[Genealogy].

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Cosio Gomez, Santiago de.

Contributor:

Cosio Gomez family.

Rodebaugh, Grace H., former owner.

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Charles IV, King of Spain, 1748-1819.

Charles.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

coats of arms

illuminations (paintings)

Manuscripts.

Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the estate of Grace H. Rodebaugh.

Physical Description:

133 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 294 x 205 (274 x 140) mm bound to 307 x 212 mm

Place of Publication:

[Palencia], 1795.

Summary:

Notarized copy of baptismal, marriage, and property records of the Cosio Gomez family of Lores, Spain, dating from 1620 to 1795, with a petition to King Carlos IV to extend the title of the family to the heirs of Santiago de Cosio Gomez.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Foliation: Paper, iii (contemporary paper) + 133 + vii (contemporary paper); 1-124, [125]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.

Script: Written in one hand, with notarial statement in second hand.

Decoration: Illuminated coat of arms with illuminated border (f. 1v); illuminated headings (f. 2r, 4v, 116r); illuminated zoomorphic initials with miniatures of village scenes in background (f. 14r, 112v, 119v); illuminated initials, occasionally in silver (f. 26v), with miniatures of villages or cities, some in full color (f. 26v, 49v, 61v, 66r, 68r, 77r, 122r).

Binding: Contemporary red gilt morocco, with 2 clasps.

Origin: Written in Palencia, 1 May 1795 (f. 124r).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 873

OCLC:

155919975