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Autograph Documents by Isabella the Catholic (Collection)

Autograph Documents by Isabella the Catholic (Collection) – Taberna Libraria – Several Owners

Spain — between 1468 and 1500

Unique insights into the personality and self-image of the Queen who led Spain to become a global empire: 25 handwritten documents from the educated, devout, and ambitious Queen of Castile, León, and Aragon

  1. From 1474, Isabella the Catholic (1451–1504) was Queen of Castile and León, and from 1479 she also ruled over Aragon together with Ferdinand II (1452–1516)

  2. Under her rigorous and often ruthless leadership, Spain rose to become a wealthy colonial and world power

  3. This collection brings together 25 handwritten documents by the Queen, which are held in various Spanish institutions and the Vatican

Autograph Documents by Isabella the Catholic (Collection)

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Autograph Documents by Isabella the Catholic (Collection)

The collection Autograph Documents by Isabella the Catholic (1451–1504) brings together 25 handwritten papers by the educated, pious, and highly ambitious Queen of Castile, León, and Aragón. The chronologically arranged documents from various public and private collections in Spain and the Vatican Apostolic Archives include political files as well as personal notes and letters to her husband Ferdinand the Catholic (1452–1516). Thus, the fascinating collection offers a unique opportunity to gain a direct impression of the personality of this impressive late medieval woman, under whose ruthless leadership Spain became a global empire. As the documents cover a period of 32 years, her personal development and changing self-image are particularly good to follow and are reflected, for example, in the evolution of her signature – from infanta (“La Ynfante”) to princess (“Yo, la Prinçesa”) to the powerful Spanish queen (“Yo, la Reyna”).

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Alternative Titles
Autografen von Königin Isabella die Katholische (Sammlung)
De mi mano. Autógrafos de Isabel la Católica
Origin
Spain
Date
between 1468 and 1500
Style
Gothic
Language
Spanish
Content
25 handwritten documents by Isabella I
Artist / School
Available facsimile editions:
Autograph Documents by Isabella the Catholic (Collection) – Taberna Libraria – Several Owners
#1 De mi mano. Autógrafos de Isabel la Católica
Taberna Libraria – Madrid, 2024
Limited Edition: 550 copies
Facsimile Editions

#1 De mi mano. Autógrafos de Isabel la Católica

Taberna Libraria – Madrid, 2024
Autograph Documents by Isabella the Catholic (Collection) – Taberna Libraria – Several Owners
Autograph Documents by Isabella the Catholic (Collection) – Taberna Libraria – Several Owners Copyright Photos: Ziereis Facsimiles

Publisher: Taberna Libraria – Madrid, 2024
Limited Edition: 550 copies
Binding: The commentary contains a full transcription of every text, historical, paleographic-diplomatic and orthographic studies, an account of Isabella’s heraldic practices and an iconographic analysis of the portraits selected for the publication.
Commentary: 1 volume by Carmen Iglesias, Miguel Ángel Ladero Quesada, Francisco M. Gimeno Blay, Juan Gil, F. Borja Aguinagalde, and Juan Cartaya Baños
Language: Spanish

The commentary volume comprises a complete transcription of the facsimile documents, historical, paleographic-diplomatic, and orthographic contextualizations of the texts, a study on the heraldic significance of Isabella I, and an iconographic analysis of selected portraits of the queen.
Complete color reproduction of the original “Autograph Documents by Isabella the Catholic (Collection)” at its original size. The facsimile aims to reproduce the original’s appearance, feel and physical characteristics as faithfully as possible. The pages are trimmed to the original format. The binding may differ from the original’s present-day binding. The collection reproduces the following twenty-five documents: July 4, 1468. Cardeñosa (Murcia. Archivo Municipal, Caja 2, no 1/ Legajo no 4272, no 1). 1469–1471 (Madrid. Biblioteca Nacional de España, Ms. 20212-30-8). 1469–1474 (Madrid. Biblioteca Nacional de España, Ms. Res 261-17). January 27, 1470. Valladolid (Toledo. Archivo Ducal Medinaceli, AHO-Legajo-161-UDS-0208-UDC-0004). June 16, 1471. Medina de Rioseco (Barcelona. Archivo de la Corona de Aragón, colección de autógrafos I, 1 nr). September 2, 1471. Medina de Rioseco (Toledo. Archivo Ducal Medinaceli. AHO-Legajo-161-UDS-0223-UDC-0004). December 22, 1471. (Toledo. Archivo Ducal Medinaceli. AHO-Legajo-161-UDS-0227-UDC-0004). 1474–1479 (Madrid. Biblioteca Nacional de España, Ms. 20212-30-9). April 25, 1475. Valladolid (Toledo. Archivo Ducal Medinaceli. AHO-Legajo-161-UDS-0237-UDC-0004). June 27, 1475. Ávila (Toledo. Archivo Ducal Medinaceli. AHO-Legajo-161-UDS-0240-UDC-0004). 1479. Toledo (Simancas. Archivo General de Simancas, PTR_0016_0050_0001). January 19, 1481. Valladolid (Toledo. Archivo Municipal, cajón 1o, legajo 4, número 64z.). July 16, 1484. Córdoba (Guadalupe. Archivo del Real Monasterio de Santa María de Guadalupe, Legajo 4, documento 76). May 18, 1486. Córdoba (Simancas. Archivo General de Simancas. Autógrafos Reyes Católicos, Casa Real 9). May 30, 1486. Córdoba (Simancas. Archivo General de Simancas. Autógrafos Reyes Católicos, Casa Real 10). October 20, 1491. Molina (Toledo. Archivo Ducal Medinaceli, AHO-Legajo-162-UDS-0052-UDC-0001). 1493 (Toledo. Archivo Ducal Medinaceli. AHO-Legajo 271-UDS-0034-UDC-0001). April 27, 1493. Barcelona (Toledo. Archivo Ducal de Medinaceli. AHO-Legajo 271, carta 33). July 4, 1493. Barcelona (Ciudad del Vaticano. Archivo Apostólico Vaticano, Archivum Arcis, Arm. I-XVIII 5020, f. 10r-v). October 1, 1493. Perpiñán (Ciudad del Vaticano. Archivo Apostólico Vaticano, Archivum Arcis, Arm. I-XVIII 5020, ff. 11r-v). April 30, 1494. Medina del Campo (Ciudad del Vaticano. Archivo Apostólico Vaticano, Archivum Arcis, Arm. I-XVIII 5020, ff. 12r-v). May 25, 1494. Tordesillas (Ciudad del Vaticano. Archivo Apostólico Vaticano, Archivum Arcis, Arm. I-XVIII 5020, 8r-v). 1495? December? (Simancas. Archivo General de Simancas. _EST_0001_0182_0001). 1499 (Simancas. Archivo General de Simancas. Autógrafos Reyes Católicos, Casa Real 12). 1500, November. Santa Fe (Madrid. Real Academia de la Historia. San Román. Caja 3a, número 4).
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