Illuminated fragment from a Patent of nobility

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Illuminated Manuscript. Cutting. Illuminated fragment from a Patent of nobility. Parchment, gold, 62 x 128 mm, six lines of fragmentary text ruled in hard point on reverse. Production: Spain. Circa 1590 to circa 1599. ORNAMENTATION: Gold initial [P, 6 ll.] on purple ground, formed of youthâs figure (shaft) and a stem extending into a winged female torso, followed by an acanthus leaf, and terminating in a profile mask head, the youth standing on a branch with a parrot perched on it, followed by three lines of text in gold capitals with delicate gold ornament on blue and red ground, [P]ORQVE VOS M[A]NDAMOS, spaces between lines filled with palmettes on yellow ground.
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