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CARTA EXECUTORIA DE HIDALGUIA, issued by Philip IV of Spain, in favour of Pedro Gonzales Galindo y Origuela, in Spanish, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
Granada, 16 May 1623
313 x 216mm. 86 leaves: 15(of 6, i paste-down), 2-118, 121(of 2, ii paste-down) COMPLETE, 34 lines written in a neat round bookhand in black ink between two pairs of verticals and 35 horizontals ruled in red, justification: 236 x 127mm, endorsement in the lower margin of each folio, some calligraphic initials and cadels, TWENTY-EIGHT LARGE ILLUMINATED INITIALS with elaborate multicoloured foliate staves against grounds of gold or lilac and green with gold filigree, many including birds or insects, HISTORIATED INITIAL with St Peter, ONE HALF-PAGE AND FOUR FULL-PAGE MINIATURES painted in full colours with liquid gold and gold leaf, illumination protected by interleaved red silk (first 5 leaves affected by damp in upper part causing some smudging of miniatures and some pigment offsetting on to silks, other small pigment losses, especially in genealogical tree on f.5, smudge to lower face of King in portrait f.82). Contemporary green velvet over wooden boards (worn, lacking four silk ties).
This is a handsome example of a carta executoria de hidalguia. It confirms, at his request, the nobility of Pedro Gonzales Galindo y Origuela, resident in Madrid but native of San Clemente. The document pronounces official acceptance of Pedro's pure lineage and legitimate descent. Three years after its issue Pedro again petitioned the office of the King in the city of Madrid. This time for the right to carry arms when he travelled outside the court as an officer of the Inquisition in Cuenca. He was granted all privileges and immunities appropriate to this office on 5 December 1625: enabling him not only to defend himself but to excommunicate any who offered him any opposition. This licence was written, signed and witnessed on folios 1-2.
The miniatures, mostly bordered with multi-coloured scrolling foliage and exotic figures against golden grounds, show: Pedro and his wife Donna Maria de Tevar, their four daughters and son kneeling in prayer below the Virgin and Child (f.3v); St Anthony of Padua, above Purgatory (f.4); St James slaying the moors, above Pedro's coat of arms (f.4v); the family tree of Pedro and his wife (f.5); St Peter in half-length, beside an initial (f.80v); Philip IV enthoned (f.82).
Granada, 16 May 1623
313 x 216mm. 86 leaves: 15(of 6, i paste-down), 2-118, 121(of 2, ii paste-down) COMPLETE, 34 lines written in a neat round bookhand in black ink between two pairs of verticals and 35 horizontals ruled in red, justification: 236 x 127mm, endorsement in the lower margin of each folio, some calligraphic initials and cadels, TWENTY-EIGHT LARGE ILLUMINATED INITIALS with elaborate multicoloured foliate staves against grounds of gold or lilac and green with gold filigree, many including birds or insects, HISTORIATED INITIAL with St Peter, ONE HALF-PAGE AND FOUR FULL-PAGE MINIATURES painted in full colours with liquid gold and gold leaf, illumination protected by interleaved red silk (first 5 leaves affected by damp in upper part causing some smudging of miniatures and some pigment offsetting on to silks, other small pigment losses, especially in genealogical tree on f.5, smudge to lower face of King in portrait f.82). Contemporary green velvet over wooden boards (worn, lacking four silk ties).
This is a handsome example of a carta executoria de hidalguia. It confirms, at his request, the nobility of Pedro Gonzales Galindo y Origuela, resident in Madrid but native of San Clemente. The document pronounces official acceptance of Pedro's pure lineage and legitimate descent. Three years after its issue Pedro again petitioned the office of the King in the city of Madrid. This time for the right to carry arms when he travelled outside the court as an officer of the Inquisition in Cuenca. He was granted all privileges and immunities appropriate to this office on 5 December 1625: enabling him not only to defend himself but to excommunicate any who offered him any opposition. This licence was written, signed and witnessed on folios 1-2.
The miniatures, mostly bordered with multi-coloured scrolling foliage and exotic figures against golden grounds, show: Pedro and his wife Donna Maria de Tevar, their four daughters and son kneeling in prayer below the Virgin and Child (f.3v); St Anthony of Padua, above Purgatory (f.4); St James slaying the moors, above Pedro's coat of arms (f.4v); the family tree of Pedro and his wife (f.5); St Peter in half-length, beside an initial (f.80v); Philip IV enthoned (f.82).
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