(Q20760)
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Spain. Sovereign (1556-1598 : Philip II)
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Ordoñez, Andrés
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Lewis, Anne Baker
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Extent: 40; 310 x 230 mm bound to 332 x 235 mm; parchment
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Binding: Original sixteenth-century Spanish limp vellum with remains of leather ties; sewn with a multicolored cord
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Layout: One column of thirty-six lines; frame-ruled in ink with quadruple vertical and upper bounding lines; written area: 210 x 120 mm
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Script: Gothic--rotunda (Spanish), with notarial inscriptions
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Decoration: One full-page miniature and border with owner portraits and coat of arms (fol. 1v); two quarter-page miniatures, of Saint James the Greater (fol. 2r) and Philip II (fol. 37r), with borders; illuminated words at start of text divisions; flourished initials
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Provenance: Luís and Andrés Ordóñez of Móstoles, Spain; Sotheby's, no. 95 or 120 (dated as 1607); Sale, American Art Association, no. 250; (directly to?) John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Amey Hutchins
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Funder: Council on Library and Information Resources
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4 December 2023
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4 December 2023
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