(Q53952)
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Trescientas (Ms. UCB 161)
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Mena, Juan de, 1411-1456
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Manuscripts, Spanish--California--Berkeley
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Manuscripts, Renaissance--California--Berkeley
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Manuscrits de la Renaissance--Californie--Berkeley
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1515.
16. century
1515Gregorian
1515Gregorian
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Extent: 60 leaves : paper ; 172 x 96 (120 x 61) mm. bound to 179 x 100 mm.
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Extent: 1 microfilm reel : negative (BOX 1836) & positive (BANC MS UCB 161 FILM)
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negative (BOX 1836) & positive (BANC MS UCB 161 FILM)
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Belonged to a Grante (19th cent.?); then in the library of Richard Heber, and later passed into the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps (his no. 8248). On spine: Phillipps no. 8248 pasted on; also "1047" pasted on. Front pastedown, in ink, the name "Grante"; below, bookplate of the Bancroft Library.
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Ms. codex.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Collation: Paper, fol. i + 60 (Briquet, 13745, 8130, and 9753) + i; 1-106; vertical catchwords.
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Layout: Ruling for three 8-line stanzas per page, frame ruled in red, with double lines on top for headings and on bottom and on left margin for marginalia.
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Script: Humanistic, with headings in rustic roman capitals. 3 scribes: A, 1-88; B, 155-188; C, 188-300.
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Binding: 16th cent. goatskin; 4 raised thongs; sides paneled with quintuple rules, border of repeated lozenge tools with quatrefoil, central panel filled with diaper of fleur-de-lys.
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Decoration: Decorative ascenders and descenders on top and bottom lines, first initial of each line washed with yellow; headings in red; unexecuted initials.
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Origin: The binding, watermarks, and textual variants suggest that the manuscript was produced in Southern France, perhaps Franche-Comté, which was then a possession of the Spanish crown. The date appears on fol. 49v: "anno incharnationis Iesus Christi M Quingentesimo qui[nto] decimo."
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Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, MS UCB 161.
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2. fol. 2r-49v: "[heading] Propone [text] [A]l muy prepotente don Johan el Segundo / A quel con quien Juppiter tuvo tal zelo / Que tante de parte le hize en el mundo / Quanta as si mismo se hyze en el cielo / A gran rey d'España yal Cesar novello ... [heading] Fin [text] Ha box de sublime autoridad / Subito luego me fue presentada / Escrive tu dicho nodes fin a nada / Crescan tu obra diziendo...
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20 September 2024
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20 September 2024
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