription, fol. 1r); António Cánovas del Castillo, nineteenth century (armorial bookplate inside upper cover)
Andalusia, Spain
Circa 1500
Castilian, Spanish
Illuminated border includes the arms of Herrera, marqués de Auñon, and López de Ayala
This manuscript is a Spanish translation of De regimine principum, a treatise on the conduct of princes originally written by Giles of Rome, copied circa 1500. The opening rubric attributes the translation to Bernaldo, bishop of Osma (fol. 1r), but the translation, along with its glosses, is now attributed to Juan García de Castrojeriz. The work is divided into three books, which are subdivided into parts; the parts are marked with pages with full illuminated borders and each chapter has an illuminated initial.
Eighteenth-century paper flyleaves, with a parchment flyleaf before the paper flyleaves at the end
Collation written on front flyleaf 2 is incorrect; quire M has ten folios
For another manuscript with the Ayala arms, see Lehigh University, Linderman Library, Codex 19
Gothic--rotunda; multiple hands
Major text divisions marked with full illuminated borders and six- to eight-line illuminated initials (fols. 1r, 18r, 68r, 83v, 96r, 115v, 135r, 171v); chapters of text marked with three-line illuminated initials of gold, usually on divided ground of pink and blue or on pink ground, occasionally on black and grey ground, all with floral marginal extensions; chapters of gloss marked with three-line blue initials with red penwork and marginal extensions; rubrication in red and paragraph marks alternating in red and blue throughout
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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