Part 1: ff. 1r-8v

Description: - Parchment - 322 x 227 mm - 37-39 long lines.

Country: Spain

Assigned Date: s. XVIin

Dated by scribe: No

Inscribed Date: 1504, January 22.

Document: Yes

Number of Scribes: 1

Script: Round gothic.

Other Decoration: Large opening initial in parted red and blue on ground of red and lavender penwork and square blue interlace border; first two lines in display capitals: top line in blue with lavender pen work, second line in red with blue penwork.




Text 1: ff. 1v-7v

Author: Ferdinand V, Isabella I

Title: Letters patent of nobility

Docket: Letters patent nobility to one Gonzalo Muñiz of Zafra

Language(s): Spanish

Incipit: DON FERNANDO E DONA ISABEL Por la graçia de dios Rey & Reyna de castilla

Notes: f. 8r-v blank. 

Image 1: f. 1v Large initial and display script for Ferdinand and Isabella.

Image 2: ff. 4v-5 Cording with which document is sewn together attached to pouch for pendant lead seal.

Image 3: f. 7r Dated 1504.

Image 4: f. 7v Registered by chancery.


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Part 2: ff. 9r-31v

Description: - Paper - Several watermarks. - 322 x 227 mm - Unruled, number of lines varies greatly.

Country: Spain

Assigned Date: s. XVIII

Dated by scribe: No

Inscribed Date: 1713, 1729, 1796

Document: Yes

Number of Scribes: Several

Script: Cursive.

Other Decoration: Top line of page occasionally in large italic script.




Text 1: ff. 9r-30v

Title: Documents

Docket: Series of petitions culminating in the successful attempt in 1713 of Don Francisco Muñiz de Orellana to gain recognition as a noble in order to avoid paying taxes.

Language(s): Spanish

Image 5: f. 25v Stamp, notary mark, different degrees of fading showing that the page was folded.

Image 6: f. 28v Dated 1713.

Image 7: f. 30v Dated 1796, notary mark.