viernes, 6 de febrero de 1562
Carta Ejecutoria de Hidalguía a pedimento de Pedro de Segovia, Granada.
CARTA EXECUTORIA DE HIDALGUÍA A PEDIMENTO DE PEDRO DE SEGOVIA. GRANADA, DATED 6 FEBRUARY 1562.
folio (c.315 x 225mm.), manuscript on vellum, i+99 leaves, collation: i22, ii46, iii34-3 (last 3 blanks cancelled), 34 lines, illuminated with four full-page miniatures, a 14-line historiated initial, and numerous 10-line and smaller initials, with a fine marginal ink-drawing of Cain killing Abel with the jawbone of an ass (?) (f.27v); original binding sewn with a thick yellow, green, red, and white cord, on four bands and bound in red velvet over pasteboards made with printed and manuscript waste, red silk pastedowns, in a modern protective red velvet wrapper.
CATALOGUE NOTE
The subjects of the four full-page miniatures are: the Annunciation, facing the Adoration of the Shepherds (ff.2v–3r), and St James Conquering the Moors, facing the Arms of Pedro of Segovia (ff.3v–4r), lettered in gold in their borders "Ihesus Maria / Don Filippe por / la gracia de dios / rey de Castilla / de Leon, de Arago(n) / de las dos / Secilias"; the fine historiated initial depicts King Philip II of Spain in armour, holding a sword and orb, half-length (f.97v).
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Sotheby´s
4-12-2018
LOT SOLD. 9,375 GBP