Walters Ms. W.736, Certification of Arms and Genealogical Treatise Genealogy and Heraldy Don Ramon Zazo y Ôrtega Don Ramon Zazo of Ortega scribe Don Ramon Zazo y Ôrtega Don Ramon Zazo of Ortega Cataloger Valle, Chiara 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 manuscript is a legal certification of coats of arms and a genealogical treatise composed in Spain in 1782. It was compiled by Don Ramon Zazo of Ortega, historian and king at arms to Charles III, king of Spain, who signed the work on fol. 25v. The manuscript contains heraldic information, history, and genealogy of the Spanish families of Despuig or Puig, Pallas, Gelabert of Coscoll, and Mora. It was made for a descendent of these families: Don Antonio de Puig y Gelabert de Cascoll, Doctor of Laws and Advocate of the Royal Audience of Catalonia. It is decorated with two notable full-page heraldic miniatures, five heraldic text miniatures, illuminated initials, a fold-out decorated genealogical table, and four illuminated text headings. The illuminations use a palette of bright colors and an abundance of gold. Interleaves of crimson silk cover each miniature. The manuscript still retains two paper seals of the city of Madrid, one of which encloses a very small leaf painted with the coats of the Puig family. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.736 The primary language in this manuscript is Spanish; Castilian. 1r - 27v Genealogy and Heraldy Chronista y Rey de Armas numerario de la Catolica Magestad del Señor Don Carlos, Rey de España y Emperador dela America, tercero de este nombre, Nuestro Señor (que Dios guarde) Fols. 3r-10v: house of Despuig or Puig; fols. 11r-15r: house of Palla; fols. 15v-17v: house of Gelabert; fols. 18r-21v: house of Mora; fols. 22r-24v: certifications of the coats of arms; fols. 24v-26v: date and signatures; fol. 27r: genealogical chart scribe

Parchment of medium thickness, well prepared on both sides

 Foliation: i+27+i16.1 10.0 17.2 10.2 Paper flyleaves; red silk before or after the illuminations; fol. 27 is a fold-out chart

1(6), 2-7(2), 8(6), 9-10(2), 11(3) Signatures in cursive brown ink throughout the manuscript None Quires begin on fols. 1(1), 3(2), 5(3), 7(4), 9(5), 11(6), 13(7), 15(8), 21(9), 23(10), 25(11)

 Single vertical and double horizontal lead ruling Chancery; headings in roman capitals Two full-page heraldic miniatures; five heraldic text miniatures; ten illuminated initials; one fold-out decorated genealogical table; four illuminated text headings; headings in roman capitals in gold ink; text in black ink within double three-red lines border Coat of arms of Spanish royal families Certification of Arms and Genealogical Treatise by Don Ramon Zazo y Ôrtega Full-page miniature Frontispiece signed Don Ramon Zazo y Ortega with seal of Charles III, king of Spain Certification of Arms and Genealogical Treatise by Don Ramon Zazo y Ôrtega Full-page miniature Initial "A" Certification of Arms and Genealogical Treatise by Don Ramon Zazo y Ôrtega: House of Despuig or Puig Decorated headpiece Initial "P" and coat of arms of Bernardo Despuig Certification of Arms and Genealogical Treatise by Don Ramon Zazo y Ôrtega: Trophy of Bernardo Despuig Decorated headpiece

The inscription reads "Ab alto cuncta."

 Initial "E" and coat of arms of the house of Despuig or Puig Certification of Arms and Genealogical Treatise by Don Ramon Zazo y Ôrtega: coat of arms of Bernardo Despuig Decorated headpiece

The inscription reads "Ab alto cuncta."

 Initial "D" Certification of Arms and Genealogical Treatise by Don Ramon Zazo y Ôrtega: House of Pallas Decorated headpiece Initial "P" and coat of arms of the house of Pallas Certification of Arms and Genealogical Treatise by Don Ramon Zazo y Ôrteg: House of Pallas Decorated headpiece Initial "D" Certification of Arms and Genealogical Treatise by Don Ramon Zazo y Ôrteg: House of Gelabert Decorated headpiece Initial "P" and coat of arms of the house of Gelabert Certification of Arms and Genealogical Treatise by Don Ramon Zazo y Ôrteg: House of Gelabert Decorated headpiece Initial "D" Certification of Arms and Genealogical Treatise by Don Ramon Zazo y Ôrteg: House of Mora Decorated headpiece Initial "P" and coat of arms of the house of Mora Certification of Arms and Genealogical Treatise by Don Ramon Zazo y Ôrteg: House of Mora Decorated headpiece Initial "Y" Certification of Arms and Genealogical Treatise by Don Ramon Zazo y Ôrteg: Certifications of the arms Decorated initial "Y," 5 lines Genealogical chart of the royal families Despuig, Pallas, Gelabert, and Mora Certification of Arms and Genealogical Treatise by Don Ramon Zazo y Ôrteg Full-page miniature

Eighteenth-century Spanish crimson velvet over pasteboard; gilded fore-edges

 25 November-2 December, 1782 CE Madrid (Spain) The manuscript was made in Spain for Don Antonio de Puig and Gelabert de Coscoll, 1782; inscription on back flyleaf reads, "Librea para Lacayos de la casa de Puig" Olivier Henry Perkins; bookplate on front pastedown William Randolph Hearst (1864-1951), New York and California, owned the manuscript before 1941 Mr. M. Hago, New York, February 1941, bought the manuscript from Gammer Galleries at Gimbels (lot. no. 1433, article 63) Walters Art Museum, March 8, 1948, by purchase from Jack Grosfield 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 Genealogy Spanish Book Heraldry Historiated initial Illumination Manuscript Miniature Original binding Walters Art Museum Spain 18th century History Codex