Thesouro de Nobreza

Thesouro de Nobreza (translated: Treasure of Nobility) is a manuscript dated 1675, which was created during the reign of Afonso VI of Portugal, the twenty-second king of Portugal (a period when his brother, the future Pedro II of Portugal, ruled as Prince Regent). The work is an armorial, which is a collection of heraldic arms and was commissioned by Francisco Coelho, the King of Arms for Portuguese India, who appears on the title page.

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