Walters Ms. W.504, Patent of Nobility granted by Philip III to Don Luys Nuñez Perez Patent of Nobility Cataloger Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934 Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Joyal, Stephanie Contributor Noel, William Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This lavishly bound and decorated manuscript was given by King Philip III of Spain to a nobleman named Don Luys Nuñez Perez, and is dated to July 10, 1608. It is housed in its original box, which was made in the shape of a book and closely resembles the manuscript itself. The manuscript is also accompanied by the official lead seal of the king. Due to its fragile condition, it was only possible to image parts of the manuscript. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.504 The primary language in this manuscript is Spanish; Castilian. 1r - 94v Patent of Nobility De Castilla

Medium-weight, cream-colored parchment

 Foliation: i+94+i31.5 22.3 24.5 14.5 Modern pencil foliation, upper right corners, rectos

Undetermined due to the fragile nature of the manuscript

Ruled in red ink Gotica rotunda, often calligraphed or with gold strokes; names and other words in roman capitals Three full-page miniatures; one text miniature; three historiated initials; twenty-four decorated initials (3-8 lines); fifty-six decorated text headings; text in black ink Crucifixion, with marginal Old Testament scenes and saints Full-page miniature with ornamental border Coronation of the Virgin with King Phillip III, Don Luys Nuñez Perez, and Queen Margaret Full-page miniature with ornamental border

The inscription in the cartouche reads "POR LA GRACIA."

 Coat of arms Full-page miniature with ornamental border

The inscription reads "IN SILENTIO ET SPE."

 Portrait of King Philip III Text miniature

Tan calfskin on pasteboard with heavy gold tooling in a number of decorative and figural patterns; with original box, in the shape of a book, similarly decorated, with recess for included seal; circular lead seal (80 mm in diameter), with inscription on obverse ("PHILIPPUS III. D. G. CASTELLAE LEGIONIS NAVARRAE GRANIAE") and arms of Philip and another inscription (REX TOLETI GALICI...) on the reverse

 Dated July 10, 1608 CE Grenada, Spain Given by King Philip III of Spain to Don Luys Nuñez Perez of Grenada, Spain, on July 10, 1608 Gruel and Engelmann collection, Paris, late nineteenth or early twentieth century; their bookplate on front pastedown, inscribed "no. 906" Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased from Gruel and Engelmann before 1931 Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works De Ricci, S. and W.J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. 2 vols. New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1935, p. 856, no. 555. Art Medicine Museum Poetry Script Muhammad, the Prophet Kashmiri Horses Walters Art Museum Document Astrology Devotion History Legal Literature -- Poetry Literature -- Prose Liturgy Philosophy Science Science -- Medicine Scripture Sufism Theology Mineralogy Logic Geography Geomancy Cosmology Cartography Fortune-telling Koran Qur`an Firman Palimpsest Prayer Bible Gospels Psalter Missal Lectionary Book of Hours Antiphonary Homilary Processional Horologion Breviary Hymnal Chronicle Maghreb Sub-Saharan (West) Africa Turkey Afghanistan Central Asia Egypt England India Iran Iraq Pakistan Germany France Austria Netherlands Ethiopia Armenia Flanders Greece Mamluk Mughal Ottoman Ottonian Armenian Byzantine Abbasid Qajar Rajput Christian Arabic Austrian Dutch Egyptian Fatimid German Indian Islamic Persian Safavid Timurid Turkish Umayyad English French Flemish Ethiopian Carolingian Calligraphy Colophon Headpiece Illumination Illustration Medallion Miniature Ornament Painting Early Abbasid script Ragini Romanesque Gothic Watermark Grotesques Historiated initial Inhabited initial White-vine lettering Textura Batarda Humanistic Uncial Accordion book Album Book Codex Manuscript Heraldry Saint's Life Drawing Grisaille Binding New Abbasid style Musical notation Russia Romania Charter Russian Genealogy Mass book Prayer book Gospel Lectionary Psalter-Hours Treatise Grammar Gloss Pontifical Private devotional text Gradual Protective scroll Scroll 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 8th century 9th century Block book Caroline minuscule Central Arab lands (Near East) Chart English secretary hand Kufic Gothic book hand Original binding Treasure binding Gospel Book Spanish Spain Italian Italy Coptic Scrapbook American United States Maryland Historical Society Friendship book Friendship Biography Judaism Talmud Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Document Christian Spanish Book Charter Codex Heraldry Historiated initial Illumination Manuscript Miniature Original binding Walters Art Museum Spain 17th century History Painting Legal