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Charter in Spanish, signed in Arabic, manuscript document on parchment [Central Spain, 1312]

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Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 126

Charter in Spanish, signed in Arabic, manuscript document on parchment [Central Spain, 1312]

Schätzpreis
700 £ - 900 £
ca. 883 $ - 1.136 $
Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Charter recording the transfer of rights to vineyards in central Spain, in medieval Spanish and signed by Muslim parties in Arabic, manuscript document on parchment [Central Spain (perhaps Toledo or Segovia), dated October 1312] Long and thin sheet of parchment, used upright to record a lengthy land agreement, single column of 32 lines in a faded scrawling Spanish vernacular hand, followed by 5 further lines at foot of document, five signatories at the end with names in Spanish in the main hand ("Alffoy","gilnis'" and perhaps "Ruy") followed by Arabic names in a variety of hands (and thus almost certainly personally signed by the men named there), endorsements on reverse, spots and small marks, parchment not high quality, but text legible, overall fair condition, 510+35 by 205mm. This is a rare witness to the linguistic barriers of medieval Spain, and the interaction there between Spanish and Arabic in the Middle Ages. From the eleventh century onwards the rulers of the Christian kingdoms of Spain pushed back Muslim overlordship, and by the mid-thirteenth century only Granada remained under Muslim control, albeit held as a tributary to Christian Castile. Uprisings of the mid-fourteenth century were contained to the southern coastline of Spain. Thus, the men in this document were completely under Christian rule, and may even have been nominally Christian, but remained ethnically Arabic to the point of having to sign their name in that language.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 126
Auktion:
Datum:
08.07.2020
Auktionshaus:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
Großbritannien und Nordirland
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

Charter recording the transfer of rights to vineyards in central Spain, in medieval Spanish and signed by Muslim parties in Arabic, manuscript document on parchment [Central Spain (perhaps Toledo or Segovia), dated October 1312] Long and thin sheet of parchment, used upright to record a lengthy land agreement, single column of 32 lines in a faded scrawling Spanish vernacular hand, followed by 5 further lines at foot of document, five signatories at the end with names in Spanish in the main hand ("Alffoy","gilnis'" and perhaps "Ruy") followed by Arabic names in a variety of hands (and thus almost certainly personally signed by the men named there), endorsements on reverse, spots and small marks, parchment not high quality, but text legible, overall fair condition, 510+35 by 205mm. This is a rare witness to the linguistic barriers of medieval Spain, and the interaction there between Spanish and Arabic in the Middle Ages. From the eleventh century onwards the rulers of the Christian kingdoms of Spain pushed back Muslim overlordship, and by the mid-thirteenth century only Granada remained under Muslim control, albeit held as a tributary to Christian Castile. Uprisings of the mid-fourteenth century were contained to the southern coastline of Spain. Thus, the men in this document were completely under Christian rule, and may even have been nominally Christian, but remained ethnically Arabic to the point of having to sign their name in that language.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 126
Auktion:
Datum:
08.07.2020
Auktionshaus:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
Großbritannien und Nordirland
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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