Privleges granted by Philip II

Accession number: 
MS M.954
Title: 
Privleges granted by Philip II
Created: 
Madrid, Spain, Dec. 31, 1584.
Binding: 
Contemporary gold-tooled brown calf, each cover with an inlaid central cartouche of green morocco with the arms of Philip II.
Credit: 
Gift of Mrs. Robert G. McKay, 1968.
Description: 
150 leaves (1 column, 28 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 366 x 230 mm
Notes: 

Ms. privileges; written and illuminated in Madrid, Spain, and dated Dec. 31, 1584.
Texts: privileges in Spanish and Latin (fol. 1-143v); table of contents (fol. 144-149v).
Signature of Philip II and other officials on fol. 143v.
Collation is I¹⁵⁰.
Decoration: written in brown ink; 3 small miniatures, 2 full-page borders with scenes, 1 large illuminated initial, and numerous gold initials against red backgrounds.

Language: 
Spanish and Latin
Century: 
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