University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 168

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DS ID:

DS1443

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 168

Title:

Carta executoria de hidalguia a pedimiento : de Martin Gomez y Pedro Gomez, hijos de Diego Gomez, vezinos de la villa de Valaderey.

Author:

Spain. Sovereign (1556-1598 : Philip II)

Spain WIKIDATA

Place:

Granada

Granada TGN

Date:

1583-1604.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Spanish

Spanish WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 54 leaves : parchment, color illustrations, coats of arms ; 302 x 207 (220 x 126) mm bound to 316 x 212 mm

Former Owner(s):

Burgueño, Juan

Juan Burgueño WIKIDATA

Burgueño, Julian

Julian Burgueño WIKIDATA

Note:

Title from colophon (f. 53r).
Origin: Written in Granada in 1583 (colophon, f. 53r), with a few later additions.
Binding: Contemporary blind-stamped leather over wooden boards; remnants of two metal clasps. Cover damaged, especially at spine. Stains. Some damage that might be due to water or mildew. Illustrations on f. 1-3 are badly worn and damaged.
Notes inside upper cover: "Esegutoria de Juan Burgueño, Puebla Vecino de la Vil." Below that inscription is another reading "Esegutoria de Julian Burgueño, Puebla Vecino de la Vil"; the rest is worn and difficult to read. Description taken from Zacour-Hirsch.
Foliation: Parchment, 54; [ii, 1], 2-52, older foliation in ink; [1-54], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. References in this record are to modern foliation.
Layout: Written in 34 lines; ruled in red ink.
Script: Main text written in a humanistic script by a single hand, with later additions in cursive and italic scripts by multiple other hands.
Decoration: Two-page painted illustration of Crucifixion with Gomez family kneeling in prayer (f. 1v-2r); full-page illuminated coat of arms (f. 2v); full-page illustration of rider in landscape receiving vision of Christ (Villa de Valaderrey? St. Martin of Tours?) (f. 3r); borders decorated with painted flowers, leaves, birds, butterflies, and snails; several uncolored ink drawings and...
Ms. codex.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Spanish

codices (bound manuscripts)

Specimens

letters patent

illuminations (paintings)

notarial documents

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Spain

Nobility

Spain--Toledo

Gómez, Julián

Law

Inquisition

Illumination of books and manuscripts

Sixteenth century

Early works

1556-1598

History

Gómez, Pedro (undifferentiated)

Gómez, Martín

Gomez, Diego

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915517703503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3ft8dj5w/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania