University of Pennsylvania, CAJS Rar Ms 303
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS767
- Shelfmark:
- CAJS Rar Ms 303
- Title:
- Carta executoria de hidalguia a pedimiento de Rrodrigo Calera, vezino de Villarrobledo.
- Spain. Sovereign (1556-1598 : Philip II)
- Date:
- Granada. 1577.
- Language:
- Spanish
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 56 leaves : parchment ; 305 x 203 (230 x 130) mm bound to 315 x 218 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Blum, Herman, 1884-
- Note:
- Collation: Parchment, i (paper) + 56 + ii (paper); 1² 2²⁸ 3²⁴ 4²; leaves 3-14 of second gathering numbered 2-13 in ink by a contemporary hand, lower center verso; leaves 3-12 of third gathering numbered 3-12 in ink by a contemporary hand, lower center verso.
Origin: Written in Granada, signed 29 January 1577 (f. 55r).
Title from explicit (f. 55v).
Ms. codex.
Layout: Written in 34 long lines; ruled in red ink with double vertical bounding lines.
Script: Written in Spanish rotunda script.
Decoration: Painted full-page miniature of owner and family praying before the Virgin and Child (f. 3v), followed by silk curtain; painted full-page miniature divided into a smaller upper miniature of Saint James vanquishing the Moors and a larger lower miniature of the family's coat of arms (f. 4r); 14 illuminated initials, 7-line to 10-line, the first in blue acanthus leaves on a gold...
Binding: Contemporary (16th-century) Spanish morocco, gilt-stamped, gilt-tooled, over pasteboards. Sewing incorporates multicolored cords.
Formerly owned by Herman Blum (Blumhaven Library, Frankford, Philadelphia; bookplate stamped 1950 inside upper cover). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9968536193503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p31j97816/manifest
- Holding Institution:
