Body of text in a single round secretarial hand in black, with text lines and margins ruled in red; 26 lines per page; large gold initials at beginning of text within compartments of azure, navy blue, red, and burgundy; additional section headings highlighted with similar compartments and illuminated initials, and with large initials in black--some within black-ruled borders. Facing the first page of text is a full-page colored painting of the Alvarez coat of arms and the family's armor, in red, blue, pink, purple, gold, brown, and white. Laid in: one vellum leaf containing a painting of the Alvarez coat of arms; and two leaves of miscellaneous notes and accounts, bearing dates of 1723 and 1785. Former owner: Henry Probasco. Forms part of the Henry Probasco Collection at the Newberry Library.
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