(Q55423)
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Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598
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1564
16. century
1564Gregorian
1564Gregorian
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Extent: 24 leaves : parchment ; 326 x 225 (229 x 133) mm
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Collation: Parchment. 124. First half of quire signed on versoes as 1-12.
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Layout: 1 columns, 35 lines. Bounding lines full-length, those at sides doubled, bounding and writing lines in red ink.
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Script: Written in a Spanish rotunda in black ink. 9-line black initials throughout.
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Decoration: fol. 1v: full-page illumination in two registers; the Virgin and Child in the upper register, armorial in the lower register; fol. 2: half-page miniature of a man (presumably Philip II) on horseback trampling a fallen soldier underfoot. Both pages with full foliate borders in gold and colors.
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Origin: Written in Granada on 2 December 1564 on behalf of the De Moya family.
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The manuscript was nr. 354 in an Anderson sale.
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11 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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