Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 59
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4421
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis E 59
- Title:
- Carta executoria, in favor of Juan de Londono
- Spain. Sovereign (1556-1598 : Philip II)
- Place:
- Valladolid, Spain
- Language:
- Castilian, Spanish
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 62; 335 x 230 mm bound to 320 x 221 mm; parchment
- Former Owner(s):
- Londono, Juan de
Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
- Note:
- Binding: Original sixteenth-century brown morocco with elaborately gilt sides and three panels; the innermost diamond shaped composed of roll stamps showing a lion chasing a unicorn and a hound chasing a hare; at the extreme corners two male and two female heads; in the center an oval medallion of the Virgin and Child, interstices filled with foliate and star-shaped stamps, gilt edges, in the...
Layout: One column of thirty-six lines; box-ruled; written area: 235 x 135 mm
Script: Humanistic (Spanish), with notarial inscriptions
Decoration: Two full-page illuminations in gold and colors (fols. 1v, 2r); two smaller miniatures in colors heightened in gold (fols. 52v, 58v); headings and initials in gold and red and blue grounds; each page within a gold line border
Provenance: Granted by Philip II, King of Spain, in favor of Juan de Londono, Palacios de Goda, dated Valladolid, December 2, 1587; sold by Sotheby's (date of sale?), no. 95 or 120; sold by American Art Association (date of sale?), no. 250; (directly to?) John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936 - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_059.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_059/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
