IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 176667 accession number: MS Marlay 6 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 25 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment A: 62 fols. (fol. 1 pasted to upper cover, foliation 1-61 starts on second leaf), 310 x 215 mm (265 x 145 mm), 34 long lines, ruled in dark pink ink B: 46 fols. (foliated 62-107, fol. 107 pasted to lower cover), 310 x 215 mm (240 x 140 mm), 34 long lines, ruled in purple ink BINDING: Seventeenth century, brown calf over pasteboards, gold-tooled design with lions and eagles, edges gilt and gauffered, remains of multicoloured silk cords to which the seal (no longer extant) was once attached, red silk guards on fols. 5v, 6v, 64r, 102r. CONTENTS: A: fols. 5r-60v Patent of Nobility granted by Philip II of Spain (1556-1598) to Francisco Sanchez Hidalgo of Valverde de Merida on 2 April 1558 fol. 60v Notarial certificate of publication at Merida, dated 12 April 1558 B: fols. 62v-103v Supplementary patent (sobrecarta) granted by Philip III (1598-1621) to Francisco Hidalgo y Marina Alonso de Valverde de Merida on 6 February 1600; fols. 104r-105v Additional notes dated 1600 onwards. DECORATION: A: Full-page miniature of the Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John at the foot of the Cross against a mountainous background, within a blue and gold frame (fol. 5v). Two miniatures accompanied by panel borders of floral and foliate motifs on gold grounds: fol. 6v The Virgin and Child in the upper left-hand quarter of the page, in the lower half a shield of arms, quarterly (1 and 2) argent a white dove on a mount vert, (3) gules two clubs in saltire vert, (4) azure a tower with lion rampant supporter, the opening words DON PHILIPPE written in capitals formed of architectural motifs on a blue ground with panel of gold foliate motifs on red; fol. 7r St James the Moor-Slayer at the Battle of Clavijo in the lower half of the page. B: Full-page frontispiece with strewn-flower side panels showing the Hidalgo family kneeling in prayer before an altar with a priest and an altarpiece of the Virgin and Child, with the opening words DON PHELIPPE written in gold on a rectangular tablet beneath (fol. 64r). Historiated initial [P, 10 ll.] with portrait of Philip III, beardless and wearing the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece (fol. 102r). ORNAMENATION: A: Gold initials [2-5 ll.] formed of architectural motifs on square red grounds with gold highlighting; cadels. B: Gold initials [10-12 ll.] on grounds of two colours with white highlighting, for major divisions; gold initials [4-5 ll.] on dark purple grounds with gold highlighting for lesser divisions; extensive use of display capitals; line-fillers; cadels. title: other NOTES ----- type: history note value: The Valverde de Merida family, 1558 (A) and 1600 (B); Charles Brinsley Marlay (1831–1912); his bequest, 1912. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Manuscripts and Printed Books collection: Charles Brinsley Marlay STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/176667 PEOPLE ------------------- Marlay, Charles Brinsley Valverde de Merida family TECHNIQUES ---------- illumination CATEGORIES ------ category: illuminated manuscript category: manuscript DATING ------ culture: 16th Century, second half CITATIONS -------- A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges. Part Two. Vols. 1-2: Italy and the Iberian Peninsula A descriptive catalogue of the additional illuminated manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb4/MS_20Marlay_206_20_285v_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 534 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb4/mid_MS_20Marlay_206_20_285v_29.jpg height: 712 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb4/MS_20Marlay_206_20_285v_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 534 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb4/preview_MS_20Marlay_206_20_285v_29.jpg height: 356 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb4/MS_20Marlay_206_20_286v_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 539 pixels 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