Details

Subjects:

Cuenca, Juan Gaytan de.
Cuenca, Francisco Gaytan de.
Cuenca, Alonso Gaytan de.
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Art.
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.
James, the Greater, Saint -- Art.
Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598 -- Portraits.
Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598.
James, the Greater, Saint.
Nobility -- Spain -- Early works to 1800.
Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Specimens.
Illumination of books and manuscripts.
Nobility.
Spain.
Spain -- History -- Philip II, 1556-1598.
History.

Form/Genre:

Specimens.
Codices.
Illuminations.
Letters patent.
Manuscripts, Spanish.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.
Portraits.
Art.

Language:

Spanish.

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).
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.
Layout: Written in 34 long lines; ruled in red ink with double vertical bounding lines.
Script: Written in a rounded Gothic script.
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.
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]).
Origin: Written in Granada, signed 12 September 1578 (f. 65v).

Local notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Penn 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.

Cited in:

Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 152 (LJS 20).

Cited as:

UPenn LJS 20

Contributor:

McRoberts, David, former owner.
Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.
Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

OCLC:

696016861

Web link:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page