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Spotlight: Spanish Manuscript Book

Someone studying Spanish history and paleography would probably love this book, which constitutes a 400+-page conglomeration of manuscript documents, letters, acts, decisions, ordinances, and accounts concerning the city of Huesca, Spain, ca 1683. How it came into our possession, we are uncertain. It’s an interesting artifact, however, and we were initially drawn to it by the curious vellum binding. There are several stamps and seals in this book, including one which bears the name of Charles the Second of Spain.

We just wanted to spotlight the book, but then we were curious if there might be some anniversary connection we could make, and it turns out that there are a couple: