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Fig. 5

From: Cartas Ejecutorias de Hidalguía (executory certificates of nobility): a survey in materials analysis, legal, and aesthetic contexts—two case studies

Fig. 5

Details of seals on cartas ejecutorias de hidaguía. a Mention of a lead seal in Nuñez D. Armesto’s carta in Spanish: escrita en papel, sellada con ntro sello de plomo pendiente en un corton de seda de differentes colores, translated to English as “written in paper, sealed with our lead seal hanging from a multicolored silk thread”. b Wax seal in Davila’s carta under raking visible light. This type of wax seal is known in Spanish as sello monofaz y con contrasello heráldico, translated literally to English as single faced and with heraldic counterseal (Photo credit: J. Schenck). c Wax seal on Don Alonso Albarez de Toledo’s carta under visible light (Photo credit: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Mauscripts. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, OCLC: 155962669). d Infrared image of wax seal in Davila’s carta (Photo credit: J. Schenck)

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