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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Cosio Gomez, Santiago de.
- 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
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