MANUSCRITO.- FILIPE II, Rei de Espanha.- Carta executória de fidalguia- Século XVI (1578).- 47 f; 32 cm.- E. Enforcement charter of nobility (or letter of coat of arms, or charter of nobility) granted in the name of the Council of His Excellency El-Rei Dom Filipe II, of Spain, to the brothers Gaspar Diaz and Baltazar Diaz, neighbours of the village of Pueblo de Alcocer , jurisdiction of Granada, by the doctor and fiscal attorney of the court of Don Gaspar de Navarrete. In the end: "Dada en la dicha ciudad de Granada a cinco dias del mes de octubre, año del Señor de Mill y quinhientos y setenta y ocho años". Executory letters of nobility were introduced during the reign of Fernando and Isabel, the Catholic Monarchs, and continued to be produced until the 19th century. They witnessed the blood cleansing of the applicants and their ancestors, as well as their faith, free from any heresy. At the same time, they defined their weapons and established the right to use them. The document is developed on 47 sheets of parchment, carefully ruled and calligraphed in Gothic type, the last three being occupied by various stamps and apostilles. In the first two folios we find two large full-page illuminations (31x22 cm), with the following four representations: on the back of the first folio the Virgin and Child Jesus, with the applicants Gazpar and Baltazar Diaz at her feet (upper half of the page) ; the respective coat of arms (lower half); in front of the second folio, Jesus Christ on the Cross, with three knights at his feet in prayer, probably the king and the petitioners (upper half); Santiago fighting the infidels (lower half). The four paintings are separated longitudinally by a stripe with the caption "Don Philipe por la Gracia de Dios". The text is ornamented by 16 capitulars decorated with plant motifs on a pink background (most occupying eight lines), the last being on the back of f. 43, illuminated with the representation of King D. Filipe (65x68). Perfectly readable text. The two large illuminations and the last capitular, worn, with signs of abrasion. A little disjointed and dusty volume (requiring consolidation and surface cleaning), retaining the original seam and cord. Entire binding of parchment, recent, with the original endpapers, glued to the back cover.