{"id":4460,"date":"2016-06-03T14:05:12","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T14:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/?p=4460"},"modified":"2019-01-14T21:05:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T21:05:57","slug":"meet-the-manuscript","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2016\/06\/03\/meet-the-manuscript\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Manuscript"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Heather Wacha<\/p>\n

\"Manuscript<\/p>\n

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  1. 28 beaver fur hats.<\/li>\n
  2. 6 panels of tapestries.<\/li>\n
  3. Wool from Flanders.<\/li>\n
  4. Silks, cloths and linens.<\/li>\n
  5. Furniture, paintings, and sculptures.<\/li>\n
  6. Gold and Silver.<\/li>\n
  7. All manner of carriages.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    If you had been an heir of the estate of Don Francisco Mu\u00f1oz Carillo, a nobleman from Cuenca, Spain who died in 1687, you may have received some part of these items.  However, before you get too excited, you would have also inherited the many debts that Don Francisco’s left his heirs.<\/p>\n

    In the past two weeks, graduate students from the University of Iowa have been participating in a paleography workshop entitled “Meet the Manuscript<\/a>” and working intently on the transcription and translation of Don Francisco’s last will and testament, held in the University of Iowa’s Special Collections Library (xMMs.Doc2).<\/p>\n

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