University of Pennsylvania, LJS 20

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DS ID:

DS110

Shelfmark:

LJS 20

Title:

Carta ex[ecutoria] de hidalguia a pedimi[ento; de Alo[n]so Gayta[n] d[e] Cuenca Truxillo, vezino de Xeres d[e] la Frontera

Carta ejecutoria

Author:

Spain. Sovereign (1556-1598 : Philip II)

Spain WIKIDATA

Philip II of Spain WIKIDATA

Place:

Granada

Granada TGN

Date:

1578.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Spanish

Spanish WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 67 leaves : parchment ; 310 x 207 (234 x 130) mm bound to 321 x 226 mm

Former Owner(s):

McRoberts, David

David McRoberts WIKIDATA

Schoenberg, Lawrence J

Lawrence J. Schoenberg WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from colophon (f. 65v).
Collation: Parchment, i (modern parchment?) + 67; 150 218 (-1, used as pastedown); [i, 1], 2-24, [25-49], 1-9 [=50-58], [59-66]; contemporary foliation in ink in first half of each gathering, modern foliation in pencil in second half, lower left verso.
Layout: Written in 34 long lines; ruled in red ink with double vertical bounding lines.
Script: Written in a rounded Gothic script.
Decoration: Painted half-page miniatures of the Virgin and Child and the owner praying in armor with vertical borders (f. i verso); half-page miniatures of the crucifixion and the owner's coat of arms with vertical borders(f. 1r); 15-line miniature of Saint James (f. 1v) and 9-line miniature of Philip II (f. 65r); 15 illuminated initials, 5-line to 9-line, in gold and black on red grounds with...
Binding: Modern vellum over pasteboards; external bifolium probably originally served as wrapper (see f. 1r, with inscription Derechos mill y trecientos y veynte mrs[?] registro xii s[ello?] seda plomo lxxx[o]).
Origin: Written in Granada, signed 12 September 1578 (f. 65v).
Sold by Thomas Thorp Ltd., cat. 405 (1973), no. 28, to Monsignor David McRoberts (1912-1978).
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 24 June 1980, lot 86, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Spanish

letters patent

Art

codices (bound manuscripts)

Specimens

Portraits

illuminations (paintings)

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint

James, the Greater, Saint

Cuenca, Francisco Gaytan de

Illumination of books and manuscripts

Cuenca, Juan Gaytan de

Early works

Nobility

Spain

1556-1598

Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598

History

Cuenca, Alonso Gaytan de

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9949240153503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3hd15/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania