(MANUSCRIPT.) [Patent of nobility in favor of Diego de Montoya of the town of Nájera.] illuminated calligraphic manuscript in spanish on vellum, written in round formal hand in brownish-black ink, 44 lines. illuminated border in colors and gold on verso of first leaf incorporating large historiated initial d with scene of virgin and child appearing to king and queen of spain, and arms of the grantee in lower margin. [34] leaves, ruled in red throughout. 338x226 mm, contemporary calf over pasteboard blind-tooled to panel design, binding broken, cover corners damaged; contents loose, dampstained in lower outer corner throughout, lacks the lead seal. (Valladolid, 12 March 1574)