Carta executoria de hidalguía for Bernardino de Soto of Briviesca

Binding: limp vellum with remnants of yellow and red silk ties, slightly later paper label attached.,Lead seal attached with twisted green, yellow, and red silk cord.,Illumination: f 1v: Deep gilt border with flowers, fruit, acanthus, and birds. Large initial D of "Don Carlos" [Charles V] contains a blue shield with a Habsburg double eagle in red and gold.,Measurements: 33.1 cm x 23 cm
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Sentencias y carta executoria de hidalguía for Bernardino de Godoy of Toledo

Binding: green velvet, green silk guard sheet between ff 1-2,Illumination: f 1v: full page with large gilt border with flowers and insects, miniature of Christ and God the Father crowning the Virgin Mary in heaven, with the Spanish royal family kneeling in prayer in a landscape below, "Don Felipe" [Philip II] inscribed in the border . Large coat of arms on the bottom third of the page. f 2r: Large gilt border with flowers, peacock, and other elements; large initial P with Christ emerging from the tomb; vignette in bottom border with St. James on a white horse with a sword, trampling the severed head and arm of an enemy. Borders and initials scattered throughout. F 46r: portrait initial of Philip II seated on a throne and gesturing toward the text; lower border has large vignettes of the four evangelists.,Measurements: 35.5 cm x 25.4 cm
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Sentencia y carta executoria de hidalguía de Pedro Seteno

Binding: limp vellum with remnants of a flap and remnants of a yellow, black, and white twisted cord.,Illumination: f 1v: Large initial D depicting Charles V in armor kneeling to the Virgin and Child. Red and blue decorative borders; large coat of arms in gilt border with roses, birds, and insects.,Measurements: 33.5 cm x 25.5 cm
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Carta executoria de hidalguía de Melchior de Sant Miguel

Binding: gold tooled leather over boards. Red silk guard sheets between ff 1-2.,Illumination: f 1v: Large initial D depicting Philip II and the royal family praying to the Virgin and Child in a landscape. Gilt borders with flowers, fruit, and insects. Large cartouche with coat of arms in lower third of page. f 2r: Large initial A with coat of arms. Red, blue, and gilt borders with vegetal decoration and a motto, "VERITAS VINCIT" in lower cartouche.,Family tree on paper laid into the back of the book.,Measurements: 33 cm x 23.2 cm
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Carta executoria de la hidalguía for Fran[cis]co and Hernando de Basurto

Binding: limp vellum with remnants of green and red silk cords,Illumination: f 1v: large border in red with emblems and decorative elements in shell gold and silver (tarnished). Large initial D with a miniature of Philip II, kneeling on a pillow in a landscape before the Virgin and Child; Saint James, the patron saint of Spain, stands behind him.,Additional documentation written on verso of last leaf.,Measurements: 31.6 cm x 23.2 cm
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Carta ejecutoria for Velasco Hernández de Horozco

"handwritten on vellum ; beautifully calligraphic in neo-Gothic letter in 38 lines per page. The first page contains a beautiful polychrome miniature with a capitular history and a heraldic shield emblazoned, guarded by two angels and all adorned with a delicate composition of plant motifs, zoos and two taps that crown the page.nnLitigated and won by Velasco Hernández de Horozco neighbor of the town of Portillo (Valladolid); the witnesses of the case affirm that the ascendants of the litigant were notorious noble gentlemen.",Measurements: 34 cm x 24 cm,Full pdf available, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A443868/datastream/PDF/view
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Executoria a pedimiento de Pedro y Alonso Cavezudo vecinos de Simancas sobre su hidalguía de previllegio contra el estado de los pecheros y el fiscal de su magestad

Contains: 84 parchment sheets; bordered letters; two sheets with notesnand genealogical tree of the Cavezudo family; and full color handwritten shield on parchment of the Galician family.,The book is bound with a cord that goes down the spine, where it is tied off halfway down the spine. The cord is frayed at the edges and loose. The cord enters the spine at either end, and goes into the middle of the pages, where the cord goes down the length of the gutter. The cord is made of orange, gold & pink colored thread.,There are short leather straps at the top and bottom of outside edge of the front and back covers.,The back cover is torn.,There are inserts within the pages in three places. They're provided at the end of the digital book.,Measurements: 35 cm x 24 cm
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Sentencia y carta executoria de hidalguía de Blas Dabalos vezino de la villa de Yllescas.

The front and back covers have faint writing and dark spots them them. They also have small pieces of green ribbon that have been cut off.,There is a lead seal that is attached to the book with a green, red, and yellow stringed cord.,There is one illuminated picture with text near the beginning of the book, and several pages have illuminated letters within the text.,The book has a letter insert inside the front cover that is provided at the end of the book images.,Measurements: 35.5 cm x 25.4 cm
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