Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 263

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS4597

Shelfmark:

Lewis E 263

Title:

Carta executoria a pedimiento de Alonso Mendez de Parada

Author:

Spain. Sovereign (1516-1556 : Charles I)

Spain WIKIDATA

Place:

Granada, Spain

Granada TGN

Language:

Castilian, Spanish; Latin

Spanish WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 52; 335 x 240 mm bound to 340 x 240 mm; parchment

Former Owner(s):

Mendez de Parada, Alonso

Alonso Mendez de Parada WIKIDATA

Note:

Notarial signature (fol. 1r)
Binding: Limp vellum wrapper; two loops of twisted leather on front cover for closure
Layout: One column of 40-42 lines; frame-ruled in faint red ink; written area: 223 x 144 mm
Script: Textualis--rotunda (Spanish)
Decoration: Highly illuminated first opening with a large historiated initial of the Coronation of the Virgin and a simple coat of arms supported by two dragons (fol. 1v) and large miniatures of the Annunciation and portraits of John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist with his poisoned cup (fol. 2), all with full foliate borders of acanthus leaves and flowers; a smaller miniature of...
Provenance: Originally owned by Alonso Mendez de Parada; acquired by Free Library of Philadelphia in 1970

Keyword:

binding (textile material)

Sixteenth century

Law

Spanish (culture or style)

Spain

illuminations (paintings)

Historiated initials

Heraldry

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_263.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_263/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia