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Inventory of 2nd Duque de Pastrana.

1596 Archivo Histórico Provincial de Madrid

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Document Date Century City Province
Inventory of 2nd Duque de Pastrana. 1596 16cent/3/late Madrid Madrid
Summary

Pstmortem inventory of Duque de Pastrana including 2 guitars and 7 vihuelas


Document type Subject Siglum Archive name Call no.
archival document Vihuelas Persons Guitar AHPMad Archivo Histórico Provincial de Madrid
Original text

“the Duque de Pastrana (1596) two guitars, one of ebony and one of beech, as well as seven beech vihuelas, one of them a large one.” [beech = haya]

People mentioned
Name Status when cited Social status
Silva y Mendoza, Rodrigo, Duque de Pastrana Deceased Nobility
Notes

Rodrigo da Silva e Mendonça (1562–1596), 2nd Duke of Pastrana (?)
It is very likely that the seven beech vihuelas are vihuelas de arco

Bibliography
Code Author Item Pages
kenyon1996 Kenyon de Pascual, Beryl. “Two 16th-century Spanish Inventories” Galpin Society Journal 49 (1996): 198-203.