(MANUSCRIPT.) Patent of nobility in favor of Lope Ordóñez de Tapia of El Arahal. illuminated manuscript in spanish on vellum, written in round formal hand in brownish-black ink, 34 lines, recto and verso. with full-page painting of the arms of the grantee in colors and gold, and large divisional initials in gold on blue and red ground with penwork decoration in white. [55] leaves, including initial blank, ruled in red throughout, with red silk guard over the painting. 306x216 mm, old vellum boards, worn, front hinge cracked; occasional light marginal soiling. (Granada, 1612)