granting arms for Iacob and Franciscus Aguilar of Borja, Zaragoza, issued in name of King Philip II of Spain, illuminated manuscript in Spanish on parchment [Spain (Zaragoza), dated 28 May 1596] 24 leaves (including 2 blank endleaves at front and back, but not including a single paper leaf and pink silk guard tipped in after arms), complete, single column, 22 lines in a fine calligraphic Spanish italic hand, crucial words and passages in Roman script or capitals, title in capitals, first word of main text in large gold capitals, one full-page coat-of-arms: quarterly with eagles or on azure and fleur-de-lys argent on or, all within ornamental pink scrolling frame enclosed by spiked and plumed helm and coloured acanthus leaves, each leaf enclosed within brown or liquid gold frame, some spots, else excellent condition, 250 by 190mm., contemporary brown leather binding over pasteboards, tooled with rollstamps of foliage and small crowned or helmeted portraits enclosing gilt floral sprays, remains of 2 ties, front board slightly convex, back slightly concave, small scuffs to spine, else good condition The issuing monarch here, Philip II (1527-1598), was king of Spain, Naples, Sicily, duke of Milan and lord of the 17 provinces of the Netherlands, as well as briefly king of England and Ireland during his marriage to the ill-fated Mary Tudor. His empire extended to every continent then known to Europeans, and the phrase ‘the empire on which the sun never sets’ was coined to describe it.
granting arms for Iacob and Franciscus Aguilar of Borja, Zaragoza, issued in name of King Philip II of Spain, illuminated manuscript in Spanish on parchment [Spain (Zaragoza), dated 28 May 1596] 24 leaves (including 2 blank endleaves at front and back, but not including a single paper leaf and pink silk guard tipped in after arms), complete, single column, 22 lines in a fine calligraphic Spanish italic hand, crucial words and passages in Roman script or capitals, title in capitals, first word of main text in large gold capitals, one full-page coat-of-arms: quarterly with eagles or on azure and fleur-de-lys argent on or, all within ornamental pink scrolling frame enclosed by spiked and plumed helm and coloured acanthus leaves, each leaf enclosed within brown or liquid gold frame, some spots, else excellent condition, 250 by 190mm., contemporary brown leather binding over pasteboards, tooled with rollstamps of foliage and small crowned or helmeted portraits enclosing gilt floral sprays, remains of 2 ties, front board slightly convex, back slightly concave, small scuffs to spine, else good condition The issuing monarch here, Philip II (1527-1598), was king of Spain, Naples, Sicily, duke of Milan and lord of the 17 provinces of the Netherlands, as well as briefly king of England and Ireland during his marriage to the ill-fated Mary Tudor. His empire extended to every continent then known to Europeans, and the phrase ‘the empire on which the sun never sets’ was coined to describe it.
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