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Title of familiar of the Holy Office granted to Manuel Bacán in Castromonte (Valladolid). Castilian School. 17th century. - Typographic engraving in black ink on laid paper. Dimensions: 29 x 27 cm, framed 46 x 37 cm. Official document issued in 1675 appointing Manuel Bacán as a member of the Holy Office in the town of Castromonte. The layout includes a typographic frame with decorative borders, inquisitorial inscriptions at the top, and a text dense with legal and ecclesiastical formulas, characteristic of the Baroque language of the period. The handwritten signatures at the bottom legitimize its notarial character. The balance between visual austerity and doctrinal force makes the piece a material reflection of the system of religious repression and control exercised in Castile during the 17th century.