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Add MS 60343
- Record Id:
- 032-001998945
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001998945
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000036.0x00029d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 60343
- Title:
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MEXICAN GILT BINDING; circa 1585. Record in Spanish of litigation between Gabriel de Escobar and his creditors, 1585, bound in dark brown goatskin, tooled in gold and blind. See F. B. de Marez Oyens, 'A Mexican Gilt Binding, c. 1585', The Book Collector, xxvii (1978), pp. 380-381. Purchased of Lathrop C. Harper Inc. from the legacy of Mrs M. Vilím, 4 Jan. 1978.
Paper; ff. iv+34. 290 x 200mm.
The decoration consists of one full-page miniature with border in full colour, one full border executed in grisaille with some additions in colour and several large illuminated initials and headings partly decorated with animals. The major decoration is as follows:
1. f. 1. Central panel with the kneeling figure of Escobar before the Virgin of the Rosary within a border of winged putti, swags of fruit and grotesques.
2. f. 2. Border of putti, architectural elements, etc.
- Scope & Content:
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Bindings MEXICAN: Gold and blind tooled brown goatskin: circa 1585.
Gabriel de Escobar, of Mexico City: Art. Illuminations and Drawings MEXICAN: Illuminated record of litigation with creditors undertaken by Gabriel de Escobar: 1585: Span.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-001998945", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 60343: MEXICAN GILT BINDING; circa 1585. Record in Spanish of litigation between Gabriel de Escobar and his creditors, 1585, bound in dark…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001998945
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001998945
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Spanish - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1580
- End Date:
- 1590
- Date Range:
- c 1585
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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M. Vilím: Owned, bef. 1978.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Escobar, Gabriel de, of Mexi City
Vilím, M