Carta ejecutoria de hidalguia
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Description
- Title
- Carta ejecutoria de hidalguia
- Published / Created
- 1586.
- Publication Place
- Spain
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment of a letter of nobility granted to Juan and Hernando Gallego by the authority of King Philip II of Spain, dated Granada, 12 August 1585, 24 December 1585 and 15 January 1586
- Description
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In Spanish.
Script: Written well above the lines in a bold and round Southern Gothica Textualis Formata with typical Spanish features. The scribe added decorative designs in upper and lower margins.
The illumination consists of 7- to 10-line initials on a square background (ff. 2v , 10v, 25r, 27r, 28v) and the following pictures: f. 1v, full-page miniature showing a couple and their five children in adoration for the Virgin in the Sun, in a decorative frame; f. 2r, full-page miniature, showing a victorious king (Philip II) on horseback, with his army in the background, trampling upon a defeated enemy; below is an oval shield containing three rocks and three trees, the whole in a decorative frame; f. 6r (Alonso Perez, witness), 10-line historiated initial with St. Alphonsus; f. 8r (Alonso Martin Garrido, witness), 9-line historiated initial with St. Alphonsus; f. 17r (Hernando Verdugo, witness), 9-line historiated initial with the Holy Spirit as a dove; f. 20v (Francisco de Robles), 9-line historiated initial with St. Francis receiving the stigmata.
Binding: Red velvet over cardboard. The pastedowns are two large engravings, one picturing the Beatitudes, the other the Creed. - Provenance
- Gift of Philip M. Neufeld in honor of Herman Wardwell Liebert.
- Extent
- ff. 32 : 310 x 210 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Spanish
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 529
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Renaissance Spain 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven.
Spain - Subject (Topic)
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Politics and government - Subjects
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Spain > Politics and government > 1516-1700
Spain > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Carta Ejecutoria de Hidalguia. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9651135
- Object ID (OID)
- 32326484