"The twelve virtues of nobility", followed by an armorial. 16th century In-folio (320 x 215 mm), [24]-[2 bl.] ff. on parchment, in pen and black ink, coats of arms drawn in the same way and enhanced with watercolor in th. (folds, stains, cut on the last white f.). In ff. under a parchment bifolium. extract from a liturgical manuscript in Latin from ep. (or older?). Text in finely calligraphic French verse, celebrating the virtues of the gentleman: nobility, faith, beauty, honor, righteousness, prowess, love, courtesy, diligence, neatness, generosity and sobriety. The armorial is made up of 30 coats of arms with their stamps, captioned in Dutch. The first 10, in large format, relate to large sovereign houses (Holy Empire, Bohemia, Brandenburg, Valois, Saxony, etc.), the other 20, in smaller format, relate in particular to the former Netherlands (Duchy of Brabant, counties of Flanders, Holland, Zeeland, Hainaut, Namur...) and the royal houses of Valois, Aragon, Bohemia and Portugal. The manuscript was not finished because the initials of the verse pieces were never made.,"Les douze vertus de la noblesse", suivi d'un armorial. XVIe s In-folio (320 x 215 mm), [24]-[2 bl.] ff. sur parch., à la plume et encre noire, blasons dessinés de même et rehaussés d'aquarelle à l'ép. (plis, souillures, découpure au dernier f. blanc). En ff. sous un bifeuillet de parch. extrait d'un manuscrit liturgique en latin de l'ép. (ou plus ancien ?). Texte en vers français finement calligraphié, célébrant les vertus du gentilhomme : noblesse, foi, beauté, honneur, droiture, prouesse, amour, courtoisie, diligence, netteté, largesse et sobriété. L'armorial est formé de 30 blasons avec leur timbre, légendés en néerlandais. Les 10 premiers, de grand format, concernent de grandes maisons souveraines (Saint Empire, Bohême, Brandebourg, Valois, Saxe...), les 20 autres, de format plus petit, concernent notamment les anciens Pays-Bas (duché de Brabant, comtés de Flandre, Hollande, Zélande, Hainaut, Namur...) et les maisons royales de Valois, Aragon, Bohême et Portugal. Le manuscrit ne fut pas terminé car les lettrines des pièces en vers n'ont jamais été réalisées. Prov. Joannes Budels (mention ms. "Testamentu Joannis Budels pbrj et scholastiy").

In modern gray wrappers. Written in a sepia ink with some minor bleed-through from one side of a leaf to the other; dark stain in upper area of a dozen leaves. Some age-toning of paper. A few areas with tears, none serious. On the whole, very good.nn"Ana Vanegas was the daughter of Baltasar Vanegas and Catalina Hernandez, who at the time of this compilation were both deceased, and the widow of Jusepe de Peñafiel. In 1606 she was a novice in the monastery of Santa Clara in Mexico City and ill; she soon died of that illness. Her estate included real estate (houses) that she had inherited from her parents and others acquired during her marriage. Her heirs were her four children, sons Alonso, Jusepe, and Simon de Peñafiel, and daughter Catalina de San Jusepe, a nun in the same monastery as Ana.nnThe approximately 125 documents in this file are notarial copies done in 1607 and incorporate texts of documents from as early as the 1570s relating to the real estate that was being auctioned by executors of Ana's estate. The landholdings are listed on folio 8r-v and include a large house on Tacuba Street (in which Dr. Villanueva, a canon, lives), a house with a plot in the Theatines street, some "casas de indios" in the Tomatlan neighborhood, and a tall house (whose neighbors are given but not the street).nnThe information on the houses gives details of acquisition, loans or other pledges imposed on them, and ultimately the prices realized at auction."nnThe documents are written in a standard early 17th-century public notary's hand and as such are a great tool for teaching paleography as well as other principles of research, as they are full of abbreviations, lack of punctuation, non-separation of words, etc.,Measurements: 31.5 x 22.4 cm