Accession number
MS M.923
Object title
Carta ejecutoria de hidalguia for Don Joseph de Bayona Chacon.
Display Date
1721.
Created
San Lorenzo del Escorial, Spain, 1721.
Binding
19th-century red velvet with 18th-century corner and centerpieces, the coat of arms of the Bayona Chacon family in the centerpieces, with clasps and hasps.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Howard C. Smith, 1965.
Description
13 leaves (1 column, 22 lines), bound : vellum (fols. 1-10) and paper (fols. 11-12), ill. ; 303 x 205 mm
Provenance
Made for Don Joseph de Bayona Chacon of Havana, Cuba in 1721; gift of Mrs. Howard C. Smith in 1965.
Notes
Ms. letters patent of nobility for Don Joseph de Bayona Chacon of Havana, Cuba; written and illuminated in San Lorenzo del Escorial, Spain, in 1721 (authorized on Aug. 19, 1721).
Decoration: 3 full-page miniatures (one an equestrian portrait of Philip V), one lavishly illuminated title page, 2 full-page representations of arms, 2 historiated initials, 1 partial and 7 full borders framing text pages, elaborately decorated, including putti and antique motifs.
Textiles: 10 full-page hemmed guardsheets (curtains) of salmon colored silk tipped in, protecting the illumination.
Motto: Velate Bayona que Sola Encampo Manes.
Decoration: 3 full-page miniatures (one an equestrian portrait of Philip V), one lavishly illuminated title page, 2 full-page representations of arms, 2 historiated initials, 1 partial and 7 full borders framing text pages, elaborately decorated, including putti and antique motifs.
Textiles: 10 full-page hemmed guardsheets (curtains) of salmon colored silk tipped in, protecting the illumination.
Motto: Velate Bayona que Sola Encampo Manes.
Script
humanistic cursive
Language
Spanish
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