Title from colophon. Main body of text in a single graceful italic hand in black, within double-ruled borders; addenda in two different hands; 27 lines per page; opening words, and separate sections throughout highlighted in gold letters on a burgundy compartmentalized background. Embossed armorial paper seal, previously affixed with red wax. First [3] leaves contain full-page colored paintings of King Philip IV of Spain, the Peña family coat of arms, and the Virgin and Child, each painting interleaved with sheets of red silk. Laid in: one ms. leaf of stamped paper for 1705, dated June 13, 1705, signed by Francisco Ruiz de la Peña, certifying that the original owner of the Peña family estate in Villacomparada de Rueda was Juan Diaz de la Peña, great-great-grandfather of Juan and Miguel de la Peña. Former owner: Henry Probasco. Forms part of the Henry Probasco Collection at the Newberry Library.
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