This week, we are getting to know LJS 21 (2v, 3r), though prepare for a morbid post today.From previ
This week, we are getting to know LJS 21 (2v, 3r), though prepare for a morbid post today.From previous posts, we know that this Carta Executoria is a Spanish manuscript issued by King Phillip III to establish the nobility of the family of Juan de Mena Gutierrez of the town of Los Santos in the Spanish province of Leon. On these pages, the two illuminations present are miniatures of Saint James vanquishing the Moors from Spain (left), and Saint Bartholomew standing atop a devil (right).The Moors were the descendants of Spain’s Muslim population that converted to Christianity by coercion in the early 16th century. Between 1609 through 1617, the Spanish Crown expelled over 275,000 Moors from Spain. This miniature, though painted in 1606, reminds us of some current events ongoing today.Saint Bartholomew is known for being one of Jesus’ twelve apostles. His martyrdom is generally symbolized by the saint holding a large knife, as is depicted in the miniature to represent his death by being skinned alive.An interesting pair of miniatures to begin this carta executoria, filled with contrasting meanings of religion and death.Catalog for LJS 21 available on Openn:http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs21.htmlDigital version available on Penn in Hand:http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4928082 -- source link
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