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This manuscript is a carta executoria issued under the authority of Philip II of Spain in favor of Agustin de Yturbe of Seville, in response to his pleito de hidalguia (litigation to establish noble status), issued in Granada on 12 January 1593. The text is followed by signatures (f. 69r). The volume opens with elaborate full-page miniatures of the Yturbe family praying before the Virgin Mary as the Mulier Amicta Sole; a double portrait of John the Baptist and Saint Augustine; and a scene of Saint James vanquishing the Moors above the Yturbe coat of arms (fols. 1v-2r). The curtains that formerly protected miniatures have been removed (between fols. 1-2 and 67-68). The carta executoria is followed by a shorter document referring to Agustin de Yturbe and the carta executoria, dated 27 March 1593 and signed by a notary (fols. 69v-71r).
Support: Parchment; Extent: i+71; 330 x 221 mm bound to 342 x 233 mm; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; Collation: 1 (4), 2-9 (8), 10 (6); last quire has two subquires of one bifolium each, within the outer bifolium; Signatures: Quires 2-10 signed A-I; letter alone, upper right first recto; letter-number combination (for example, A1-A4), lower left first four versos
Written in one column of thirty-six lines; ruled in ink with double vertical bounding lines
Gothic--rotunda (Spanish)
Three full-page miniatures of the Yturbe family praying before the Virgin Mary as the Mulier Amicta Sole (fol. 1v), a double portrait of John the Baptist and Saint Augustine (fol. 2r), and a scene of Saint James vanquishing the Moors above the Yturbe coat of arms (fol. 2v); an elaborately illuminated first text page of the titles of Philip II continued from the full-page miniatures with a large illuminated initial and three lines of display capitals (fol. 3r); several large illuminated initials in the text; large historiated initial with a portrait of Philip II (fol. 68r)
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
First leaf of first quire and last leaf of last quire are pastedowns
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Grenada, Spain
Copies of documents issued 12 January 1593 (fol. 69r) and 27 March 1593 (fol. 69v); 1593
Original morocco, gilt-tooled, with seal attached on multicolor cord and remnants of ribbon ties
Castilian, Spanish
Formerly owned by Ambrose Firmin Didot (1790-1876; small red and gold stamp "Bibliotheca Ambrosii Firmini Didoti, 1850" inside front cover)
Grenada, Spain
Copies of documents issued 12 January 1593 (fol. 69r) and 27 March 1593 (fol. 69v); 1593
Castilian, Spanish
Formerly owned by Ambrose Firmin Didot
This manuscript is a carta executoria issued under the authority of Philip II of Spain in favor of Agustin de Yturbe of Seville, in response to his pleito de hidalguia (litigation to establish noble status), issued in Granada on 12 January 1593. The text is followed by signatures (f. 69r). The volume opens with elaborate full-page miniatures of the Yturbe family praying before the Virgin Mary as the Mulier Amicta Sole; a double portrait of John the Baptist and Saint Augustine; and a scene of Saint James vanquishing the Moors above the Yturbe coat of arms (fols. 1v-2r). The curtains that formerly protected miniatures have been removed (between fols. 1-2 and 67-68). The carta executoria is followed by a shorter document referring to Agustin de Yturbe and the carta executoria, dated 27 March 1593 and signed by a notary (fols. 69v-71r).
First leaf of first quire and last leaf of last quire are pastedowns
Gothic--rotunda (Spanish)
Three full-page miniatures of the Yturbe family praying before the Virgin Mary as the Mulier Amicta Sole (fol. 1v), a double portrait of John the Baptist and Saint Augustine (fol. 2r), and a scene of Saint James vanquishing the Moors above the Yturbe coat of arms (fol. 2v); an elaborately illuminated first text page of the titles of Philip II continued from the full-page miniatures with a large illuminated initial and three lines of display capitals (fol. 3r); several large illuminated initials in the text; large historiated initial with a portrait of Philip II (fol. 68r)
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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