Manuscript.

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Manuscript.
Carta executoria de Hidalguia issued in favour of Anton de Ostos of Ecija, 1537, with related documents,
Spanish manuscript in brown ink on vellum, Gothic hand, 38 to 45 lines to the page, collates i8, ii4, leaves measuring 28 x 19.5 cm, the carta executoria on leaf i1 and including rubricated initial on floral ground, leaves i1 verso - ii2 recto comprising a series of earlier legal documents relating to the ancestors of de Ostos, the first dated 1434 (incipit 'Don Juan por la gracia de Dios Rei de Castilla'), genealogy with vegetal embellishment en grisaille to ii2 and a further genealogy in red and black ink to ii4, both circa 1800, together with a later bifolium (probably 18th century) containing two full-size miniatures, heraldic arms within floral border and the Virgin Mary, watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, red silk guard bound in, some soiling and staining, miniatures rubbed, housed in a c.1800 floral silk portfolio, extremities worn, small folio

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