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Title

Carta executoria de hidalguia a pedimiento

Authors

• Spain

Other related names

• Schoenberg, Lawrence J, former owner

Call number

Oversize LJS 19
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9949237593503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122470265
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4923759

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Spanish

Origin

Date

1553

Place

Granada

Summary

Carta executoria issued under the name of Charles I of Spain in favor of Johan Garcia y la Puente of Mora, in response to his pleito de hidalguia (litigation to establish noble status), written in Granada and dated 16 June 1553.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Extent

38 leaves : 334 x 216 (220 x 135) mm. bound to 334 x 230 mm

Collation

Parchment, 38; 1³⁸; [1], 2-19, [20-38]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, lower left verso.

Support

Parchment

Binding

Outer bifolium as wrapper (f. 1r and 38v blank), with an inscription in ink on the upper cover, Derechos escrivano mrs[?] registro xii seda s[ello?] y plomo (referring to a lead seal, not present).

Layout

Written in 35 long lines; ruled in drypoint; double vertical and upper horizontal bounding lines in ink.

Decoration

Painted miniature of the Annunciation, coat of arms, and full border (f. 1v); painted miniature in lower margin of Saint James vanquishing the Moors and full border with 3 cameos, 2 of which are of Saint Michael and Saint George (f. 2r); decoration of first opening (f. 1v-2r) is probably later than the manuscript, perhaps the first half of the 17th century. 17 illuminated initials, 5-line to 7-line, in shaded blue on yellow and red grounds with red and white tracery; calligraphic flourishes in upper margins; paragraph marks in left margins. Some illuminations worn or flaking.

Script

Written in a rounded Gothic script.

Provenance

• Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 10 December 1980, lot 58, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
   
• Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
   

Subjects topical

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

Genres

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

Keywords

• 16th century
• Spain
• Spanish
• Illumination
• Christian

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Decorations

• fol. 1v — Miniature, Annunciation, f. 1v
• fol. 1v — Illustration, Coat of arms, f. 1v
• fol. 1v — Illuminated border, f. 1v
• fol. 1v — Illuminated letters, f. 1v
• fol. 2r — Illuminated border, f. 2r
• fol. 2r — Miniature, St. James vanquishing the Moors, f. 2r
• fol. 2r — Cameo, St. Michael, f. 2r
• fol. 2r — Cameo, St. George, f. 2r
• fol. 7r — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 7r
• fol. 8r — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 8r
• fol. 8v — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 8v
• fol. 11v — Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 11v
• fol. 15r — Decorated initial, Initial G, f. 15r
• fol. 18v — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 18v
• fol. 22v — Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 22v
• fol. 25v — Decorated initial, Initial P, f. 25v
• fol. 28r — Decorated initial, Initial U, f. 28r
• fol. 30r — Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 30r
• fol. 32v — Decorated initial, Initial E, f. 32v
• fol. 32v — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 32v
• fol. 35v — Decorated initial, Initial E, f. 35v
• fol. 35v — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 35v
• fol. 36v — Decorated initial, Initial E, f. 36v
• fol. 36v — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 36v
• fol. 37v — Decorated initial, Initial P, f. 37v
• fol. 38r — Signature, f. 38r