Lot n° 129

GRANADA. Carta executoria por Andres de Velasco. Mss. membranaceo, Granada, 1567.

Estimation : Start Price 5 000 €
Description
In folio, mm. 312x212.
Splendid contemporary binding of Granada, in Moroccan dark brown, dry sides with threads that bound concentric frames gold composed phytomorphic friezes, medallions with heads with turbans, military armor and ornaments; within the compartments, lions, deer, a representation of the cross, wheels and stylized flowers, all in gold embossed small irons; gold tooling on the spine also 5 nerves, doublure blue silk. •Illuminated manuscript on parchment, 49 sheets not numbered, the first and last 3 blank. Text Regle 34 rows in beautiful chancery with numerous initials and calligraphic friezes, 23 illuminated initial letters, cards and 4 to 5 recto fully illuminated in polychrome and gold burnished with great coat of arms depicting the arms of the family De Velasco and floral borders inhabited by putti monsters and anthropomorphic. Bookplates Prince of Soragna pasted to the first inside cover.

IMPORTANT PARCHMENT MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATED, in magnificent contemporary binding. Gorgeous card Executoria, which bears the date at the bottom of March 5, 1563 and is made to draw up "parchment" by the Court of Justice of Granada: concerns a lawsuit filed by Andres de Velasco, a member of one of the most important families of the Spanish nobility. A very fine polychrome decorations: two pages appear fully illuminated by beautiful frames figured with cherubs, flowers, dragons, allegorical figures, left the inscription in gold "Don Prince" and underneath the large family crest De Velasco, with points in gold alternating points with bells in blue and silver, on the right the inscription in gold "Por la gracia do Dios"; the written characters are processed in arabesque. Same display of pomp and elegance is found in 23 large initials, the letters in gold stand on the colors red, blue and green.
Andres de Velasco is sponsored by Doctor Francisco Hernandez de Liebana and the Doctor Gaspar de Navarrete, Fiscales of the Court of Granada. Francisco Hernandez de Liebana, eminent jurist castle, is a very important figure in the Spain of the time: close to King Philip II, a member of the Consejo de Indias in 1564, played a prominent role in the Consejo de Camara de Castilla; in 1578 he reached the presidency of Chancillería of Valladolid and was very heard by Philip II in the management of the crisis of Flanders. In the Charter Executoria talking about two important family residences, where Andres spent part of his childhood, El Alcázar of the city of Medina de Pomar, a paper 17 recto, and the palace of San Martín de Porres, in the province of Burgos, still existing and considered one of the most important buildings of the city, paper and paper 20 17 recto recto.

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