Estudio de las marcas de propiedad de miembros del episcopado francés, español e italiano entre los siglos xvii y xviii en la Biblioteca de la Casa de Velázquez

Zusammenfassung

Bindings with heraldic superlibros are characterised by the main decorative motif of the coat of arms of their former owners, making them one of the best examples of the potential of book bindings as a documentary source. To this value as a historical document must be added the enormous variety of decorative and constructive techniques, as well as materials, that make up these bindings and that make them authentic functional works of art. Heraldic bindings are a testimony of the lives of their owners and in them are observed the distinctions that are awarded, orders and decorations, in addition to observing the aesthetic tastes and techniques available at the time of their execution. They are, therefore, a historical, artistic and technological heritage. In this work we study the bindings with heraldic superbooks of members of French, Spanish and Italian episcopate.