Item talk:Q41715
Les Enluminures: “Collation impracticable [originally apparently quires of 10] but corrected sequence of leaves ordered as follows: ff. 1-4; 4v; 12v-13v; 7-7v; 10-11v; 9-9v; 14-19v; 8-8v; 5-6; 20-25; 25-42), on paper, with watermark of the type Briquet, “Char,” no. 3543 (Fabriano, 1424; Chambéry, 1428-1431; Narbonne, 1432); no. 3544 (Rome, 1459-1460; Lucques 1463-1479) [it should be noted that Spanish paper mills are poorly represented in Briquet], written in a rounded littera cursiva libraria hand, text in two columns, ruled in leadpoint (justification 205 x 150 mm), rubrics in red, initials in red throughout, some manicula, a few marginal corrections or annotations, title in upper margin added in a later 18th or 19th century hand: “Leyes de el Fuero Real de el Rey D. Alfonso el X.” Manuscript unbound (First leaf detached and restored or rather reinforced with rice paper; some holes in paper largely due to acidity of ink; some wormholes; generally quite legible). Dimensions 275 x 205 mm.´´
“PROVENANCE
1. Copied in Spain based on linguistic and paleographical grounds. The watermark suggests paper from the second half of the fifteenth century (although watermarks in Spanish paper are not well documented and identified). The general dates for these watermarks are in keeping with the style of script. It is not possible to provide a more precise place of copy for this manuscript without an in-depth analysis of the linguistic particularities that might point to a specific area in Spain, in all likelihood within the Province of Castile and Léon.
2. There is a full page of inscriptions on f. 42v, that constitute a livre de raison, in which the names of the children of an early owner are listed, as well as their dates of birth and the names of their godparents. There are references to the “yglesia de myruenna,” which is the church of Mirueña, province of Castile and Léon near Avila.
3. European Private Collection.´´
'f. 42v, Livre de raison, incipit, “Mercoles, despues de mediodia…naçio mi hijo cristobal cola fueron padrinos…”; “Mercoles despues de mediodia… a cuatro dias del mes de mayo anno del nacsimento de nuestro salvador ihesu christi de mill i cuatro cientos y ochenta…naçio mi hija francisca cola fueron padrinos juan martines clerogo i andres de gatos…” The inscriptions record the five births to the Cola (or Cola de Hontineros?) family, with dates spanning from 1484 to 1490. The family appears to be based in the city of Mirueña, province of Castile and Léon, near the city of Avila.