(MANUSCRIPT.) [Patent of nobility in favor of Álvaro de Xaramillo of the town of Garcianaharro.] illuminated calligraphic manuscript in spanish on vellum, written in round formal hand in brownish-black ink, 33 lines. illuminated border in colors and gold on verso of first leaf incorporating miniature of the virgin and decorated initial d above arms of the grantee. [44] leaves, ruled in red throughout, with red silk guard over the illumination. 340x225 mm, contemporary leather over pasteboard gilt-tooled to panel design with remnants of silk ties; occasional soiling, scattered ink smudges and marginal dampstains, lacks the lead seal. (Granada, 24 April 1558)