Details

Subjects:

Garcia y la Puente, Johan.
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Annunciation -- Art.
James, the Greater, Saint -- Art.
James, the Greater, Saint.
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.
Nobility -- Spain -- Early works to 1800.
Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Specimens.
Illumination of books and manuscripts.
Nobility.
Spain.
Spain -- History -- Charles I, 1516-1556.
History.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

Spanish.

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.
Collation: Parchment, 38; 1³⁸; [1], 2-19, [20-38]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, lower left verso.
Layout: Written in 35 long lines; ruled in drypoint; double vertical and upper horizontal bounding lines in ink.
Script: Written in a rounded Gothic script.
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.
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).
Origin: Written in Granada, signed 16 June 1553 (f. 38r).

Local notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Penn 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.

Cited in:

Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 152 (LJS 19).

Cited as:

UPenn LJS 19

Contributor:

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

OCLC:

696008102

Web link:

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