[CHARTER]. [GASTRONOMY]. [BOURGOGNE]. [CHARLES QUINT] - Lot 3

[CHARTER]. [GASTRONOMY]. [BOURGOGNE]. [CHARLES QUINT] Etat de maison for Thursday, June 27, 1518. In French, deed on parchment. Spain, Saragossa, dated June 27, 1518, signed "Boisot". Incipit: "Jeudi .xvii.e jour de juing l'an XVc .xviiiv. le roy de Castille, de Leon, de Grenade, d'Arragon, archiduc d'Austrice, duc de Bourgongne, de Brabant...en sadicte ville de Sarragosse [...] livres quarante groz monnoye de Flandres". Following are the categories of expenditure related to the House of Burgundy and the itinerant court installed in Saragossa, with the sums due and the names of the outfitters: Panneterie / Eschansonnerie par le Seigneur de Corrieres / Cuisine par Jaques Ymbrechts / Fruiterie par Marck de Coche / Fourriere par Andres Spierinc / Gaiges A rare example of the state of a house, of interest for the functioning of Charles V's court and our knowledge of catering and kitchen services. In 1518, the title of "King of Castile, Leon, Grenada...Duke of Burgundy" was given to Charles of Habsburg (1500-1558), who was elected Emperor Charles V in 1520. He was heir to four dynasties: grandson of the Duchess Mary of Burgundy, Maximilian of Austria, Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Castile, and Ferdinand the Catholic, King of Aragon and Naples, he was Duke of Burgundy under the name of Charles II, King of Spain under the name of Charles I (in Spanish, Carlos I), but above all passed into posterity as the Germanic Roman Emperor Charles V. As early as 1517, Charles of Habsburg made a trip to Spain (see L. Vital, "Relation du premier voyage de Charles-Quint en Espagne, de 1517 à 1518", in L.-P. Gachard, Collection des voyages des souverains des Pays-Bas, III, Bruxelles, 1808, p. 1 ff). Among the officers and outfitters was Andres Spierinc, a member of an important family in the service of the Dukes of Burgundy. For example, "Nicolas Spierinc, calligraphe et enlumineur des Ordonnances des Etats de l'Hôtel de Charles le Téméraire" (A. de Schryver, in Scriptorium, 1969 (23-2), pp. 434-458). Under the heading "Cuisine" we find a long list of butcher's items and their cost: "massin bouchier pour .vii. moutons .viii. l[ivres] / A lui pour demi veau .lxxi. s[ous] .v. d[eniers] / A lui pour une teste pietz et couee de veau .x. s[ous] .vi. d[eniers]...". Under the heading "Gaiges" are given the names of various officers, including the Duke of Burgundy's butlers: "Somme du jour comprins gaiges [...] Don Diego de Ghevarre... Anthoine de la Barre, George Hacqueney, Guillaume de Rolle et don Joan de la Coeve aussi maistres d'hostel". Here we recognize Diego de Guevara, Guillaume de Rolle and Juan de la Cueva. Don Diego de Guevara (circa 1450-1520) was a Spanish courtier and ambassador who served successive Dukes of Burgundy, spanning the Valois and Habsburg dynasties, mainly in the Netherlands. He was also an important art collector. The deed is signed by Pierre Boisot, who was lord of Huysinghe and Rouha, treasurer of the Order of the Golden Fleece and of the King's finances in the Netherlands (see G. De Boom, "L'établissement d'une famille bourguignonne, les Boisot, aux Pays-Bas, aux XVe et XVIesiècles", in Intermédiaire des Généalogistes, 1952, pp. 20-25). See : J.-M. Cauchies, Finances et financiers des princes et des villes à l'époque bourguignonne, Turnhout, 2004.