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.
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Carta ejecutoria de hidalguia
Accession number:
MS M.923
Title:
Carta ejecutoria de hidalguia
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:
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:
Script:
humanistic cursive
Language:
Spanish
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