(Q21240)
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Spain. Sovereign (1516-1556 : Charles I)
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Extent: 30; 330 x 225 mm bound to 345 x 255 mm; parchment
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Edges of many leaves damaged in margins
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Binding: Red velvet, with coat-of-arms embroidered in heraldic colors on covers, silk edge and underlying velvet on edge of covers mostly worn away and damaged, not attached to manuscript; manuscript leaves tied with original multicolored cord typical of a carta executoria
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Layout: Written in one column of forty lines; ruled in ink; written area: 225 x 140 mm
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Script: Gothic--rotunda (Spanish)
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Decoration: Three full-page miniatures, of Jesus with the Agnus Dei (fol. 29r), the Virgin Mary in prayer (fol. 29v), and a double portrait of a married couple (fol. 30r); large illuminated initial with family coat of arms matching those embroidered on the covers (fol. 1v); broad borders throughout in floral and other designs, including birds, insects, and elements of the family coat of arms...
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Provenance: Gift of Howard H. Lewis Esq., Anne (Lewis) Stoudt, John Frederick Lewis III, September 1975 (pencil note, inside back cover)
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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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