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Title

Carta executoria de hidalguia a pedimiento de Rrodrigo Calera, vezino de Villarrobledo.

Authors

• Spain

Other related names

• Blum, Herman, 1884-, former owner

Call number

CAJS Rar Ms 303
(420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-3703., University of Pennsylvania, Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9968536193503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6853619

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Spanish

Origin

Date

Granada

Summary

Carta executoria issued under the name of Philip II of Spain in favor of Rodrigo Calera (or Rodrigo de la Calera), in response to his pleito de hidalguia (litigation to establish noble status), written in Granada and dated 29 January 1577. The end of the text refers to a colored cord (still present) and a lead seal (no longer present) (f. 55r). The text is followed by signatures, including a signature by Pedro de la Torre Romano (f. 55v) and a notarial inscription (f. 56r).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from explicit (f. 55v).
   

Extent

56 leaves : 305 x 203 (230 x 130) mm bound to 315 x 218 mm

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.

Support

Parchment

Binding

Contemporary (16th-century) Spanish morocco, gilt-stamped, gilt-tooled, over pasteboards. Sewing incorporates multicolored cords.

Layout

Written in 34 long lines; ruled in red ink with double vertical bounding lines.

Script

Written in Spanish rotunda script.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Herman Blum (Blumhaven Library, Frankford, Philadelphia; bookplate stamped 1950 inside upper cover).
   

Subjects topical

• Nobility--Spain--Early works to 1800
• Illumination of books and manuscripts--Specimens

Genres

• Codices
• Illuminations
• Letters patent
• Manuscripts, Renaissance
• Manuscripts, Spanish--16th century

Keywords

• 16th century
• Spain
• Spanish
• Illumination
• Theology
• Church Fathers

Licenses

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