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Title

Carta executoria de hidalguia a pedimiento

Authors

• Spain

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 73
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9915517873503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155903486
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1551787

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Spanish

Origin

Place

Granada, 1589.

Summary

Carta executoria issued under the name of Philip II of Spain in favor of Alonso de Montalvan of Seville, in response to his pleito de hidalguia (litigation to establish noble status). Issued in Granada, 17 June 1589. Followed by a number of signatures (f. 55r) and a briefer notarial document written in Seville and dated 28 June 1589 (f. 55v-56v).

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 55r).
   

Extent

58 leaves : 309 x 208 (215 x 142) mm. bound to 325 x 210 mm

Foliation

Parchment, 58; [1-58]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Parchment

Binding

Contemporary gilt stamped leather over wooden boards, partly restored, but still fragile. Spine is split and deteriorating, upper hinge is loose, lower cover is completely detached, and f. 57-58 is nearly detached. Binding coming apart between f. 30-31. The book is generally musty; there might be evidence of slight water or mildew damage at the beginning and end.

Layout

Written in 34 long lines; ruled in red ink.

Decoration

Three full page illuminated miniatures: Madonna and Child standing upon a winged serpent, with St. Francis of Assisi, the stigmata visible on his right palm, kneeling alongside, surrounded by an illuminated border depicting objects such as doorways, vessels, buildings, mirrors, plants, a four-headed winged creature and a smaller miniature of God with a triangular halo representing the Holy Trinity and holding the globus cruciger (f. 1v); a knight (face has been smudged, perhaps deliberately) seated on a white horse, holding a sword, with a woman lying on the ground, a soldier kneeling down holding a sword, and a severed head, hand, and leg lying on the ground, surrounded by an illuminated border incorporating female figures and foliate designs (f. 2r); and a large, unidentified coat of arms topped by an illuminated knight's helmet. Historiated initial of St. Catherine, holding a quill and sword (f. 54v); several 2-line to 10-line illuminated initials on backgrounds of red or occasionally blue, with other decoration (f. 3r, 7r, 11v, 15v, 19r, 21r, 23r, 24r, 26v, 29r, 31v, 34r, 36r, 45r, 45v, 49r, 49v, 50v, 51r, 51v, and 53v). The text is ruled in red and framed by an illuminated border on each folio.

Script

Written in Spanish rotunda script by a single hand, with another document in a second, less formal hand (f. 55v-56v), and notes and comments in several additional hands (f. 1r, 55r, 56v, and 58v).

Provenance

• Acquired, 1952.
   

Subjects topical

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

Genres

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

Keywords

• 16th century
• Illumination
• Spain
• Spanish

Licenses

• Text

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Decorations

• fol. 1v — Miniature, Madonna and Child with St. Francis of Assisi, f. 1v
• fol. 2r — Miniature, Knight on horseback, f. 2r
• fol. 2v — Miniature, Coat of arms, f. 2v
• fol. 3r — Illuminated initial, Initial D, f. 3r
• fol. 7r — Illuminated initial, Initial F, f. 7r
• fol. 11v — Illuminated initial, Initial A, f. 11v
• fol. 15v — Illuminated initial, Initial E, f. 15v
• fol. 19r — Illuminated initial, Initial B, f. 19r
• fol. 21r — Illuminated initial, Initial F, f. 21r
• fol. 23r — Illuminated initial, Initial A, f. 23r
• fol. 24r — Illuminated initial, Initial D, f. 24r
• fol. 26v — Illuminated initial, Initial P, f. 26v
• fol. 29r — Illuminated initial, Initial G, f. 29r
• fol. 31v — Illuminated initial, Initial F, f. 31v
• fol. 34r — Illuminated initial, Initial P, f. 34r
• fol. 36r — Illuminated initial, Initial D, f. 36r
• fol. 45r — Illuminated initial, Initial E, f. 45r
• fol. 45v — Illuminated initial, Initial F, f. 45v
• fol. 49r — Illuminated initial, Initial A, f. 49r
• fol. 49v — Illuminated initial, Initial E, f. 49v
• fol. 50v — Illuminated initial, Initial G, f. 50v
• fol. 51r — Illuminated initial, Initial E, f. 51r
• fol. 51v — Illuminated initial, Initial F, f. 51v
• fol. 53v — Illuminated initial, Initial E, f. 53v
• fol. 53v — Illuminated initial, Initial F, f. 53v
• fol. 54v — Historiated initial, St. Catherine, Initial P, f. 54v