Carta ex[ecutoria] de hidalguia a pedimi[ento] : de Alo[n]so Gayta[n] d[e] Cuenca Truxillo, vezino de Xeres d[e] la Frontera
- Description
- 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.
- Creator
- Spain. Sovereign (1556-1598 : Philip II)
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- illuminations (paintings)
- letters patent
- Manuscripts, Spanish
- Manuscripts, Renaissance
- works of art
- portraits
- Date
- 1578
- Language
- Spanish; Castilian
- Subject
- 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
- History
- Geographic Subject
- Spain
- Spain -- History -- Philip II, 1556-1598
- Collection
- Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
- Extent
- 67 leaves : parchment ; 310 x 207 (234 x 130) mm bound to 321 x 226 mm
- 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. Link to collation model at end of record.
- 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).
- Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.
- Spanish.
- Related works
- Video orientation
- The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
- Digital facsimile for download (OPenn)
- Collation model
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 20
- 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.
- McRoberts, David, former owner.
- Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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