Bidspirit auction | LIVRO DO ARMEIRO-MOR. Lisboa. 2000.

LIVRO DO ARMEIRO-MOR. Lisboa. 2000. - LIVRO DO ARMEIRO-MOR . Estudo de José Calvão Borges. Lisboa: Academia Portuguesa de História & Edições INAPA, 2000. LXXXVI, 128 pp.: il.; 320 mm. Second edition, a reissue of the so-called ” Book of the Chief Armorer , ” accompanied by a new introductory study in which Major-General Calvão Borges updates, with new perspectives, the presentation of the 1956 edition by the Portuguese Academy of History, written by António Machado Faria. With an extensive introductory note by Joaquim Veríssimo Serrão, President of the Academy of History, and a presentation text by Vasco Graça Moura. The Book of the Chief Armorer , whose original is kept at the National Archives Institute/Torre do Tombo, was commissioned by King Manuel I. Considered one of the most important Portuguese armorials of the Manueline period, produced by João do Cró, chief armorer of King Manuel I, it brings together hundreds of coats of arms of Portuguese and foreign noble lineages, as well as shields of kingdoms, cities, and military orders. It reproduces in full the illuminations of the 1956 edition, although printed on both pages of each sheet and not just on the obverse. Estimated. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate