Lot 26
Burgos, Spain.- Small archive concerning the purchase of a house and an orchard in Burgos, by Diego de Breviesca, an apothecary of that town, Spanish manuscripts on vellum or paper, Burgos, Spain, [dated 1473 (but perhaps a couple of decades later) and 9 June 1490] (2)
Hammer Price: £700
Description
Burgos, Spain.- Small archive concerning the purchase of a house and an orchard in Burgos, by Diego de Breviesca, an apothecary of that town, manuscripts on vellum or paper, text in Spanish, two booklets: (i) 30 leaves of paper (including 4 blank leaves), each with single column of 36 lines of 20 lines of calligraphic script with numerous penwork cadels, opening with a single large initial leaving foliate shapes in blank paper within its body and an opening line of text in large calligraphic script, notarial endorsements of Rodericus, “apostolicus et regalis notarius”, watermark of a hand with four raised fingers and a thumb surmounted by a trefoil crown related to Briquet nos. 10,894-10,900 (mostly recorded for the first half of the sixteenth century for the French side of the French-Spanish border), with elaborate penwork notarial devices, first leaf with later “No. 63. A.” and archival notes on contents, small spots and stains, else good condition, 260 by 200mm., contemporary limp vellum binding marked “No. 63. A.” with further later inscriptions describing contents; (ii) bifolium of vellum, with single column of 26 lines of a rounded Spanish secretarial hand, containing two sections each opening with enlarged ornamental capitals, one large opening initial, contemporary notarial endorsements, some small stains and cockling to vellum, else in excellent condition, 230 by 150mm., bound in modern cloth-covered pasteboards, Burgos, Spain, [dated 1473 (but perhaps a couple of decades later) and 9 June 1490] (2)
⁂ Provenance: Acquired from the bookdealer, Bernard Rosenthal (1920-2017), of Berkeley, CA. USA., by the Schøyen Collection (their MS. 179) in 1993, and kept in London since then.
These documents record the sale of an orchard then a four-room house in the Barrio de la Calera in medieval Burgos by Gonzalo de Santa Maria and His Wife Ynes, to an apothecary (“boticario”) of the town named Diego de Breviesca, with the purchasers to assume annual donations to the Confradia de la Creazon, the religious order on whose land the property was located.
Description
Burgos, Spain.- Small archive concerning the purchase of a house and an orchard in Burgos, by Diego de Breviesca, an apothecary of that town, manuscripts on vellum or paper, text in Spanish, two booklets: (i) 30 leaves of paper (including 4 blank leaves), each with single column of 36 lines of 20 lines of calligraphic script with numerous penwork cadels, opening with a single large initial leaving foliate shapes in blank paper within its body and an opening line of text in large calligraphic script, notarial endorsements of Rodericus, “apostolicus et regalis notarius”, watermark of a hand with four raised fingers and a thumb surmounted by a trefoil crown related to Briquet nos. 10,894-10,900 (mostly recorded for the first half of the sixteenth century for the French side of the French-Spanish border), with elaborate penwork notarial devices, first leaf with later “No. 63. A.” and archival notes on contents, small spots and stains, else good condition, 260 by 200mm., contemporary limp vellum binding marked “No. 63. A.” with further later inscriptions describing contents; (ii) bifolium of vellum, with single column of 26 lines of a rounded Spanish secretarial hand, containing two sections each opening with enlarged ornamental capitals, one large opening initial, contemporary notarial endorsements, some small stains and cockling to vellum, else in excellent condition, 230 by 150mm., bound in modern cloth-covered pasteboards, Burgos, Spain, [dated 1473 (but perhaps a couple of decades later) and 9 June 1490] (2)
⁂ Provenance: Acquired from the bookdealer, Bernard Rosenthal (1920-2017), of Berkeley, CA. USA., by the Schøyen Collection (their MS. 179) in 1993, and kept in London since then.
These documents record the sale of an orchard then a four-room house in the Barrio de la Calera in medieval Burgos by Gonzalo de Santa Maria and His Wife Ynes, to an apothecary (“boticario”) of the town named Diego de Breviesca, with the purchasers to assume annual donations to the Confradia de la Creazon, the religious order on whose land the property was located.
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