pressmark
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Its pressmark is: “Consejo de Inquisicion; libro 762, folio 170.”
The remaining documents presented in this volume—which are translated from either the originals or transcripts thereof—are obtained from the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla; the pressmark of each is indicated as follows: 1.
On the second, third, or fourth leaf of a book, or thereabouts, the title was written on the bottom margin, with the pressmark and the first words of that leaf.
From Old English Libraries by Savage, Ernest Albert
Decree of August 9, 1589.—This is obtained from the ”Cedulario Indico” in the Archivo Historico Nacional, Madrid; its pressmark is: “Tomo 7, fº 301, nº 449.”
This document is conserved in the same archives and has the same pressmark as the above.