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Title

Carta executoria de hidalguia a pedimiento

Authors

• Spain

Other related names

• McRoberts, David, former owner
• Schoenberg, Lawrence J, former owner

Call number

Oversize LJS 20
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9949240153503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122638163
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4924015

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Spanish

Origin

Date

1578

Place

Granada

Summary

Carta executoria issued under the name of Philip II of Spain in favor of the brothers Juan, Francisco, and Alonso Gaytan de Cuenca (also referred to as Alonso Gaytan de Truxillo), residents of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, in response to their pleito de hidalguia (litigation to establish noble status), written in Granada and dated 12 September 1578.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from colophon (f. 65v).
   

Extent

67 leaves : 310 x 207 (234 x 130) mm. bound to 321 x 226 mm

Collation

Parchment, i (modern parchment?) + 67; 1⁵⁰ 2¹⁸ (-1, used as pastedown); [i, 1], 2-24, [25-49], 1-9 [=50-58], [59-66]; contemporary foliation in ink in first half of each gathering, modern foliation in pencil in second half, lower left verso.

Support

Parchment

Binding

Modern vellum over pasteboards; external bifolium probably originally served as wrapper (see f. 1r, with inscription Derechos mill y trecientos y veynte mrs[?] registro xii s[ello?] seda plomo lxxx[o]).

Layout

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

Decoration

Painted half-page miniatures of the Virgin and Child and the owner praying in armor with vertical borders (f. i verso); half-page miniatures of the crucifixion and the owner's coat of arms with vertical borders(f. 1r); 15-line miniature of Saint James (f. 1v) and 9-line miniature of Philip II (f. 65r); 15 illuminated initials, 5-line to 9-line, in gold and black on red grounds with white tracery, with one line of text in gold capitals on red grounds; calligraphic flourishes in upper and lower margins.

Script

Written in a rounded Gothic script.

Provenance

• Sold by Thomas Thorp Ltd., cat. 405 (1973), no. 28, to Monsignor David McRoberts (1912-1978).
   
• Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 24 June 1980, lot 86, 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

Licenses

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Decorations

• fol. 1r — Miniature, Crucifixion, f. 1r
• fol. 1r — Miniature, Owner's coat of arms, f. 1r
• fol. 1r — Illuminated border, f. 1r
• fol. 1v — Miniature, St. James, f. 1v
• fol. 6r — Illuminated line of text, f. 6r
• fol. 14r — Illuminated line of text, f. 14r
• fol. 22r — Illuminated line of text, f. 22r
• fol. 27v — Illuminated line of text, f. 27v
• fol. 33v — Illuminated line of text, f. 33v
• fol. 36v — Illuminated line of text, f. 36v
• fol. 41r — Illuminated line of text, f. 41r
• fol. 46r — Illuminated line of text, f. 46r
• fol. 50v — Illuminated line of text, f. 50v
• fol. 57v — Illuminated line of text, f. 57v
• fol. 61v — Illuminated line of text, f. 61v
• fol. 62r — Illuminated line of text, f. 62r
• fol. 64r — Illuminated line of text, f. 64r
• fol. 65r — Miniature, Philip II, f. 65r
• fol. 65v — Signature, f. 65v