Del Estatuto Toledano Apologia

AUCTION 51 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II

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Lot 59

SIMANCAS, JACOB

Del Estatuto Toledano Apologia

Manuscript in Spanish. Brown ink on paper ff. 71, (1 blank). Wormed, text slightly affected, outer margins frayed. Loose in limp vellum. 4to 0.

Early 17th-century

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

In this work, Bishop Simancas (d. 1583) defends the statutes imposed by Juan Siliceo, Archbishop of Toledo in 1547, consisting of racial purity laws ("limpieza de sangre," or "purity of blood,") aimed at preventing "New Christians," i.e. Christians of Hebrew blood, from participating in Spanish society. For the printed version of Jacob Simancas's Opera (Ferrara, 1692) see Kestenbaum & Company: The Cassuto Collection Part I, 24th February, 2011, Lot 299