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Source Description
This lavishly bound and decorated manuscript was given by King Philip III of Spain to a nobleman named Don Luys Nunez Perez, and is dated to July 10, 1608. It is housed in its original box, which was made in the shape of a book and closely resembles the manuscript itself. The manuscript is also accompanied by the official lead seal of the king. Due to its fragile condition, it was only possible to image parts of the manuscript.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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28264
label
Patent of Nobility Granted by Philip III to Don Luys Nuñez Perez
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Source metadata
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28264
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object
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normalized
title
Patent of Nobility Granted by Philip III to Don Luys Nuñez Perez
description
This lavishly bound and decorated manuscript was given by King Philip III of Spain to a nobleman named Don Luys Nunez Perez, and is dated to July 10, 1608. It is housed in its original box, which was made in the shape of a book and closely resembles the manuscript itself. The manuscript is also accompanied by the official lead seal of the king. Due to its fragile condition, it was only possible to image parts of the manuscript.
provenance
Don Luys Nuñez Perez, Grenada, Spain, July 10, 1608, by gift from King Philip III of Spain; Gruel and Engelmann collection, Paris; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] inscribed no. 906
date
1608
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
33
height
24
depth
4.3
dimensionsRaw
Closed H: 13 × W: 9 7/16 × D: 1 11/16 in. (33 × 24 × 4.3 cm); Folio H: 12 3/8 × W: 8 3/4 in. (31.5 × 22.3 cm)
Source extras
style
Baroque
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med
ink and pigments on medium-weight, cream-colored parchment bound between pasteboard covered with tan calfskin heavy gold tooling in a number of decorative and figural patterns, remnants of silk
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6242
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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