Executoria contra la çiudad de Cuenca sobre las Tierras de la Cañada del Mançano, 1550

Spain. Chancillería de Granada

1432
1432-1616

The copy kept in UI SpecColl is a carta ejecutoria issued at the request of Alonso and Juan Álvarez de Toledo summarizing the successive lawsuits and sentences over the land of Cañada del Mançano between 1536 and 1550 and confirming the definitive sentence. Foredge sealed with wax, since it was sent to the beneficiary.

Executoria contra la ciudad de Cuenca. Manuscript on paper, limp vellum binding, front cover with date 1432 [?]. A judicial decision handed down against the city of Cuenca, probably over a question of territory. Last leaf of text with date 1616 [?]

Executoria contra la ciudad de Cuenca. An agreement between the City of Cuenca and Alonso Alvarez de Toledo and Juan Alvarez de Toledo, his son.

Spanish

Medieval Manuscripts

MSC0542

xMMs.Ch5

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Watermarks: Watermarks indicate a manufacturer by the name of B. Fravega. There appear to be four variations with either the name spelled out, of the initials BF. All correspond to Briquet nos. 5681-5704, in particular nos. 5682, 5684, 5704. These have various geographical markers, Spain, Italy and Mid- and Southern France. Dates are all a little later than this manuscript, i.e. 1555-1590s. - Folios 2, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12. Heart/Oval with Greek cross inside and initials/name (B. [illegible]). Center of the page. - Folio B2 & flyleaf 2. Oval/heart with Greek cross and initials B. [illegible] inside (folio B2) or outside (flyleaf 2). Center of the page.

Collation: Inside quire: six bifolios. A folio at the end of the inside quire has been added and this folio holds a seal. The entire package is then held in folios that have been folded to about 1 inch in width on both front and back of the package and represent some kind of binding. To this is added two more folios on the back. They have been folded down again on the front of the package and stab-stitched to the entire package. All of this is enveloped in two bifolios, one of which provides end sheets around the entire package, the other of which has been used as the pastedowns for the parchment covers. Originally 16 folios. Wanting folios 14, 15 and 16. According to sewing and watermarks, it seems to have been rebound twice and several bifolios have been added in two different stages: 1) 2 bifolios (Folios A1, B1, A2, B2) of hadmade laid paper have been added overcasting 6-hole stab-sewing through textblock and wrapping around the spine. They have been cut and are mostly missing in the front (Folios A1, B1). 2) 2 bifolios of handmade laid paper have been sewn through as 5-hole (?) pamphlet, between ff. 7 & 8. One has been used as flyleaf and another has been used as pastedown (Flyleaf 1, Flyleaf 2 and pastedowns).

Foliation: The first six folios of the text are numbered on the verso bottom left corner. No foliation on the second half of the quire, nor on the folios that envelop the quire. Pagination 2-6 (arabic numbers) is found in bottom left corner, beginning in folio 2, in apparently same hand and ink as the text.

Ruling: None visible

Hand: Single hand. Cortesana script. Procesal and procesal-encadenada script in escritura de aparato (endorsements and signatures). Cortesana and cursive in marginalia (2 different hands).

Initials and Capitals: First letter of the document.

Marginal Notation Notes: Folio 9 - various squiggles, the letter "c", "1536," and another word beginning with "Re..." Folio 13 - a word seen in other places beginning with "o?", and the letter "c" again. Folios 15 and 16, what appear to be someone's practice writing?

Marginal Notation, Commentary: Folio 8 - some undeciphered writing ending with "de cuenca."

Marginal Notation, Annotations: Marginalia exists in two different hands: cortesana script coinciding with the text and a second cursive hand that might be the hand of the scrivener that endorsed the document or a later hand. Folio 2r9. “dem[an]da” (“lawsuit”) and a vertical line from 3r9 to 3r21. Folio 5r3. “dem[an]da” (“lawsuit”). Vertical line from 6r9 to 6r13. Folio 6r7-6r8. “todo era suio” (“all belonged to him”) and a vertical marginal line from 6r7 to 6r26. Folio 6r28-6r29. Vertical marginal line marking the presentation of documents, which are underlined. Folio 6v20-6v27. Vertical marginal line marking the deed. Folio 7r18. Cortesana script. Same hand & ink as the text. “sen[tenc]ia” (“sentence”). Folio 7r18-7r20. “del / j[uez] oid[or] / de Cuenca” (“of the judge of Cuenca”) Folio 7r18 and 7r20. Two diagonal lines marking the parties involved. Same ink as cursive hand. Folio 7r18 and 7r24. Lines underlining parts involved and “fallo” (“verdict”). Folio 7r23-7r29. Vertical marginal line marking the sentence. Folio 8r4. “Aldehuela”. Folio 8r5-8r10. Vertical marginal line marking the verdict on the land of Aldehuela. Same ink as cursive hand. Folio 8r12-17. Vertical marginal line marking the oficial pronouncement of the sentence. Same ink as cursive hand. Folio 8r18. “1536”. Folio 8r5, 8r8, 8r9, 8r10, 8r11, 8r22, 8r23. Underlined words. Same ink as cursive hand. Folio 8r24. “Rem[isi]on” (remission). Folio 8r26-8r28. Vertical marginal line marking the appeal for remission of the sentence. Same ink as cursive hand. Folio 8v2-8v3. Illegible. Page trimmed. Folio 8v22. Cortesana script. Same hand & ink as the text. “sen[tenc]ia” (“sentence”). Folio 16v (remainders). Procesal-encadenada script. Vertical note: “Executoria contra la cibdad de Cuenca a fa / bor de al[onso] alvarez de j[uan] alvarez de [illegible]”. Folio A2v. Procesal-encadenada script. Endorsements, mainly illegible and vertical. Cuenca, 1551. Folio B2r. Notarial signatures, vertical.

Marginal Notation, Decoration: Diagonal lines and flourishes in the top margin and flourishes in the the bottom margin, written in ink in the same hand as text, served a practical purpose of avoiding forgery and/or the addition of information.

Provenance: On Folio 14, there is a red wax seal, likely from the city of Cuenca, covered by a four-cornered piece of paper set so that corners point upwards, downwards and towards inside and outside margin.

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2010-03-01

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