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This manuscript is an account book kept by a Spanish royal treasury official in Peru for the year 1571, documenting revenue received and payments made on behalf of the King of Spain, and tributes or "royal fifths" levied against the native people of the Spanish colony. The title Libro de thesorero Diego de Salzedo para deste ano de 1571 is written on both the upper cover and the first folio. A table of contents lists categories of transactions recorded (fol. ii recto). Years and amounts are both usually written in roman numerals, but some arabic numerals are also present. Most entries are signed by Salzedo, some with signatures of other officials as well.
Support: Paper; Extent: ii + 160; 305 x 210 mm bound to 215 x 313 mm; Foliation: Contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; Collation: 1-6 (24), 7 (18, +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6)
Vertical margins formed by folding; amounts in right margin
Semi-cursive
Worm damage in third quarter of volume (fols. 83-127)
Front flyleaves are the first leaves of the first quire and are included in the collation
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.
Cuzco, Peru
1571
Limp vellum with short bands of leather like hinges across spine; Libro del thesorero Diego de Salzedo and date written at top edge of upper cover and No. 24 marked at the bottom edge of the upper cover, in ink
Castilian, Spanish
Purchased by Temple University from Sotheby's on November 17, 1970
Cuzco, Peru
1571
Castilian, Spanish
Purchased by Temple University from Sotheby's on November 17, 1970
This manuscript is an account book kept by a Spanish royal treasury official in Peru for the year 1571, documenting revenue received and payments made on behalf of the King of Spain, and tributes or "royal fifths" levied against the native people of the Spanish colony. The title Libro de thesorero Diego de Salzedo para deste ano de 1571 is written on both the upper cover and the first folio. A table of contents lists categories of transactions recorded (fol. ii recto). Years and amounts are both usually written in roman numerals, but some arabic numerals are also present. Most entries are signed by Salzedo, some with signatures of other officials as well.
Worm damage in third quarter of volume (fols. 83-127)
Front flyleaves are the first leaves of the first quire and are included in the collation
Semi-cursive
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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