Carta executoria for Diego Garcia Barredo, Valladolid, 31 June 1534, limp vellum wrapper

CARTA EXECUTORIA DE HIDALGUIA, FOR DIEGO GARCIA BARRERO

Valladolid, 31 June 1534

manuscript on vellum, c.300x200mm, iii+38+iii leaves formed of a single quire, ruled in red, 40 lines, the first initial in the form of an illuminated heraldic shield, another illuminated shield at the end, several large illuminated initials in the text, limp vellum wrapper, lacking the original coloured sewing and pendant seal

The text is correctly dated 1534 at the very beginning (f.1r), but the scribe (who identifies himself as 'Goncalo Garcia de Casstro esscrivano de camara del dicho senor Rey') has rather bizarrely written it incorrectly at the end, as 'ano del nasscimiento de nuestro senor Ihu Xpo de mjll e quatrocientos e treynta e cinco anos' (f.34v).