Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 241

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS4580

Shelfmark:

Lewis E 241

Title:

Carta executoria

Author:

Spain. Sovereign (1516-1556 : Charles I)

Spain WIKIDATA

Place:

Valladolid, Spain

Valladolid TGN

Language:

Castilian, Spanish

Spanish WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 30; 330 x 225 mm bound to 345 x 255 mm; parchment

Note:

Edges of many leaves damaged in margins
Binding: Red velvet, with coat-of-arms embroidered in heraldic colors on covers, silk edge and underlying velvet on edge of covers mostly worn away and damaged, not attached to manuscript; manuscript leaves tied with original multicolored cord typical of a carta executoria
Layout: Written in one column of forty lines; ruled in ink; written area: 225 x 140 mm
Script: Gothic--rotunda (Spanish)
Decoration: Three full-page miniatures, of Jesus with the Agnus Dei (fol. 29r), the Virgin Mary in prayer (fol. 29v), and a double portrait of a married couple (fol. 30r); large illuminated initial with family coat of arms matching those embroidered on the covers (fol. 1v); broad borders throughout in floral and other designs, including birds, insects, and elements of the family coat of arms...
Provenance: Gift of Howard H. Lewis Esq., Anne (Lewis) Stoudt, John Frederick Lewis III, September 1975 (pencil note, inside back cover)

Keyword:

Sixteenth century

Spanish (culture or style)

Spain

illuminations (paintings)

Heraldry

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_241.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_241/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia