Executoria de hidalguia a pedimiento : de Juan de Mena Gutierrez, vezino de la villa de Los Santos

Name:

Spain. Sovereign (1598-1621 : Philip III)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800; Philip III, 1598-1621

Date:

1606

Description:

Carta executoria issued under the name of Philip III of Spain in favor of Juan de Mena Gutierrez of the town of Los Santos in the Spanish province of León, in response to his pleito de hidalguia (litigation to establish noble status), written in Granada and dated 14 April 1606. Later additions at beginning and end of manuscript (f. i recto-1r, 50r-51r).

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 11 December 1979, lot 28, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.

Relation:

Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1330534; The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs21.html

Subject:

Mena Gutierrez, Juan de; Jesus Christ Crucifixion Art; Jesus Christ; Philip III, King of Spain, 1578-1621; James, the Greater, Saint; Crucifixion; James, the Greater, Saint Art; Philip III, King of Spain, 1578-1621 Portraits; Nobility -- Spain -- Early works to 1800; Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Specimens; Illumination of books and manuscripts; Nobility; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); illuminations (paintings); letters patent; Manuscripts, Spanish; Manuscripts, European; works of art; portraits

Physical Description:

52 leaves : parchment; 305 x 210 (238 x 126) mm bound to 320 x 220 mm

Geographic Subject:

Spain; Spain -- History -- Philip III, 1598-1621

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from colophon (f. 50r).; Collation: Parchment, 52; 1⁴ (1 is pastedown) 2-4¹² 5⁸(+4) 6² (2 is pastedown); [i, 1-51]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.; Layout: Written in 34 long lines; ruled in purple ink with double vertical bounding lines.; Script: Written in a rounded Gothic script.; Decoration: Painted full-page miniature of owner and family praying before an image of the Crucifixion (f. 1v); painted coat of arms (f. 2r); 13-line painted miniatures of Saint James vanquishing the Moors and Saint Bartholomew (f. 2v); 9-line historiated initial with portrait of Philip III (f. 49r); 15 illuminated initials, 6-line to 10-line, in gold on grounds of red or of red and blue, heightened with silver; calligraphic headings. Some illuminations worn or flaking.; Binding: Contemporary Spanish morocco, gilt-stamped, gilt-tooled, over pasteboards including sheets of early printed music.; Origin: Written in Granada, signed 14 Apr. 1606 (f. 50r).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Spanish.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 21

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)