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  • Spanish Police Find Historical Manuscript Missing for a Century for Sale Online

    04/11/2026 1:59:02 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 7 replies
    Euronews ^ | 06/04/2026 | Marina Neila
    Spanish police recovered a 17th-century velvet guild manuscript that had been missing for a century after spotting it for sale online. The artefact will remain the property of its current owner, but it will now be conserved. The manuscript is a copy of ordinances signed in 1479 by Ferdinand the Catholic that elevated velvet-making from a trade to an art, granting the velvet-makers privileges and social recognition. Agents from the Heritage Group of the National Police Unit assigned to the Valencian Community found the document during routine monitoring of online sales of cultural goods, police said in a statement. The...