Del Estatuto Toledano Apologia

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

SIMANCAS, JACOB

Publication

Early 17th-century

Description

Manuscript in Spanish. Brown ink on paper

references

summary

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

ff. 71, (1 blank). Wormed, text slightly affected, outer margins frayed. Loose in limp vellum. 4to

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