Alfonso V, King of Portugal (1438-81), 'the African', document in Portuguese, signed and dated Sintra (near Lisbon, Portugal), 16 September 1450 single sheet, 295x450mm, vellum, 23 lines of main text, in cursive yet occasionally flamboyantly calligraphic script, beginning with a large decorative initial 'D', endorsed by at least four hands of the 15th-19th centuries, one horizontal and several vertical folds not significantly affecting legibility, a few small holes, a blank area of the lower left corner slightly torn and defective
Alfonso V, King of Portugal (1438-81), 'the African', document in Portuguese, signed and dated Sintra (near Lisbon, Portugal), 16 September 1450 single sheet, 295x450mm, vellum, 23 lines of main text, in cursive yet occasionally flamboyantly calligraphic script, beginning with a large decorative initial 'D', endorsed by at least four hands of the 15th-19th centuries, one horizontal and several vertical folds not significantly affecting legibility, a few small holes, a blank area of the lower left corner slightly torn and defective
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