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
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