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Privleges granted to the town of Campo Real by Philip II, King of Spain.

Accession number
MS M.954
Object title
Privleges granted to the town of Campo Real by Philip II, King of Spain.
Display Date
Dec. 31, 1584.
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 line
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
Classification