Lectura entre líneas del Escudo de la más constante fe y lealtad

Abstract

The book titled Escudo de la más constante fe y lealtad de Vizcaya (Shield of the most constant faith and loyalty of Biscay) was printed in Bilbao on the initiative of the Council of Biscay in 1762. After the edition of 2015, with an extensive introductory study, a presentation took place in the Basque Parliament in which we presented an attempt to explain the «mysteries» of the book. In this article a further step is taken which involves a reading between lines to address issues within the Escudo that lack the required clarity. We return to the problem of authorship and the manner in which the publication took place, but special attention is paid to what, reading between the lines, can be said about the fourth part of the book, the protectorate regime, the mechanism for the concession for use, and, finally, the 852 notes and thousands of citations included in the text.