Title from summary line on verso of leaf 48. Text in a single elegant rotunda hand in black; red-ruled, with double-ruled red bounding lines; added document in a different hand; 39 lines per page; opening words highlighted in gold letters on red and blue compartmentalized backgrounds, ornamented with white penwork; large illuminated gold capitals on similar red backgrounds. First two leaves contain full-page paintings, in gold and brilliant colors, of King Philip IV of Spain and members of the royal family kneeling before a large Virgin and Child; King Philip mounted on a white horse in battle; and the Gonçalez family coat of arms. Both paintings bordered on two sides with colored drawings of torsos, heads, flowers, plumes, cartouches, and acanthus leaves on a... Signatures of chancillería judges, Dr. Torres and Licenciado Salgado, on recto of leaf 1. Bookplate: Henry Probasco, dated Dec. 1, 1890. Forms part of the Henry Probasco Collection at the Newberry Library.
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